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The medical history will be obtained and a physical examination performed.
Medical history questions documenting a nipple discharge in detail may include:
- Are you pregnant?
- Are you breast-feeding?
- What type of drainage is there?
- Does it look like milk (even though you are not breast-feeding)?
- Does it look bloody?
- Does it look like pus?
- Is the drainage from both breasts?
- How much drainage is there?
- Enough to stain the lining of the bra?
- Enough to soak through the bra?
- Does the discharge occur spontaneously, or only when expressed?
- Do you perform breast self-examination? How often?
- What medications do you take?
- What other symptoms are also present? Especially, is there:
The physical examination will include examination of the breasts for lumps or other abnormality.
Diagnostic tests that may be performed include:
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