Is my pierced breast infected after piercing ? Posted: 08-30-07 10:33am
I received a breast piercing on my left
breast, in June '07. I have had pain in
breast continously. Now it is painfully
hardening inside. I have no leakage, puss,
or bleeding coming from breast.
1. If I remove piercing will this pain and
hardening just go away?
2. Will antibiotics be needed?
It is possible that the breast piercing
probably caused the infection. Pain and
hardening inside the breast could be due
to the persistence of an abscess inside
the breast. An abscess is a cavity filled
with pus inside a compact organ. If there
is an abscess, piercing removal will help
but won’t solve the problem. If there is
an abscess present antibiotics will be
absolutely necessary but surgical
intervention (incision) might be also
necessary. You can consult a thoracic
surgeon about your problem.
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