Illnesses & Symptoms: Infant, Nystatin

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Infant Yeast Infection

my son has a yeast infection per his pedi, we have been treating it with prescribed medication as well as over the counter medication. can anyone give any advice, he has had this off and on for 2 1/2 weeks. We have cut out fruits per the pedi for a week starting yesterday and they are treating me as a precaution incase I am causing it through breastfeeding!

Medications

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Diflucan and Sleep Disruptions?

Hello, I am wondering if anyone knows anything about Diflucan. My 4 month old battled thrush in October and took Diflucan for apx 9-10 days. It was not a bad case, but he was having significant trouble sleeping while he had the thrush. When we started oral Diflucan he immediately slept better within 24 hours, and this pattern continued on days 1-5 of the medication. From then on however his sleep patterns became more and more erratic. He was sleeping no more than 1 hour at a stretch, up all night screaming, passing gas. His bowel...

Rashes

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Nystatin & Diarrhea

We seem to be in a downward spiral of maladies! Three weeks ago, my 6 mo.-old was diagnosed with Thrush. (Which in itself is weird since he's on the older side for Thrush, and I'm no longer nursing.) We were given Nystatin, and after now our third round it has proven to be ineffective. During all of this, he also developed diarrhea, and subsequently a HORRIBLE diaper rash that we're finding hard to battle. Several of you have suggested Gentian Violet, and I've heard it's messy. I'm OK with his mouth being blue/purple for a few days. But is...

Thrush

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Nystatin & Diarrhea

We seem to be in a downward spiral of maladies! Three weeks ago, my 6 mo.-old was diagnosed with Thrush. (Which in itself is weird since he's on the older side for Thrush, and I'm no longer nursing.) We were given Nystatin, and after now our third round it has proven to be ineffective. During all of this, he also developed diarrhea, and subsequently a HORRIBLE diaper rash that we're finding hard to battle. Several of you have suggested Gentian Violet, and I've heard it's messy. I'm OK with his mouth being blue/purple for a few days. But is...

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Is This Thrush?

My son is four months old and last night I noticed a tiny patch of something...

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Thrush - Again

What I was wondering is if anyone has had Thrush multiple times and if so,...

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Is It Thrush?

I am a new mom with a three week old and need some help. We have been having...