Glossary for Breast Feeding

• Breast Feeding: Nursing an infant with breast milk.
• Breast abscess: Pus-filled abscess in the breast
• Breast conditions: Any condition affecting the breast
• Female infertility: Infertility that affects the female
• Fever: Elevation of the body temperature above the normal 37 degrees celsius
• Galactorrhoea-Hyperprolactinaemia: Increased blood prolactin levels associated with galactorrhea (abnormal milk secretion). It may be caused by such things as certain medications, pituitary disorders and thyroid disorders. The condition can occur in males as well as females.
• Mastalgia: Generalized breast pain or tenderness
• Mastitis: Infected breast common in nursing mothers
• Neonatal Jaundice: Common skin yellowing jaundice in newborn babies.
• Osteoporosis: Bone thinning and weakening from bone calcium depletion.

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