Guest guest Posted January 8, 2001 Report Share Posted January 8, 2001 We had a preterm patient come in and deliver at 35 weeks gestation, patient was asymtomatic for any infection ie. increased WBC's or temp, but when pumping her breast to give to the baby, she produced green colostrum, about the color of pea soup meconium. Anyone ever seen this or heard of it happening before. Would love more information if any. Oh the patient also had green nipple discharge in July and is documented with Staph epider. ?????????? Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2001 Report Share Posted January 8, 2001 I have seen pale green tinged colostrum in some patients, but never pea soup color. Must have been scary to see that!! Also, some medications can change your urine or tear color....urised and pyridium come to mind...I once had yellow contacts after a few days of pyridium. Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2001 Report Share Posted January 9, 2001 I have had green colostrum-like discharge from my nipples for the last year and a half, or so. My OB/GYN has checked me over thoroughly and reassured me that all is well and normal for me. I do not know why the color changed from normal colostrum pale creamy yellow to this pale creamy green in me. My OB/GYN doesn't know, either. I do know that I do not have an infection, nor do I have CA. Don't we all have S. epidermis as normal flora on our skin? Culturing the discharge would cause a contaminated culture. Unless the culture was obtained by sterile biopsy via needle aspiration (ouch!), I think it would show S. epidermis. Even then, it might be picked as the needle passes through the skin, despite a betadine scrub. Micro and ID are not my forte, so I could be way off base on this... Gay Marie " Fears over tomorrow and regrets over yesterday are twin thieves that rob us of the moment. " - Anonymous [OBnurses] green colostrum? > We had a preterm patient come in and deliver at 35 weeks gestation, patient > was > asymtomatic for any infection ie. increased WBC's or temp, but when pumping > her breast to give to the baby, she produced green colostrum, about the color > of pea soup meconium. Anyone ever seen this or heard of it happening before. > Would love more information if any. Oh the patient also had green nipple > discharge in July and is documented with Staph epider. ?????????? > > Tina > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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