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Small Gash On Nipple With Green, White Puss Oozing Due To Breastfeeding. Remedy For Quick Healing?

Hi, I am breastfeeding but one of my nipples has a small gash on it (I presume from where my baby bit me previously) and is oozing puss, sometimes white, sometimes green, it's not a lot, I try to squeeze it out before I feed my little one. What's the best thing to do to get it to heal quickly? I currently feed 3 times a day.
Tue, 30 Jul 2013
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Hi and thanks for the query,

The first thing is you stop giving milk to the child from that particular breast. Thsi should probably be a bacterial infection. Common germs responsible for this are of the Staphyloccocus family. Common antibiotics like Penicilline M family are very useful. Consult your doctor for appropriate prescription. Proper placing of the child on the breast and regular breastfeeding reduces milk accumulatation and risk of infection.

I suggest you consult your primary care physician,

Bain LE, MD.

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Small Gash On Nipple With Green, White Puss Oozing Due To Breastfeeding. Remedy For Quick Healing?

Hi and thanks for the query, The first thing is you stop giving milk to the child from that particular breast. Thsi should probably be a bacterial infection. Common germs responsible for this are of the Staphyloccocus family. Common antibiotics like Penicilline M family are very useful. Consult your doctor for appropriate prescription. Proper placing of the child on the breast and regular breastfeeding reduces milk accumulatation and risk of infection. I suggest you consult your primary care physician, Bain LE, MD.