Crying and whims of a child while eating can be a sign of thrush - a lesion of the oral mucosa with candida fungus. But, to be sure for sure, it is enough to look into the baby's mouth. If the tongue, palate and larynx are covered with a coating in the form of grains of curdled milk, then the treatment of thrush can be started.
It is necessary
- - disinfectant solutions (potassium permanganate, 5% soda solution);
- - antifungal drugs.
Instructions
Step 1
In the occurrence of thrush, the nutrition of both the mother and the child is of great importance. If the baby is still receiving breast milk, exclude from your diet any confectionery and bakery products, fried and mashed potatoes. Limit your milk intake.
Step 2
Include in the diet fresh vegetables and fruits, juices, especially those containing vitamin C. Take this vitamin in addition. It is necessary to restore the baby's mucosa. Drink at least 2 liters of water and fortified drinks.
Step 3
Include kefir in your diet and the child's diet. Drink it at night instead of your last meal. It suppresses the excessive growth of candida, due to which the microflora of the mucous membrane is restored.
Step 4
Several times a day, clean the mucous membrane of the baby's mouth with gauze soaked in 5% soda solution. The alkaline environment created by it suppresses the multiplication of fungal infections. Continue the treatment for another 2-3 days after the symptoms of thrush disappear. For convenience, wrap your finger with gauze, moisten it in a soda solution and gently clean the tongue, palate and inner surface of the cheeks from plaque. You can also use a weak (pink) solution of potassium permanganate for processing.
Step 5
As prescribed by a doctor, for the treatment of thrush in infants, use one or more remedies - Shostakovsky's balm (vinylin), nystatin drops, ointment or suspension, gentian violet. Use decoctions of herbs - calendula, sage, loosestrife - to treat the oral mucosa on your own.
Step 6
Carrot juice is recognized as an effective and tasty treatment for thrush in infants. It is also a prophylactic agent. Start giving it from the 4th week of life, 1-2 drops every other day, by the 4th month - 2 tsp. and by the end of the year, bring its volume to 5 tsp. in one day. To treat thrush, mix some carrot juice with honey and lubricate your baby's mouth with it.
Step 7
Follow the rules of personal hygiene and hygiene of the child. Boil the teat (if used) daily and wash and spray all toys with boiling water. Put stuffed toys out in the sun all day. Keep your baby's hands clean.
