Breast infections may cause:
Signs of a more serious infection include:
- Pain
- Redness
- Warmth
- Tenderness and swelling
- Body aches
- Fatigue
- Breast engorgement
- Fever and chills
- Abscess: These noncancerous masses are more often tender and can move around beneath the skin. The edge of the mass is usually regular and well defined.
- A tender lump in the breast that doesn’t get smaller after breastfeeding a newborn (If the abscess is deep in the breast, you may not be able to feel it.)
- Pus draining from the nipple
- Constant fever and no symptoms that don’t get better within 48-72 hours of treatment