Mastitis

Mastitis is the inflammation of the mammalian breast. It is called puerperal mastitis when it occurs to lactating mothers and non-puerperal otherwise. Mastitis can rarely occur in men. Inflammatory breast cancer has symptoms very similar to mastitis and must be ruled out. Chronic cystic mastitis, also called fibrocystic disease, a condition rather than a disease, is characterized by noncancerous lumps in the breast. Puerperal Mastitis Caused by the blocking of the milk ducts while the mo ...