Bettina:  I'd be curious to see what would happen if this mom expressed milk
while in the bath tub.  In the moms in my current study, I have seen strands
of thickened milk (later cultured positive for various yeast strains)
expressed into the water.  It is extraordinary to see these spray out in
slow motion.  Even in cases where moms were assymptomatic, but babies had
symptoms, there was positive response to a full-scope attack on the yeast
(as I've previously described) including the use of lecithin.  The lecithin,
along with vitamin C and other therapeutics, nearly eliminated these
strands.  I haven't published these findings yet, but I do have statistical
significance at p=0.05 (so far, and I hope to do better).  If you are still
following this patient, I would use Amir's questionnaire to screen for risk
of Candidiasis--although I wouldn't rule out other fungal infections if
she's at risk for this.

Chris Hafner-Eaton, PhD, MPH, CHES, IBCLC    [log in to unmask]
mom, wife, educator, lactation consultant, researcher, scientist, author,
organic gardener, photographer, lapidary creator, lousy cleaner.

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