Tingling sharp pain in Breast tissue

[Dozeyland]

Tingling sharp pain in breast tissue, before, during and especially after feeding?

[bellylicious]

thrush in the milk ducts is what it sounds like to me
i had it when lo was about 6mo and it was horrid
get to your docs and get sorted dont put up cos it'll only get worse if it is trush

[Dozeyland]

im using the cream, do i need something else?

DD is on daktarin gel. will any other treatment harm her recovery?

[moonstorm]

Fluconazole tablets.

Also grapefruit seed extract tablets also made a huge difference.

[Dozeyland]

im now on "Flucoxacillin" for mastitis. :(

[moonstorm]

Poor you x I had this as well. Can you get some probiotic tablets (Holland and Barret) to take alongside to help with/ stave of the thrush?

Hope you get better soon. You will get through it - I did (thrush, mastitis, shallow latch) and there's no looking back .

[poppydog10]

This sounds like thrush. I had it when dd was about 4 weeks old and it took about a month to shift. Not because it takes this long, but because I kept seeing different nurses, health visitors and doctors and they all told me different things.

I had 2 individual tablets of fluconazole (the type the prescribe for vaginal thrush) but this didn't work as i think we kept passing back to each other.

I'd suggest you ask for a 7 day course of fluconazole (i think it's slightly smaller dosage than the individual tablets). This is what shifted it for me. Some doctors are think that they can't prescribe fluconazole as it's not been tested on breastfeeding mothers but they can. My doc said it would not be harmful in breastmilk, and if anything it can help treat the baby too.

www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/pdfs/BfN_Thrush_leaflet_Feb_2009.pdf

[poppydog10]

Meant to say we have just got it again at 8 months. Went to a different doctor and asked for the 7 day fluconazole and doc prescribed it no problem.

Also asked for Daktarin Miconazole for oral treatment on dd. Works much better than Nystan (Nystatin) which is too gloopy and tastes horrible to stay on the baby's tongue.

It might also be worth keeping an eye out for a thrush nappy rash. Canesten cream clears this up very quickly.