From:    Jane Hedges
>Her doctor has informed her that thrush in babies her age is uncommon. Also
>that if the thrush continues to occur they will have to look at other
>medical reasons such as the possiblilty of diabetes.
>
>I have given her all the info. I have. Have any of you heard of thrush
>being a sign of diabetes? Mom seems quite concerned and I could find
>nothing in my literature.


I hope you all don't mind my jumping in here:  I am generally a fascinated
lurker.  I have three diabetic children, two of whom are girls who tend to
get thrush from time to time.  In my experience of over sixteen years, I
have never heard of thrush being an indication of diabetes especially in
small babies.  There is a greater degree of possible infection of vaginal
thrush for diabetic girls because their urine may carry higher amounts of
sugar if they are not too well controlled. IMVHO this sounds like another
case of "lack of proper knowledge" on the part of people who should be
taking the trouble to get their facts straight.

Nena Blake
BfC/Tutor for NCT UK

"There's always another way of looking at things".

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