A case/control study of breastfeeding women with and without symptoms that are anecdotally related to thrush in the breast. Cases and controls will be compared for presence of Candida albicans in their breast milk, premature cessation of breastfeeding and confidence in their ability to breastfeed

Stig & Ragna Gorthon Foundation0 个研究点目标入组 75 人开始时间: 2016年11月30日最近更新: 2018年8月20日

试验速览

•Inclusion criteria for cases:
•1. Breastfeeding woman
•2. Adult, = 18 years
•3. Exclusive or non-exclusive breastfeeding
•4. Good understanding of Swedish language in spoken and written form
•5. One or several symptoms on the nipple and areola or in the breast: red, extenuated, tender, burning, sloughing skin on the nipple and areola, with or without deep, radiating, cutting pain sensations in the breast
•Inclusion criteria for the controls:
•1. Breastfeeding woman
•2. Adult, = 18 years
•3. Exclusive or non-exclusive breastfeeding
•4. Good understanding of Swedish language in spoken and written form
•5. None of the symptoms on the nipple and areola or in the breast: red, extenuated, tender, burning, sloughing skin on the areola, with or without deep, radiating, cutting pain sensations in the breast

•1. Breastfeeding women with pain, skin symptoms or sores which can be attributed to breastfeeding technical difficulties such as short frenulum, mastitis or Raynaud's syndrome
•2. Women with excema-like skin conditions and white spot

发起方

Stig & Ragna Gorthon Foundation