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Thrush Infections of The Mouth
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Thrush Infections of The Mouth
Thrush infections of the mouth also known as oral candidiasis is a fungal infection of the mouth most frequent in infants during the first six months of life. It appears as white or cream-colored patches, with the underlying tissue red and raw. Children with thrush often have a fungal diaper rash as well. This common infection can be easily treated.
Thrush infections of the mouth is contagious, and care should be taken to prevent its spread. Mothers who are breast-feeding must be particularly careful if their babies develop thrush because the infection may be passed back and forth between a mother's nipple and the baby's mouth.
Thrush infections of the mouth is usually easy to identify. Irritated white patches inside the mouth are the major indication. The child also may experience discomfort in the mouth and have difficulty suckling and eating. Mothers who are breast-feeding may have sore nipples.
Thrush is caused by infection with the Candida organism, a yeast-like fungus. Oral thrush is most common in newborns, whose immune systems are not yet fully developed and who might contract it during a vaginal delivery.
Poor hygiene may also result in the transmission of thrush from person to person at any age. It can spread through contaminated hands, nipples, bottles, toys and other personal items.
Practicing good hygiene is the best way to prevent thrush. Even so hand-washing and similar measures may not always prevent a child from acquiring this highly contagious infection. To reduce the risk frequently wash your child's and your own hands, carefully clean nursing bottles and nipples, and wash linens, toys and other articles frequently.
Grapefruit Seed Extract
The fungus likes to settle on pacifiers and nipples of baby bottles, leading to constant re-infection. To clean baby nipples and pacifiers from thrush put them into a solution of (?) drops grapefruit seed extract to 1 qt. water. Soak for 20 minutes and rinse very well before using. Read more about thrush!
Toy Wash: Objects that babies frequently put in their mouths can be effectively cleaned with a solution of (?) drops grapefruit seed extract in 1 qt. of water. Leave them in the solution for 10 minutes and then let them dry in the air.
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