Women Health Issues

Sometimes discharge from your nipplés is okay and will get better on its own. You are more likely to have nipplé discharge as you get older and if you have been pregnant at least once.

Nipplé discharge is usually not a symptom of bréast cancer. But it is important to find out what is causing it and to get treatment.
Here are some reasons for nipplé discharge:


    Pregnancy
    Stopping bréastfeeding
    Rubbing on the area from a bra or t-shirt
    Infection
    Inflammation and clogging of the bréast ducts (mammary duct ectasia)
    Injury to the bréast
    Non-cancerous brain tumors
    Small growth in the bréast that is usually not cancer (intraductal papilloma)
    Severe hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid gland)
    Fibrocystic bréast (normal lumpiness in the bréast)
    Use of certain medicines, such as birth control pills, cimetidine, methyldopa, metoclopramide, phenothiazines, reserpine, tricyclicantidepressants, or verapamil
    Use of certain herbs such as anise and fennel
    Widening of the milk ducts

Sometimes, babies can have nipplé disharge. Your doctor or nurse will call this “witch’s milk.” It is caused by hormones from the mother before birth, and should go away in 2 weeks.

Cancers that can cause nipplé discharge are:
    Bréast cancer
    Paget’s disease of the bréast (a rare form of bréast cancer)

9/15/2013