How to treat slight thrush?

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Thrush is also known as acute pseudomembranous candidiasis, but in life, many people do not know much about this early symptoms, and the disease has been quite serious. It often occurs in newborns, small infants, especially in patients with long-term use of antibiotics or hormones. Thrush can occur in any part of the mouth, tongue, cheek, soft palate, floor of the mouth and so on. Let me talk about how to treat mild thrush?

How to treat slight thrush?

Oral mucosa appeared milky white, slightly high plaque membrane, no inflammatory reaction around, like milk lumps. Painless, after wiping off the plaque membrane, we can see the red wound without bleeding below. The size of plaque membrane varies, and it can appear on the tongue, cheek, palate or lip mucosa.

The white plaques are not easy to be wiped off with cotton swab or wet gauze. When the infection is mild, leukoplakia is not easy to find, and there is no obvious pain, or only painful expression when eating. In severe cases, the baby will be restless due to pain, poor appetite, crying, lactation difficulties, sometimes accompanied by mild fever.

If the damaged mucosa is not treated in time, it can continue to expand and spread to the pharynx, tonsils, gums, etc. in severe cases, it can spread to the esophagus and bronchus, causing candidal esophagitis or pulmonary candidiasis, resulting in dyspnea and dysphagia, and a few can be complicated with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis, affecting lifelong immune function. Even secondary to other bacterial infections, resulting in sepsis.

matters needing attention

In terms of diet, we should pay attention to eat less spicy food, eat less greasy food, do not often overeat, or do not eat, and have a good habit of drinking water. Drinking eight glasses of water every day can promote the excretion of toxins in the body and prevent various diseases.