mastitis
Infected mammary tissue
Mastitis is inflammation of breast tissue, typically caused by infection during breastfeeding when bacteria enter through a cracked nipple.
Symptoms include pain, swelling, warmth, and fever.
The condition can also affect dairy cattle, where it's a major concern for milk production: The farmer treated the cow's mastitis with antibiotics.
Abnormal tissue enlargement
- rednessCrimson-hued state
- painBodily or emotional distress
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
fever · chills · flu-like · fatigue · throbbing · lump · hardness · burning
Mammalian mammary organ
- milkingExtracting animal dairy fluid
- bovineOf the cattle family
- herdGrazing animals together
- cowsAdult female bovines
jersey · dairy farm · milk quality · milking parlor · subclinical · bulk tank · culling · veterinary
Overfilling causing swelling
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- weaningGradual dietary independence
- postpartumAfter childbirth period
colostrum · breast pump · latch · nipple shield · cabbage leaves
Nucleus-free single-celled organisms
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
- staphylococcusSpherical bacteria in clusters
- streptococcusSpherical bacteria in chains
- abscessLocalized pus collection
sepsis · culture · pathogen · pus · fever · penicillin · cephalosporin · resistance
swelling
Abnormal tissue enlargement
tenderness · fever · chills · flu-like · fatigue · throbbing · lump · hardness · burning · soreness
udder
Mammalian mammary organ
cows · jersey · dairy farm · milk quality · milking parlor · subclinical · bulk tank · culling · veterinary · quarter
engorgement
Overfilling causing swelling
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- weaningGradual dietary independence
postpartum · colostrum · breast pump · latch · nipple shield · cabbage leaves
bacteria
Nucleus-free single-celled organisms
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
- staphylococcusSpherical bacteria in clusters
- streptococcusSpherical bacteria in chains
abscess · sepsis · culture · pathogen · pus · fever · penicillin · cephalosporin · resistance · microbes
- dairymilk, butter, cream, cheese, yogurt
- farm hazardsdrought, frost damage, flood, hail damage, frost
- reproductive healthpregnancy, infertility, childbirth, male infertility, fertility rates
- bacterial infectionsanthrax, botulism, cholera, diphtheria, lockjaw
- breast healthbreast cancer, breast exam, breast health, breast lumps, breast pain
- breastsbreast, nipple, nipples, areola, mammary gland