>okay, i heard it first hand this time, a mother who called me and said her HCP
>advised her to treat her nipple thrush with over-the-counter vaginal yeast
>medicine.

I have picked up the information from more knowledgeable LCs that any nipple
creams should be for skin and not for mucous membrane surfaces. I, hence,
recommend OTC anti-fungals that are for the dermis. As I posted recently, I
recommend L....in AF.  (which, by the way, is Anti-Fungal and not Athlete's
Foot.  Not that it would matter, but moms don't like the locker-room
connection.)

Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee
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