Answer: Breast feeding women can also get an abscess in the breast. This is usually easy to diagnose. It is a hot, red, painful swelling. It is usually possible to avoid operating on breast feeding abscesses. Abscesses can also occur in women who are not breast feeding. Occasionally in young girls and the cause is unknown. There is also a condition called periductal mastitis, which is related to smoking that can also cause an abscess. In this case the abscess occurs in the ducts behind the nipple.
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