Are breast Yeast infections or mouth thrush contagious?
Yes, during breast-feeding, a yeast infection or thrush can be passed back and forth between the mother’s breasts and the baby’s mouth. A newborn baby can be infected with yeast during delivery if the mother has a vaginal yeast infection. The baby then can pass the infection to the mother during breast-feeding through the cracked nipples. When to suspect breast Candida: • If your nipples are extremely sore, cracked, itching, burning, red, or blistery. • If you experience shooting pains in your breasts while nursing or afterwards • If your baby has oral thrush (white, cottage-cheese-like patches on the tongue and sides of the mouth) or a diaper rash • If you are taking, or have just finished taking, a course of antibiotics. What causes Candida: • Taking of antibiotics, steroids and birth control pills • Hormonal changes during pregnancy, after giving a birth, and during menopause • Certain foods. For example, consuming too many sweets. How I can be helped Yeast infections might be very
