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Re: Breast Leakage
From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Jun 2001 08:11:43 -0500 (CDT)
At Fri, 29 Jun 2001, charles wrote:
>
>my doctor told me when it happened to me once it was the antidepressants
>doing it most likely. They apparently can also cause it.
>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, " <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list WOMENS-HEALTH"
><womens-health@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 4:58 PM
>Subject: Re: Breast Leakage
>
>> At Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Maria wrote:
>> >
>> >About 3 weeks ago, 3 days after my period i noticed I had something wet
>> >on my nipple. It was a pearly white substance. It was on my left
>> >nipple, and I started to squeeze the right one and what came out was
>> >like a drop of clear liquid at first and then the same pearly white
>> >liquid. About once a week I check to see if the same thing happens to
>> >both of them, and everytime I check the same white substance comes out.
>> >It doesn't come out on it's own, only when I squeeze them. I had taken
>> >2 a pregnancy tests the week before my period and they came out
>> >negative. what can this be????
>> >Thanks,
>> >-Maria
>>
>> ifyou are on the pill, it is not uncommon to have a slight milky nipple
>> discharge. There are other medicaitons that can lead to this too.
>> Smoking pot can do the same thing, too.
>> IF it continues, see your doc for some blood tests.
>>
>> --
>> M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
>> South Lake Tahoe, CA
>>
>> author, Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide
>> available in all major bookstores and on-line at amazon.com
>>
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>>
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Anon
This is also true.
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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Editorial Advisor-Pregnancy and Birth
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.
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