At 12:52 PM 5/1/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I didn't get any responses at all to my query, so I'll ask one more time.
>Do you all think hydrogel dressings can harbor yeast?  Is anyone using them
>on nipples damaged by presumed thrush?  Should we be avoiding hydrogel in
>that situation?

According to the woman who presented at ILCA on hydrogel, the dressing just
has to be changed more frequently.  I recommend changing 3 times a day when
yeast overgrowth is present.  I have not found it to delay the healing from
the yeast infection.  As soon as the other treatments begin to be effective
and nipples are no longer so sore, Mom discontinues the dressing.

Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee
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