Thrush??? - Louisville,KY

Hi C.,

Thrush as you have read is a yeast infection of the mouth, a good way to help prevent thrush from coming back is to boil all of the pacifiers and baby bottles more so the nipples.
The formula and or breast milk can cause thrush.

It is generally painless and can be treated with an oral medcation.

My son had Thrush, my doctor told us it wasn't painful they didn't even realize they had anything wrong. They give you some medication to squeeze into his mouth a few times a day. My son didn't like that but he got over it.

Hey C.!
Don't worry! Thrush is a yeast infection in the mouth. I don't know exactly what causes it but usually a liquid medicine is given to babies to coat their tongue and make it less painful.
C.

My son and daughter had thrush. It can be painful if you try to scrape their tongue - but other than that I don't believe either of my kids experienced any pain. You can get a homeopathic remedy to cure it if you prefer. Go to Wild Oats and they tell them you are looking for something for thrush. I cannot remember what it is called, I used it and it cleared it right up. I kept it on hand for reoccuring issues. I think it's call Acedopholis

My daughter had thrush this past fall. It can be painfull depending on how bad baby has it. You will definatley need to get a RX for the baby, the first one didnt' work for us, I ended up having to get the one that was VERY expensive (250). Get YoBaby yougourt and that can help as well....my daughter still loves it to this day, she throws a fit if she even see's it now! Make sure you boil all bottles, nipples, passi's, and toys that the baby plays with, daily....I took all of her toys that she puts in her mouth away from her for a few days until the medicine kicked in. If baby takes a passi, switch it several times a day. They told me to try to get her not to take it....but you know how that is when your baby doesn't feel good in the first place!! So we just switched it a lot. As for mommy....make sure you are washing your hands very well for the both of you....if you touch down there you can spread it to yourself. I already had a tube of nystantin left from when I was preggo's....so I just used that to help me, and you may very well get a yeast infection from baby's thrush. Hope it helps and good luck!!!! Hope baby feels better.

My daughter had thrush when she was about 2 weeks old. The doc said sometimes it can be painful but it didn't seem to bother her at all. I have her the oral meds and just made sure I washed her bottles and binkies well with dish soap and HOT water. It went away in about 5-6 days, but the meds are for 10 days. Make sure even if it goes away sooner you still give it to her for all 10 days. We did not have it come back but our dr gave us a refil on the rx just in case. The medicine is REALLY BITTER and the baby will probably not want to take it after the first 2 or 4 times, but it is the ONLY way to get rid of it, but it is very common and nothing to worry about.

My daughter had thrush. My mother got it before from one of her Pulmacort inhailer. Thrush can be painful depending on the severity of it. My mother never had any pain and my daughter wasn't very bad. Thrush is a yeast infection of the mouth. We always caught it early since usually there is white stuff around and in the mouth. I can't remember if my daughter got it from a medication or from a nebulizer treatment. But usually there are certain medications that can cause it and they tell you to rinse the mouth after administering. I never caught it from my daughter. I'm sure if you eat yogurt with live cultures will help. They are good for yeast infections.

My daughter had thrush when she was about 3 mos. The doctor's say that if an adult were to get thrush that it would be very painful, but since she was an infant, they have a higher pain threshhold. For instance, the rate at which they grow is painful and also teething. Anyway, they just gave me an antibiotic and it went away quickly. It's no big deal, a lot of babies get thrush. Hope I helped.

Hi C.,
My little guys both had thrush when they were about 4 months old. They were nursing at the time and the doctor said to be really careful about washing after because it can spread to the breasts. Guess it is a yeast infection. It seemed to go away on it's own and they never seemed like it bothered them. Good luck at the doctors. Sometimes they can treat it with a oral fungal medication called Nystatin. You'll "paint" the medicine on the white patches with the enclosed applicator (or your finger) several times a day for ten days. It may take a week to clear up the infection. If the infection doesn't seem to be clearing up, call your doctor. Some babies with thrush also develop a yeast diaper infection. If that happens, your doctor can prescribe a fungal medication to use in the diaper area.
If you're breastfeeding a baby with thrush, many doctors also recommend that you apply Nystatin or Lotramin to your nipples so that you and your baby won't pass the infection back and forth. (I stole part of this from the web site we had used when the boys had it. Our doctor just recommended washing out their mouths every few hours or so.)

Hello. My daughter had thrush when she was just a few weeks old. Her pediatrician wrote her a perscription for her to take orally. And I also had to boil or throw away all nipples and pacifiers. This is really important, because if you don't they will stay infected and the baby will not get rid of the thrush. And also, her doctor told me that it was not painful for my daughter. Hope this helps some.

ahh thrush those weird white patches in baby's mouth...they can be painful for some babies and not for others just kind of depends...but the treatment is painless antibiotic type stuff. It goes away pretty easy and you don't need to lose any sleep over it.

Lots of kids get thrush, don't worry so much! Thrush is just a yeast infection of the mouth. Typically it's not painful, though if it gets really bad it can be. My son had it once when he was about 4 months old and it didn't bother him a bit.
Most doctors prescribe an oral antifungal, called Nystatin, that's pretty nasty tasting. Looks kind of like a cream colored milk, but you'll put it on a Qtip and swab his mouth several times a day. Usually is fast acting and works well, though as you have seen some people need something else to be effective.

C.--I have not personally experienced thrush but my best friend did with her baby and yes it was painful for her and the baby. you definitely need to get to the doctor to get on some meds because if you don't you two just end up passing back and forth over and over. make sure that your doc gives you BOTH meds. my best friend went to the doctor the first time and they only treated her son and nothing was getting better--finally 2 days later the pain was horrible and she had to go back and get treated herself.

I just realized that my daughter had thrush today I really might not have noticed it but I am nursing and I was getting very sore. My dr did not even have us come in just gave us a rx. Thrush is a very common thing. My daughter was sick with a cold and my dr had me give her a decongestant and he said that might be what caused it. But really nothing to worry about as long as you get it treated!

the best thing that i have found for thrush was a homeopathic treatment, called Gentian Violet. If your pharmacy doesn't carry it they can usually get it in the next day. Rite Aid carries it most of the time. Just put a little bit on a Q-tip and put it in you baby's mouth, make sure your baby has on something that you don't mind getting stained. It will turn anything it touches blue, and it's very hard to get out. But a couple days of using that will clear it right up. Hope this helps.