Breast and Nipple Pain - Paperback

by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett (Author)

Nipple pain is one of the most common reasons for premature cessation of breastfeeding. Breast and Nipple Pain is a collection of articles with the latest insights on how to help mothers who experience it. Topics include: - Addressing latch issues immediately to prevent nipple pain and early weaning - Differentiating between Raynaud's Phenomenon of the Nipple and Candidiasis as a cause of pain - Evidence-based treatment strategies for painful nipples - Lanolin use and possible increased risk of nipple or breast infection - Topical treatments used by mothers for nipple pain and trauma - Frenotomy to decrease breastfeeding difficulties due to ankyloglossia - Timing of frenotomy for improved breastfeeding and infant outcomes - Kinesio Elastic Therapeutic Taping(R) in treating breast engorgement - Mothers' subjective experience of nipple pain and breastfeeding difficulties

Author Biography

Kathleen Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist, IBCLC, and Fellow of the American Psychological Association. She is Editor-in-Chief at Praeclarus Press and Clinical Professor of Nursing at University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dr. Kendall-Tackett is Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Lactation.