Oral Yeast Infection Treatment
A mouth or oral yeast infection is called Thrush. It is a very common infection in the elderly and in babies because of improper care for dentures and bottles. However there are other ways to get Thrush including birth control pills, systemic diseases like diabetes, medicine therapy and antidepressants that have tricylic treatments.
Although there are many over the counter treatments for yeast infections they tend to focus on the vaginal type, and unlike the vagina or penis you cannot just put a cream on your mouth. Therefore if you want a medicated cure you will need to visit your physician, who is likely to prescribe a pill. The likely prescripted cure he or she will write for you will probably be one of the three choices below.
There is an antibiotic antifungal drug that is known as Nystatin or Mycostatin which is popular as it usually does not have any negative side effects.
Mycelex or Ketoconazole can be suggested as it binds with the fungus and changes them, but some takers find this a hard drug to tolerate.
Fungizine or Amphotericin B is also a harsh medication and has several unwanted side effects. The liver needs to be watched when a sufferer takes this.
It would also be a huge advantage to look at your diet whilst treating your mouth yeast infection, as the food you eat can have a direct impact on it, and there may be foods you do not eat that could help you fight it. Keep a food diary, noting down if there are any impacts on your infection whether positive or negative and adjust your diet according to what you find out. For example usually sufferers find that yeasty foods, sugary foods and carbohydrates are a big no no as these provide nutrients and are a food for the yeast, so it grows more. On the other hand, yogurt if it is the plain, live kind, soothes the mouth when eaten and also contains good bacteria that will help fight the fungus that causes the yeast infection.
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