Prevention And Treatment Of Tongue Fungus In Young Children

Fungal tongue disease (often called thrush) is a common disease in children. Diseases caused by candidiasis albicans. This is a common yeast found in the baby's oral cavity. When your baby does not have good oral hygiene, this fungus begins to multiply quickly and cause illness.
Manifestations of mycosis
Symptoms begin with small white spots that appear above the tip of the tongue, then spread into white patches on the tongue

. If left for a long time, mushrooms will spread all over the tongue, causing loss of taste, making babies lazy to eat, painful, difficult to suck, stop feeding and fussing.
If the fungus grows thick, it can spread into the airway causing pneumonia, lung fungus spreads to the stomach, causing very dangerous diarrhea.
Mycosis is characterized by white patches on the baby's tongue
The cause to the illness
This type of fungus grows quickly because the baby does not drink mouthwash after feeding (or eating powder) In older children do not brush their teeth after eating, often eat sweet, or eat at night makes mushrooms have a favorable environment to develop disease.



Babies with HIV, cancer ... with poor resistance also often have very severe tongue fungus.
Some families often use inhaled corticosteroids for children with asthma, regular antibiotics are also the cause of tongue fungus. When using these drugs, the microbiological balance in the body is seriously affected, creating conditions for the development of tongue fungi.
Treatments for mycosis
In case of thrush, if mild, can be used daily gargling salt water, 1% povidin lodo mouthwash, or use soft gauze soaked in solution and wipe the baby's mouth and tongue
Can use fungicides such as nystatin.



This is a very good antifungal medication that is often used when getting thrush. Nystatin is almost non-toxic at all ages, including babies weakened and even when prolonged use because the drug does not enter the blood.
Also can use miconazole. This drug is effective against many fungi including candida albicans. Miconazole topical and do not use this drug when your baby is allergic to miconazole, the baby has liver disease ... When used, the drug can cause digestive disorders such as nausea, vomiting or sometimes diarrhea, hepatitis, rashes…
Regularly clean the tongue and rinse your baby's mouth to prevent thrush
Although used topically, there is still a certain amount of medicine that enters the bloodstream, so be cautious when your baby is taking many other drugs because of the possible interaction.



When used in children, need to be careful according to the instructions of a specialized physician. If using the above medicines does not cure, you must use systemic antifungal medication according to the instructions of the physician.
Take care not to pry the white spots on the baby's tongue, causing bleeding to lead to infection. Do not use honey, lemon juice or lemon juice to apply on the tongue can be dangerous for the baby. Because the disease is easy to relapse, after the symptoms are over, the baby should be used for at least two days later.
Note, do not breastfeed or eat food within 20 minutes after taking the drug. The mother should note, do not arbitrarily use the drug without a doctor's advice and should not listen to the advice of others that makes the disease not only cured but also can be dangerous accidents.
Measures to prevent fungal tongue disease in children
The prevention of thrush in babies is very simple, that is to clean the oral cavity and tongue properly after feeding.



Usually use water to drink, clean the mouth and tongue after eating. You can use 0.9% physiological saline solution to gargle your baby.
For newborn babies, soft and clean gauze should be used, soaked in physiological saline to clean their tongue. For older children, instruct them to brush their teeth and gargle after eating. Do not give snacks, sweets, soft drinks in the evening to avoid creating conditions for thrush..

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