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After a week on antibiotics i still have a sharp/shooting pain in my right breast. is this more than an infection? it gets worse after breastfeeding.
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BREAST PAIN: If your breast is infected, you should not breast feed. Infection will go to the baby. Please check with your md.
Answered 5/1/2013
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