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Breastfeeding, flaky oozing breasts. on bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) and diflucan for a month. is there anything else that can't be done? will i have to quit breastfeeding

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Consult doctor: You may be having infection of breast which is not going away with bacterium and diffucan . You may hold breast feeding for now , Get your doctor opinion, he may do some test and change the medicine

Answered 7/23/2014

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