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In a message dated 12/19/98 6:02:40 PM Central Standard Time,
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<< And I've always wondered
why the docs so rarely accept that those borderline tongues could be
thrush.
In preparing a mom yesterday for the possibility that her doctor would say
it wasn't thrush and wouldn't prescribe, it hit me that doctors never had
to bother with whitish tongues in bottle-fed babies. >>
Well, there is an valid opinon to be made that thrush in infants can come & go
with and/or without treatment. I know physicians who do not treat (read
almost never) thrush in infants because in their opinion it is not a "problem"
that needs treatment. Hence, borderline tongues (asymptomatic) may or may not
need to be treated because it may or may not go away without treatment. For
me, I do not hesitate to treat "borderline" tongues especially if infant is
breastfed. I use Nystatin often and I use Fungizone for failures/resistant
cases/re-treats. I also use Gentian Violet for very difficult cases and/or if
parents can't afford Rx. I do not use Nizoral in infants.
OBTW, I see whitish tongues in bottle fed babies all the time. I don't think
whitish tongues are limited to BM.
Andrew MD FAAP
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