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Mastitis : Complications

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Complications could include:
Prognosis for uncomplicated mastitis is excellent. A small percentage of women with mastitis will end up with an abscess within the affected breast.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Prognosis for uncomplicated mastitis is excellent. About 10% of women with mastitis will end up with an abscess within the affected breast.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
An abscess is a localized collection of pus in any part of the body that is surrounded by swelling(inflammation).Abscesses occur when an area of tissue becomes infected and the body''s immune system tries to fight it. White blood cells move through...
Source:ADAM
Date:August 12, 2008
An abscess is a place of accumulation of the creamy white, yellow, or greenish fluid, known as pus, surrounded by reddened tissue. It is the result of the body''s inflammatory response to a foreign body or a bacterial, viral, parasitic, or fungal i...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
An abscess is an enclosed collection of liquefied tissue, known as pus, somewhere in the body. It is the result of the body''s defensive reaction to foreign material.There are two types of abscesses, septic and sterile.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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