One way to decide what is causing "white tongue" would be a wet mount. As a NP student I did a Planned Parenthood rotation where this is done all the time. A tongue blade can be used to scrape a small amount of the white exudate onto a microscopic slide & then KOH (potassium hydroxide) can be added to help visualize the hyphae and buds of yeast. A local STD clinic or public health lab would probably have the microscope and could walk you through this--they are usually very nice. I got a microscope and have been meaning to do this on babies (easier than moms) but want to work with someone more knowledgeable as I am a bit rusty. I did try it on myself when my tongue was looking white & it looked like yeast to me. Lorna Aliperti, APRN, IBCLC www.lactationservices.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html