I, too, find "thrush" to be a handy diagnosis when everything else fails.
Of course, if Mom has had antibiotics, if baby has thrush, is the pain is
not typical of any other problem (attachment or other), then I will give
diflucan a try. But I am perplexed, and so whish there was a test or
something to establish the presence of the germ. The history of medicine
is full of "new and explaining everything" diagnosis. Beware...

Louise Denhez, M.D., M.P.H
Montreal, Quebec, Canada