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Nipple thrush given treatment no examination??

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dancingfruit · 21/03/2023 19:38

Last Friday when breastfeeding started to feel this ticklish sensation and more awareness that baby was feeding off boob, after 3 months of breast it felt different. It continued, then whenever clothes touched boob it felt different too. I then over weekend started getting sensation of nipples feeling hot - even when baby wasn’t on the boob.

I can’t tell if white on babies mouth is milk or if thrush. There is no distress when she is feeding, she doesn’t want to come off boob. Lately she sometines does pull thing with nipple.

Sometines lately getting a shooty sensation and that burning feel but not constant. I spoke to female GP yesterday and she was going to check boobs and baby but then unfortunately was off and it was a male who never examined me or baby. He prescribed gel for babies mouth and on looking it seems that it shouldn’t be given in under 6 month old - baby is 3 month?

I’ve been given flucobazole and dakiritin cream - I wouldn’t mind cream but Fluconazole for 7 days when it’s hard on liver. I’m also not 100% if thrush or not. I feel frustrated and unsure what to do becauee if it isn’t thrush then using his treatment creates resistance and the unwanted side effects, I’m also scared of what it could do below as been fine there for a while and had chronic thrush in past. Then if I don’t take. Part of me is could be thrush, or latch or the way babies now twiddling.

What do I do? :(

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SRK16 · 21/03/2023 19:55

I would be cautious as I had almost exactly the same experience and it was as a result of poor latch and nipple vasoplasm. Is there a breastfeeding clinic near you where you could get checked? Maybe try to go back to GP for second opinion too.

User0ne · 21/03/2023 19:57

Google oral thrush and have a good look in your DC's mouth - not just the tongue. You'll need to do it before a feed rather than after, screaming or full on belly laughs should give you a good view (ive got 3dc). Of your DC is in pain I'd treat but if you think they're ok in themselves then, if it is thrush, it sounds like their immune system is managing it ok

The treatments are standard though and I was given the same for ds2 when he was about a month old. They can't trial them only tiny babies and therefore can't "recommend" them for use. Paracetamol is the same - says for 3m+ but you'll be told to give it for the 8week jabs.

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dancingfruit · 22/03/2023 01:01

User0ne · 21/03/2023 19:57

Google oral thrush and have a good look in your DC's mouth - not just the tongue. You'll need to do it before a feed rather than after, screaming or full on belly laughs should give you a good view (ive got 3dc). Of your DC is in pain I'd treat but if you think they're ok in themselves then, if it is thrush, it sounds like their immune system is managing it ok

The treatments are standard though and I was given the same for ds2 when he was about a month old. They can't trial them only tiny babies and therefore can't "recommend" them for use. Paracetamol is the same - says for 3m+ but you'll be told to give it for the 8week jabs.

This is reassuring re the being able to use even though younger, baby defo fine. Gonna mention to HV tomorrow as still caught on what to do!

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dancingfruit · 22/03/2023 01:02

SRK16 · 21/03/2023 19:55

I would be cautious as I had almost exactly the same experience and it was as a result of poor latch and nipple vasoplasm. Is there a breastfeeding clinic near you where you could get checked? Maybe try to go back to GP for second opinion too.

@SRK16 What was your treatment? I have text BF support but no response yet, so hard to tell as baby still feeding fine. I’m not any worse but not any better! ;(

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