Thrush may be the reason why your baby stops sucking frequently while breastfeeding, your baby refuses to breastfeed, or your baby becomes restless.
Thrush I encounter in almost every newborn baby; The causative agent is Candida Albicans, which is a fungus. In fact, this fungus is a normal flora element, that is, it is found in everyone's mouth.
However, since the immune system of newborns is not yet sufficiently developed, the immune system of the elderly or due to illness may decrease. ) The incidence of disease increases in suppressed people.
It is seen as white-yellow plaques everywhere in the mouth, especially on the tongue, and these plaques may bleed when removed.
- The reason why newborn babies leave the breast frequently while breastfeeding,
- The reason why they reject the breast,
- The reason why they are restless,
- The reason for intense gas formation in the digestive system due to the mushrooms they swallow while sucking. It may occur.
Locally applied antifungal (antifungal) medications and bicarbonate water and solutions are recommended for oral care in its treatment.
One teaspoon of powdered baking soda. It is mixed with a tea glass of clean water or bicarbonate ampoules are applied with a clean cotton or bandage into the whole mouth of the babies and simultaneously on both nipples of the mother 4 or 6 times a day.
If If it does not go away with this application, the antifungal Nystatin (Fungostatin, Mucostatin) is applied as a dropperful or 1-2 cc into a container and applied into the whole mouth with a clean ear swab or cotton 4 times a day, and simultaneously the mother is given every time. It can be applied to both nipples with a clean cotton or bandage 4 times a day.
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