>Thanks for all of the responses and for the other recent yeast postings but I >am curious about my original ?? ie. what really worked? and if it was the gv- >Why ?-since the pain was primarily indicative of deep ductal yeast!? Gentian Violet can help resolve ductal yeast along with nipple yeast. The nipple is a "two-way street." If the yeast infection can move from nipple to ducts, so can good-old GV. I have had several mothers whose yeast infection was finally resolved with focused treatment with gentian violet, along with complementary treatments, as all of you have mentioned. One of my favorite treatments is GV once or twice a day on mother's nipples and Jack Newman's APNO after all feedings at which GV is not used. If a mother begins this treatment (along with dietary and other complimentary treatments) early enough that can be the end of the story. My clients use the .5% solution, undiluted for as long as it takes to resolve the problem. Sometimes it is 4 days, often it is more like a week, and sometimes it takes longer. The amount used is still very small. I have several family physicians who are now recommending this treatment plan and are pleased with the outcome. Even a couple of OBs are taking yeast overgrowth seriously and are interested in this treatment before bringing out the "big gun", fluconozole. These, of course, are cases in which the mother doesn't have a history of recurring yeast infections. For those with such history, I suggest that they use the GV and APNO along with the fluconozole--again stressing the complementary treatments, which are especially important in resistant cases. I agree that Nystatin is a delaying step in the resolution of the infection. Pat Gima, IBCLC Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:[log in to unmask] *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html