What causes breast abscess?
Breast abscess is most common while breast feeding, but can occur at other times as well. It can occasionally occur as a progression of periductal mastitis as described above. If the infection set up in the milk duct breaks out into the tissue of the breast, then an abscess will develope. Breast abscesses cause a lot of pain in the breast, usually just behind the nipple. This is usually associated with a lump and reddening of the skin. The glands under the arm may become tender. A prompt course of antibiotics from your doctor may resolve the problem, but sometimes surgery is required to drain the abscess. If the antibiotics only partly treat the problem, then aspiration of the abscess with a needle may help. What is mammilary fistula? Sometimes the infection of a breast abscess works its own way to the surface causing a discharge from the edge of the areolar (the brown skin around the nipple). If this happens the discharge tends to contiue on and off, frequently asscoiated with bouts o
