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Has anyone ever treated a breast abscess?
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Yes: More common in lactating women, but principle of treatment is like any other abcess. You have to drain the pus by making a small incision into the abcess cavity, and let it heal from the inside out. Problem with a lactating breast is a risk of a milk fistula-where milk would leak from the incision rather than be expressed from the nipple.
Answered 9/30/2015
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Yes: The treatment involves drainage of the abscess (with a needle or a surgical incision) and antibiotics.
Answered 9/22/2012
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