As I mentioned above, thrush is caused by Candida overgrowth. Most frequent specie is Candida Albicans. In babies Candida infection appear because the babies’ immune system is not trained yet to determine is it a good or bad bacteria, yeast or virus. And it is not strong enough. With age, the immune system becomes stronger, and remains so till the body gets old. In older people, the immune system usually weakens. That is why older people are quite frequently affected by Candida infections.
Middle aged can develop a Candida mouth infection too: when the immune system is weakened by some external or internal factors such antibiotics, corticosteroids, diabetes, different toxins, etc.
Thrush symptoms: white patches on the inner parts of the cheeks and on tongue. These patches are stuck on the inside of the mouth and look like milk curds or cottage cheese.
The diagnosis of thrush is based on looking on white patches and finding the factors that leaded to Candida Albicans overgrowth.
The treatment of thrush is begun by administrating a topic treatment: i.e. a local treatment. Most often it is treated with local administration of nystatin – an anticandida drug which have a lot of local forms: most suitable for thrush are liquid and lozenges. For diaper rash ointment can be used.
For thrush management you can find some useful advises in Candida Nipple Symptoms post.
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