Mastitis
Mastitis:
Acute
inflammation of the nipples in a nursing female cat. It is caused
by a trauma, infection, or blocked passage of the milk through the
mammary glands. Symptoms are swelling orhardening of the nipples,
which may also become fevered or purplish, possibly with the emission
of discoloured milk that may be streaked with blood. The affliction
may strike only one nipple. Hot compresses applied to the area may
give relief until the animal can be seen by a vet.
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