Re: Not quite OT--personal request

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I had a similar experience before becoming pregnant. My breasts would excrete a

brownish-yellow oily liquid if I placed pressure around the areolas. The liquid

would appear when I would exercise with my chest against the floor. An OB/GYN

examined a sample of the liquid and didn't see any issues of concern. I never

pursued further explanation, and later went on to breastfeed without a hitch. I

have had a history of ovarian cysts. Don't know if they caused the liquid or

not.

Just thought I'd share a " been there " story with you. A question your daughter

might ask her physician is, " Can I just leave this condidtion alone and see what

happens? "

Camille Sommer

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> Subject: Not quite OT--personal request

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> Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 11:14 AM

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> I'm hoping one of you may have some suggestions for me.

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> My daughter, 22 (has PCOS) recently told me that she'd been having

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> discharge from her left nipple for the past year. Sometimes it's

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> clearish, sometimes bloody. Doesn't usually happen spontaneously; has

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> happened when she had on a sports bra. Has uncomfortably full

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> So, we see someone in Women's Health (doc unknown to us, seems nice

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> enough) who has some labs done. She thinks it's probably nothing, r/o

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> pituitary issue, check prolactin levels, etc. Then we go to the

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> breast clinic, where they tell her she's doing this to herself by

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> pressing on her breast, but let's do a sonogram, then decide to do a

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> biopsy because they see something. They call back and say they think

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> it's an intraductal papilloma and they'd like to remove it.

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> I realized that I don't know a heck of a lot about discharge from

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> *non* lactating breasts! I'm going to get Love's breast book

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> (only have an older edition). What else? Somehow intraductal

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> papilloma doesn't fit for me, but again I'm not an expert on

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> non-lactating breasts. I can't help but think the PCOS might be

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> We'll have a surgical consult in June. I'd like to be

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I'd be very curious about possible iodine deficiency. Why not see a naturopath?

Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA & France

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> I don't know much about that condition, but I have PCOS and I have had

discharge from my right breast for the past two years. I haven't lactated in a

number of years. I assumed mine had something to do with me showing moms how to

do breast compressions or doing them while describing over the phone. Mine isn't

bloody though. It just looks like a tiny bit of oily liquid inside my bra. I

switched to the left breast, but it only happens on the right side.

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> I have not read any research about nipple discharge and PCOS, but I'm willing

to bet there's a link because of the hormone fluctuations that can happen.

Although obviously I can't say this is the case with your daughter. I hope you

are able to find some information that can help her in this decision. And find

out what's really happening.

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> I was on a medication a few years ago to treat my endometriosis and found

myself engorged and lactating again two years after weaning. The medication was

Lupron. My doctor had never heard of that side effect, but it happened during

the first two months I was on it.

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> Heinz, BA IBCLC

> Beach Babies Lactation Support, LLC

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were you asking me or contributing to the general discussion? I have thought about seeing a naturopath. I have issues with things containing iodine. Even table salt bothers me from time to time so that would be a possibility. I don't have any idea what I could do about it though. Heinz, BA IBCLCBeach Babies Lactation Support, LLC Sender: Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 03:32:36 -0000To: < >ReplyTo: Subject: Re: Not quite OT--personal request I'd be very curious about possible iodine deficiency. Why not see a naturopath? Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA & France>> I don't know much about that condition, but I have PCOS and I have had discharge from my right breast for the past two years. I haven't lactated in a number of years. I assumed mine had something to do with me showing moms how to do breast compressions or doing them while describing over the phone. Mine isn't bloody though. It just looks like a tiny bit of oily liquid inside my bra. I switched to the left breast, but it only happens on the right side. > > I have not read any research about nipple discharge and PCOS, but I'm willing to bet there's a link because of the hormone fluctuations that can happen. Although obviously I can't say this is the case with your daughter. I hope you are able to find some information that can help her in this decision. And find out what's really happening. > > I was on a medication a few years ago to treat my endometriosis and found myself engorged and lactating again two years after weaning. The medication was Lupron. My doctor had never heard of that side effect, but it happened during the first two months I was on it. > > > > > Heinz, BA IBCLC> Beach Babies Lactation Support, LLC> >