Acute Mastitis Essay

- Inflammatory lesions (Mastitis): Inflammation of breast may be caused by many etiologies, including infectious agents, local reaction to systemic disease, localized antigen-antibody reaction and idiopathic. Inflammation can divided into two general categories: acute mastitis and chronic mastitis.

Acute mastitis: is seen commonly during lactation, in which the nipple may develop cracks and fissures, which infected by bacteria, commonly by Staphylococcus aureus. The infection affects the ducts, and inflammation of the surrounding soft tissues and skin may occur.

The lesions are characterized by an acute inflammatory infiltrate involving, or centered on, the ductal system.
Failure or inadequate treatment of acute mastitis may