What are the symptoms of infant thrush?
Oral thrush, otherwise known as an oral yeast infection, is usually first noticed in infants as something that looks like milk in the mouth that will not go away. These are curd-like patches on the surface of the babys tongue or other areas of the mouth; they cannot be easily washed or wiped away. Often the tissue surrounding the white patches is red and irritated. Although it may alarm a parent to see this in their childs mouth, thrush in infants is quite common and is typically easy to treat. A doctor will often prescribe a medication especially for the infant, such as Diflucan. A baby who has thrush may also experience a diaper rash, so the doctor may prescribe something for the rash as well. What causes infant thrush? The oral yeast infection known as thrush develops when a bacteria called candida overgrows and becomes a detriment to the body. Although candida is normally a helpful and useful yeast found in the intestines, it can overgrow in the infant system, because babies immune
