My 7week old baby boy has thrush and it hasen't gone away even with medication?

Question

my son has been taking nestatin for the past month it is susposed to make his thrush get better but it isn't wokring his thrush is still here i don't know what to do. Should I get him another perscription for nestatin or schedule him a doctors appointment to see if it is something other then Thrush.

Answer 1

You should probably try another type of medicine. My little girl got thrush around that age and the meds helped get rid of it. Also be sure that you are keeping everything that goes in his mouth sterile (nipples, pacifiers, etc) b/c if those aren't being sterilized it could keep it from going away

Answer 2

My son had chronic thrush over 10 x until he was almost a year old. It does help to sanitize everything that comes in contact with his mouth daily. Also, any pacifiers or bottle nipples should either be thrown out or sanitized after EVERY use. (A major pain, I know). A pacifier will undoubtedly cause thrush to continue. If you are breastfeeding, make sure the doctor gives you a prescription also or at least put miconazole cream on your breasts before and after you breastfeed so you don't pass it back and forth (it will not affect him). Lastly, the only solution I found that really worked was Gentian Violet (found at drug-stores in a little purple bottle). It is a homeopathic remedy. You dip a q-tip in it and then put it quickly on the babies tongue or lips (don't put more than a q-tip swab). It will dye his whole mouth purple but eliminate the thrush usually within a day. It is horrible seeing your little baby with a purple mouth and mine hated the taste but it worked every time. Good luck!

Answer 3

I would take him back to the Dr.s office and either get a new prescription for the same meds or something else.. My daughter had it for a while.. Not sure how long, but it was a while.. Just make sure your sterilizing the nipples and any pacifiers your giving him... I know you know to do that, but the pacifiers should be done anytime you or he takes them out of his mouth.. That is if he takes the pacifiers... Call the doctors.. They will tell you what to do, but I believe it took two prescriptions to cure my daughter... She had a bad case of it but she was also 1 and a half.. So see what they have to say.. Good luck

Answer 4

http://www.lalecheleague.org/NB/NBMayJun93p83.html

Thrush can be harbored in many places, including milk. Once thrush has been confirmed, the following precautions may help prevent recurrence:

* Wash your hands often, especially after diaper changes and after using the toilet.
* Expressed milk can be fed to the baby, but milk expressed during a thrush outbreak should not be saved and frozen. Freezing deactivates yeast but does not kill it (Rosa 1990). So if the frozen milk is given to the baby after treatment is completed, it could cause the thrush to recur.
* If the baby uses pacifiers, bottle nipples, or teethers, boil them once a day for twenty minutes to kill the thrush. After one week of treatment, discard them and buy new ones.
* If a breast pump is used, boil daily all parts that touch the milk (except rubber gaskets).
* Disposable nursing pads should be discarded after each feeding. Cloth nursing pads should be changed after each feeding and not used again until they've been washed in hot, soapy water.
* If the baby is old enough to play with toys, anything the baby puts into his mouth should be washed frequently with hot, soapy water so that he does not reinfect himself or spread thrush to other children.
* Add Lactobacillus acidophilus to your diet to re-colonize your digestive tract with the good bacteria that can keep yeast in check.
* Consider eliminating sugar, yeast-containing foods and supplements, and other highly processed foods from your diet. The yeast won't have anything to feed on and you may find yourself healthier and more disease resistant in general.

Answer 5

You should take him back to Doctor and let them know it has not helped, also when it is like this , if bottle feeding use a new nipple everytime , I know can cost but worth it. If breast make sure clean before feeding. Do not Prop bottle! Ever! So plz take your little bundle back to Doctor .

Answer 6

most definitely see a pediatrician. oral thrush can be caused by dirty bottles, nipples and such but nystatin should have taken care of it if he took it 4 times a day and the above mentioned taken care of.

Answer 7

I would have taken him back to the doctor after 7 days.

Answer 8

my daughter had thrush just days after we left the hospital.........it is really difficult to get rid of ........she had that same prescription.......it took her a little over a month to get rid of it........but if you are really concerned you should call your doctor!

Answer 9

you have to kill him