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Post by calendula on Apr 26, 2018 4:38:29 GMT -6
Hi all,
Hope you don't mind my popping in with a question. My DD is one month old and we have been battling a persistent thrush infection. For those of you who have had it, what worked?
She had the white patch on her tongue at birth. At 2 weeks I mentioned my pain when nursing and a vaginal yeast infection to our doctor and I started a 2 week course of Diflucan for me and oral suspension Nystatin for her. At 3 weeks my symptoms were clear but her tongue was only getting worse. We started boiling all bottles/pacis etc daily and applying Nystatin ointment to my nipples but now at 4 weeks there is still no improvement.
Just to get a sense of what we are dealing with, her tongue has black spots on top of the white. It looks like moldy bread. I'm worried. 😟
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Post by thechickencoop on Apr 26, 2018 7:06:00 GMT -6
Oh no! I'm sorry her tongue is still covered. Is she nursing ok? Are you having any more symptoms?
We dealt with thrush early too, DS had a suuuper thick white coating on his tongue, gums, etc. It was bad but I had no clue what it was!
His cleared up with oral nystatin I believe it was, I used it on my nipples too but I never had any symptoms at first. After his mouth cleared, then I started with the nipple pain so I did a course of diflucan. I had two more episodes like a month apart that diflucan handled and DS didn't show any more signs.
Is there a different med they can use for your DD? A different yeast med or maybe she has a little bacterial infection on top of it (I'm thinking the black spots....) and needs and antibiotic?
What a PITA, I'm so sorry. I hope she's eating ok though. Do you have another appt with her pedi?
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Post by calendula on Apr 26, 2018 10:51:27 GMT -6
Oh no! I'm sorry her tongue is still covered. Is she nursing ok? Are you having any more symptoms? We dealt with thrush early too, DS had a suuuper thick white coating on his tongue, gums, etc. It was bad but I had no clue what it was! His cleared up with oral nystatin I believe it was, I used it on my nipples too but I never had any symptoms at first. After his mouth cleared, then I started with the nipple pain so I did a course of diflucan. I had two more episodes like a month apart that diflucan handled and DS didn't show any more signs. Is there a different med they can use for your DD? A different yeast med or maybe she has a little bacterial infection on top of it (I'm thinking the black spots....) and needs and antibiotic? What a PITA, I'm so sorry. I hope she's eating ok though. Do you have another appt with her pedi? That's helpful info, thank you! I will definitely stay on alert even after it clears just in case of recurrence on my end. And I haven't thought about a bacterial infection too....ill ask our doctor at our appointment next week. I did email her today and she called in a script for oral Diflucan for the baby. We will see if that makes a difference. |
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Post by calendula on Apr 26, 2018 10:55:19 GMT -6
Oh and thechickencoop to answer your question, she has been feeding okay. Her latch is a little shallow and she makes a clicking sound when she sucks, but I know she is transferring milk okay. Sometimes she is a little sloppy and it takes her a few minutes to latch but it isn't all the time, so I don't know if it's the thrush causing pain or not. Same with a bottle. Sometimes sloppy. I really hope it isn't uncomfortable for her  |
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Post by thechickencoop on Apr 26, 2018 14:40:59 GMT -6
I hope the change in meds works! I never had it with DS1 so I was all sorts of annoyed with it, especially coming back. Good luck.
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