Sore And Cracked Nipples
Breastfeeding with broken nipple can seem to be like they’re being sliced with razor blades or burned having a hot poker. Learn how to prevent and heal your nipples to be able to enjoy nursing in comfort.
Sign & signs and symptoms
Some tenderness from the nipples (without damaged skin) throughout the first couple of weeks of breastfeeding is perfectly normal. However, burning, throbbing or shooting discomfort inside your nipple whenever your baby latches on isn't normal and most likely means a crack is promoting.
A grazed, fissured, blistered or cracked nipple is very painful. From time to time a broken nipple may become infected, leading to inflammation, redness, swelling and oozing pus. A cracked nipple increases the chance of mastitis (breast infection) developing.
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