>Hello Lactnetters,
>The other day I saw a baby with a thick white coat on his tongue. 
>Nothing I haven't seen before but in the middle of the tongue was a 
>patch of green.  The mother said that the doctor said that it was 
>thrush (or rather the more generic word, fungus, that we use in 
>Hebrew)  Has anyone ever seen this before?
>Thanks,
>Chayn in Israel, IBCLC


Yes - once. It was a really, really severe case of thrush, all over 
the baby's inside cheeks and tongue, and yes, in the middle it was 
green.

It cleared up with meds.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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