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What Could Cause A Reddish Brown Goo Coming Out Of The Nipple After Child Birth

I am 28 years old and just recently had my 4th child. When I was pregnant with him I found a lump under my nipple about 3 and 1/2 months to 4 months before I gave birth to him, while in the shower and reddish brown goo came out of my nipple about 9 months ago. I wasnt able to produce milk out of my left breast and brownish red goo came out of both breast when I gave birth to him, so I didnt breast feed him. I went in for a mammogram and sonogram a month after I had given birth to him. I was worried because almost every one in my family has had breast cancer. My aunt on my moms side, my cousin which is my aunts daughter, my 2 great aunts they are twins and 3 weeks ago my grandma was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer stage 2. I was told everything was fine and that there were 2 lumps in my left breast that were benign and that I had nothing to worry about. On December 3rd my left breast started to hurt that evening nothing out of the unusual that i did that day. On December 4th I woke up with my left breast hurting and got my two older kids in and out of the shower for school, gotten them on the bus. I went in to take a shower and now the lump is about 3 cm underneath the nipple redness going about 2 inches up the breast. Made an appointment with a doctor and got in on December 27th, I was told that it could be a cyst that comes and goes before and after my period that i had nothing to worry about. I was in between my period. I told him that it hasnt gone away so why is it getting bigger and now red like bruise going up my breast he said it was an infection take ibp or advil and keep heat compressed for about 10 days it will go away. I didn t want to argue any more so i left upset and did as he asked me to. The lump is bigger and the redness and now on my skin on the aureola its scaly my nipple is flat so im not able to squeeze anything out. By January 20th I couldnt stand the pain any more so I had gone to local er clinic and they told me that if my dr said everything is fine that if im that worried than I needed to make another appointment with my Dr.. By this time I am turned down by 3 different doctorates and very angry. 3 weeks ago, I was telling my husband maybe I should take care of the problem no one wants to hear me out no one wants to take the time to diagnose me. I still dont know whats going on with my breast, none of them doctors would do a biopsy and I still have about a 2 inch oval lump under my left nipple, my nipple is flat the reddish blue has gone to almost my armpit, from my nipple to my armpit looks so much bigger, the peeling hasnt gotten any better, the constant pain has gone a way but now, every now and then it feels like some one is sticking me with a needle over and over till it starts to ease. I need some peace of mind that everything is ok like these drs are saying it is. Any thing would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Sat, 1 Mar 2014
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Pathologist and Microbiologist 's  Response
You are having breast abscess since you have not expressed milk as and when there is breast engorgement, this has resulted in inflammation, swelling and abscess. so you have bloody discharge from the nipple, abscess drainage is reqd, pl.consult general surgeon
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What Could Cause A Reddish Brown Goo Coming Out Of The Nipple After Child Birth

You are having breast abscess since you have not expressed milk as and when there is breast engorgement, this has resulted in inflammation, swelling and abscess. so you have bloody discharge from the nipple, abscess drainage is reqd, pl.consult general surgeon