>Visiting a mom of twins, one with thrush, the other not, one nipple with
>symptoms of thrush, the other without, we were discussing with Grandma and
>Mom how all need to be treated, etc., when Grandma asked if she needed
>treatment also... when the pacifier... fell on the floor, she always put it in
>her mouth to "clean" it...

Before the days of diflucan, I had 2 mothers end chronic nipple pain by
taking oral nystatin themselves.  Nystatin isn't absorbed well from the gut;
our assumption was that they themselves had oral yeast and were transmitting
it to their own breasts.  One noted that her tongue became pinker with
treatment (though it hadn't looked "thrushy" to start with) and she lost
"that funny taste in the back of my mouth."
--
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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