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<This is very interesting to me - my sister SWEARS that she never needed to
be treated for thrush - only the baby was treated with gentian violet - and,
she said "it worked just fine!" i tried to tell her about the research, and
she thought I was crazy. (Her baby had thrush 21 years ago).>
Unfortunately, there is no "research" evidence about treatment of
nipple/breast thrush.
We say that baby should be treated if the mother has nipple/breast thrush,
so the infection does not ping-pong back and forward. But if only the baby
has oral thrush and mother has no symptoms - then treating baby only is fine
(just warn the mother what to look out for).
another post ... <Clotrimazole cream for nipples after every feeding>
I find that clotrimazole doesn't work as well on the skin as it does for
vaginal infections. We use miconazole (Daktarin ) in Australia (gel for
baby, gel or cream for mother). I know you don't have the Daktarin gel in
the US, but do you have the cream?
It is not possible to comment further without a full history - some women
might respond to 2 fluconazole, others (eg long history of vaginal thrush,
recent antibiotics, etc) may need more.
Lisa Amir
MBBS, MMed, IBCLC in Melbourne, Australia
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