https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:31:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2614853 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:25:00 +0000 starlitsky 2614853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: it's been about 3 weeks now! :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2614845 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:17:26 +0000 pastemoo 2614845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@starlitsky: How many days? It took us 3 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2614835 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:02:25 +0000 starlitsky 2614835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: Thanks, I'll try the cotton ball! I've been using qtips and it's helped a bit but it hasn't completely cleared yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2614826 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 13:51:16 +0000 pastemoo 2614826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@starlitsky: Just keeping at it! We used a cotton ball to hold the medicine on her tongue. I started with some of the medicine on the cotton ball, then just let out the medicine onto the ball as she sucked on it. And I held on for dear life, highly concerned she might swallow it/choke. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2613737 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 23:34:23 +0000 starlitsky 2613737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: yay! What finally worked for you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2613045 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 20:32:31 +0000 pastemoo 2613045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Day 21, I think we're clear! Medicine 4x/day is amazingly hard to keep up with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2607842 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 21:16:13 +0000 pastemoo 2607842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Iced Tea: I will add that. Thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2607839 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 21:03:30 +0000 Iced Tea 2607839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: that's good!<br /> I applied the coconut oil to my nipples. Which got some into baby's mouth when feeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2607656 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 08:16:36 +0000 pastemoo 2607656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Finally improving! Left is day 1, then day 4, day 6 (which looks worse than day 4! That's when I posted this), day 11. Feels like way longer than 11 days. </p> [attach=741/16/oc7m7p.600x600.image.jpeg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2603765 Sun, 14 Aug 2016 15:13:51 +0000 pastemoo 2603765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: I'd love to know where this number comes from! I've seen a lot on the internet but no research that uses the same numbers. The research compares to "control" and I don't know what the control is. From this review article it looks like nystatin has a clinical cure rate between 29 and 54%. :/</p> <p>A new paper came out this February, I will try the q-tip, and if we're still fighting this next visit, I will see if the pastilles are available <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27042008" rel="nofollow">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27042008</a><br /> and then the gentian violet. Thanks so much!</p> <p>@Iced Tea: what did you add coconut oil to? to topical ointment? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2603690 Sun, 14 Aug 2016 07:14:03 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2603690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually got a prescription for gentian violet, instead of nystatin.<br /> I also had to cut sugar and grains from my diet because they feed yeast and the infection was on my breasts as well. </p> <p>Good luck- it's not fun at all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2603641 Sat, 13 Aug 2016 18:48:22 +0000 alphagam84 2603641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put it on our finger or a qtip and rubbed it all around her mouth. It did take awhile to clear up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2603617 Sat, 13 Aug 2016 15:58:30 +0000 Iced Tea 2603617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thrush is awful. I had it really bad and three rounds of difluclan reduced it but didn't eliminate it. I gave my baby nystatin, which seemed to work for her, though she didn't have it bad. Surprisingly, adding coconut oil finally did the trick for me. </p> <p>After that, anytime I felt it coming back, I used the coconut oil on my breasts (some gets in baby's mouth while feeding), and it would go away quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2603614 Sat, 13 Aug 2016 15:52:24 +0000 Kemma 2603614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nystatin is a pretty useless med (I think it has a success rate of less than 65%!) so if it hasn't worked by now I'd be asking for a different med. We went through three bottles of nystatin with no improvement but Daktarin gel cleared the thrush in three days!</p> <p>My other advice is to make sure you're being treated too (to avoid passing it back and forth) and to sterilise and hot wash anything that comes in contact with baby's mouth or your breast (if you're nursing, of course).</p> <p>Thrush is a shit of a thing so fingers crossed you can get rid of it soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thrush-treatment#post-2603571 Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:55:49 +0000 pastemoo 2603571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need parent-hacks for thrush treatment!</p> <p>I have nystatin from the doctor and I have very well cleared up everything in the front of her mouth but the back part of her tongue and roof of her mouth---I need a new strategy!</p> <p>The bottle says to put a syringe in each cheek, the doctor said if that doesn't work, try to put the medicine on a gauze pad to hold it in place a little longer. I am terrible at that. </p> <p>How did you get the medicine to stay in place? How did you get rid of baby thrush?</p> <p>Thanks! </p>