article_snippet: I knew without a doubt this was mastitis again.'
article_snippet: I'd read lots about mastitis and knew the best way to clear a blockage was to keep on feeding,' Cassandra says.
article_snippet: Less than 1 per cent of cases of mastitis lead to sepsis, says Dr Daniels.
article_snippet: Sepsis is most likely to occur as a result of conditions such as pneumonia, gallbladder complications or urinary tract infections, which are generally more common than mastitis.
article_snippet: and I wasn't going to let mastitis stop me doing that.'
article_snippet: It's not clear why some women get mastitis and others don't, but women who have had mastitis are prone to getting mastitis again - possibly because of the way the mother is feeding.
article_snippet: If a woman suspects a woman has mastitis, a woman should contact a woman GP immediately because of the risk of infection, and also the risk of an abscess developing, which may need to be drained.