Nipple thrush- How to treat a breastfeeding yeast infection?

Nipple thrush- How to treat a breastfeeding yeast infection?

Bymarit asman

Nipple thrush and baby oral thrush usually happen together when you are breastfeeding.  A thrush infection can be very painful during breastfeeding and between feeds.  Thrush is an infection caused by a fungus named Candida albicans, and its symptoms are very similar to mastitis. A nipple fungal infection spreads easily when you are breastfeeding, so…

A blocked milk duct or breastfeeding mastitis – how to tell the difference

A blocked milk duct or breastfeeding mastitis – how to tell the difference

Bymarit asman

You can get a blocked milk duct when milk is not sufficiently removed from the breast. These hard lumps, also known as plugged milk ducts or clogged milk ducts, form in a woman’s breast’s narrow milk ducts. Mastitis (breast infection) in breastfeeding women is often the result of a plugged milk duct. Often mastitis is…