I did not realize it were possible to have mastitis outside of nursing. I know that my late grandmother had horrible mastitis with her first daughter (my aunt), and a surgeon injected anesthetic into the breast area, and that totally cleared the pain.
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I do not know whether this is done these days - she had it done in 1940 - but I know that it helped immensely and immediately.