need help with potential infection

May 26, 2004

Hi. I haven't posted before, so I'll give a very brief un-health

background on me to help with my current issue. I'm a 29 year old

mother of four (three living) who has chronic systemic candida,

chronic fatigue syndrome, leaky gut syndrome, and multiple chemical

sensitivites which worsen by the day. I began eating an organic whole

grains diet last August, and I have been going through nutritional

detox since then. I've learned to accept strange things that my body

does as part of the healing. But I've got one at the moment that is

getting worse and painful.

My current problem/issue is that I have a sore that has formed at the

base of my nipple. Yes, I am nursing a 14 month old at the moment,

and no, weaning is definitely not the answer to this! The sore is

only about the size of a mosquito bite, and the " head " to it is about

2mm. It was looking like a scab a few days ago, but it has started to

look like an infection as in between nursings it gets a

yellowish/green scab to it. It's not oozing pus, but it looks and

feels like it should be. It's worst when he's nursing, though I can

minimize it if I can get him to stay in a certain position, a near

impossible feat with a nursing toddler. In between feedings, it

occasionally hurts, but usually is ok. A few years ago I would have

slapped polysporin on it; now that's not even a remote option since

I'm not really wanting to have a massive thrush flare up. I've also

become VERY distrustful of antibiotics because they are a large part

of what destroyed my body in the first place.

I put some colloidal silver on it this evening in an attempt to find

something in my pantry that might help, wouldn't hurt, and was safe

for ingestion. Does anyone else have other suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

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