page_title: Breastfeeding difficulties
section_title: Raynaud's of the nipple
hierarchical_section_title: Breastfeeding difficulties / Breastfeeding problems / Raynaud's of the nipple
caption_attribution_description: English: Vasospasms in the nipples can cause pain and difficulty breastfeeding. This can be caused by Reynaud's and can also be exacerbated by certain drugs icluding the commonly prescribed blood pressure medication labetalol. Cold air can cause the nipple to spam, restricting the flow of milk. It also causes pain.
context_page_description: Breastfeeding difficulties refers to problems that arise from breastfeeding, the feeding of an infant or young child with milk from a woman's breasts. Although babies have a sucking reflex that enables them to suck and swallow milk, and human breast milk is usually the best source of nourishment for human infants, there are circumstances under which breastfeeding can be problematic, or even in rare instances, contraindicated.
  Difficulties can arise both in connection with the act of breastfeeding and with the health of the nursing infant.
context_section_description: Nipple pain can be caused by vasospasm of the nipple. In essence, blood does not flow properly to the nipple which causes the nipple to blanch. This can be caused by trauma to the nipple through early breastfeeding or candidal infection of the nipple. The pain is intense during the latch stage and in between breastfeeding sessions there is a throbbing pain when the nipple is blanched. The nipple can be massaged to help blood flow return to reduce pain, as well as avoiding cold. In some instances, heart medication, nifedipine, is used to help the blood flow return to the nipple.
caption: Nipple blanching, or vasospasm of the nipple.
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