Have any other women had breast infections or abscesses?

I've had surgery twice, many antibiotics, lots of doctors, etc etc etc. and still cannot get rid of it after 5 months.

As this is not a common thing for non-nursing women, I'd just like to get some insight from some other women who have had this.

Where exactly is the infection located? If it's along the bra line or in the fold of skin under the breast, this might actually be a condition called "hydrinitis."

This is usually a condition which effects the sweat glands of the groin and underarms, but can also effect other sweat gland locations (especially in areas of the body where skin folds form).

I only know of this condition because my mother was SEVERELY afflicted with it. The only treatment that was effective for her was surgical removal of the lymph nodes and infected sweat glands, followed by skin grafts to help heal the removal of the areas effected by the condition.
Her condition eventually required mastectomy on both sides, and she had outbreaks in her groin area till the day she passed away.

I wish you luck; not many doctors are aware of the condition (if this is what you're suffering from) but there are good treatment programs at Johns Hopkins Breast Cancer Center.

Dependent upon your symptoms and the courses of treatment you've already undergone, this may be the next condition to investigate.

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