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Re: Breast injury/infection

From: Lizzy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 5 Sep 2003 06:42:16 -0500 (CDT)

At Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Lizzy wrote: >
>At Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Lizzy wrote:
>>
>>I sustained an injury to the soft tissue of my breast (fell against the
>>tip of tree branch I was prunning).
>>
>>Visibly I had a small round bruise no bigger than a pea. Now 3 weeks
>>later I have what seems to me a huge ( 3cmx2cm ) two toned brown area
>>with an irregularly shaped lumpe beneath about the size of a grape. I
>>feel no pain associated with it.
>>
>>I was seen by my family Dr who prescribed a weeks worth of very strong
>>antibiotics but suggested if it worsens (gets bigger) pver the next 24
>>hours I will have to be referred to the local Hospital Breast Clinic..
>>
>>She was not able to spend any further time discussing what might happen.
>>Are you able to suggest what might happen if this does not get cured by
>>the antibiotics and explain how a bruise turns into an infection?
>>
>>Many thanks,
>>Lizzy
>
>Thurs Aug 28
>Further to my above post, I can now say that 3 Dr's and a Radiologist at
>my local hospital's Breast Clinic have exmined me today and I have had a
>mammogram and ultrasound of the affected breast. Nothing involves the
>breast tissue and I have been told however that the skin changes are
>still bit of a worry. I am being watched like a hawk by my family Dr
>and have been greatly reassured by the all Dr's who have endeavoured to
>solve the problem.

Latest update Friday Sept 5th Yesterday my family Dr aspirated some fluid from the porblem area on my breast which so far is just in the skin layer. She had expected infected material but there was none. Further to that the breast surgeon had written to her saying he had no idea what it was as he had not seen anything like it. So my Dr has referred me to a Dermatologist. Watch this space...

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