Linda:  This mom may be seeing a fenugreek allergy.  Ask the mom if she is
allergic to ragweed?  If yes, then she should never have been put on
fenugreek in the first place.  If not, she may have developed an allergy.
Of course, there is a which came first the chicken or the egg scenario.
Yeast experts believe that the fungal filaments penetrate tissues such as
the intestines and even milk ducts, to grow deep into tissue and travel
throughout the body.  If the protective mucosal covered microvilli in the
intestines are breached by these hyphae, then large molecules such as
proteins and potential allergens can easily cross over into the blood
stream, resulting in food sensitivities and food allergies.  Thus, the yeast
infection could cause an allergy.  Or, on the other hand, the fenugreek
could have nothing to do with it.

BTW, Nystatin is ineffective in half of all cases due to resistence.  Five
days of Diflucan for ductal yeast is almost criminal (IMNSHO) because it
kills off the weakest strains and allows the stronger ones to propagate an
even stronger colony.
Warmly,
-- Chris Hafner-Eaton, PhD, MPH, CHES, IBCLC    [log in to unmask]

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