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Thrush in babies by Bratsch Thrope
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Often, if your baby has white patches within his or her mouth then it's possibly a thrush infection. Thrush has the appearance of cottage cheese or milk and may line the the sides, roof, tongue and cheek areas. Often, the normal thrush infection happens within the first two months after birth. Thrush is a yeast infection and can be induced by the loss of balance between good and bad bacteria. When the bad bacteria thrives it makes a yeast overgrowth. This thrush infection is often triggered by hormonal changes during or right after birth. Thrush can also be started by antibiotic medication so if your MD prescribes these after the arrival of your child and you breast feed your baby then you could be triggering the infection in your infant. This happens as unfortunately the antibiotics will often restrict the good bacteria that would usually fight off the yeast infection. If you breast feed then it is also likely that your baby to pass the yeast infection back to your nipples. However, usually this is unlikely and your child's thrush infection never affects the mother. Babies who don't breast feed may also acquire a thrush infection from unsterilized bottles, pacifiers etc. Testing for yeast infection isn't too difficult. Using a sterile piece of cloth, carefully wipe the white patches. The infected patches will frequently reveal a raw, red area behind it that can bleed a little. Milky looking patches that only show on the tongue are quite often simply milk residue because thrush normally affects more than 1 area of the mouth. You will usually be alerted to a thrush infection by your baby telling you. He or she may frequently be distressed while sucking on pacifiers or while feeding because of the pain in their their mouth. Even though the symptoms are relatively simple to spot, it's frequently a good thing to get your diagnosis confirmed from a healthcare professional. Thrush affects lots of people and isn't restricted to women and children. Men also get yeast infection and therefore there is lots of info available on the internet for us to get help from. It is suspected that up to 75 per cent of the population will get yeast infection at one location in their life. For further info, please visit the web site underneath where you will find very detailed help with each element of thrush, candida or yeast infection symptoms. Just bear in mind - if you are not sure, speak to a GP. If you would like a cure for thrush then please visit www.stopthrush.com
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