Reoccurring thrush in 3 year old

[Mamabear04]

Can anyone give me advice as to how to stop reoccurring thrush in my 3 year old? I bathe her every night (sometimes every other night), she had such sensitive skin that I only use water. I've tried bicarb baths but they didn't make any difference. She wears 4-5y pants and only wears tights once every few weeks even though she loves

Is she wiping the right way when she uses the toilet?

For pee's she wipes vagina to front and for poo's I wipe her front to back if that makes sense?

She should always wipe front to back. I am guessing she is wiping very small amounts of poo forward when she wipes and that is causing the thrush.

I really hate to mention this because it is extremely unlikely but it can be a sign of something untoward.

Hopefully the wiping will sort it out but keep your eyes peeled for any other signs of anything worrying just in case like weird bruises or strange behaviour from her.

I always wipe her bum in the correct way so it's not that. She's definitely safe from predators.

What makes you think it’s thrush? It’s unusual in young children.

Might be vulval irritation from washing powder, softener, fabrics or toilet paper.

Have you tried using some sudocrem or Vaseline on her vulval area?

The GP thought it could be thrush and prescribed ointment. Tbh the GP isn't very good (didn't even examine me at my 8 weeks post partum appointment!)

I'll have a think about fabric softeners. Could be toilet paper but what else could I use? Wet wipes?

I've tried sudocrem and a variety of barrier creams but it doesn't make a difference. She still complains of itching!

No don’t use wet wipes, just use natural toilet paper (not scented ones, or ones with eg Shea butter, aloe Vera etc.).

Is the itching internal or external? Sometimes scratching becomes a habit, you need to break the itch/scratch cycle.

(and we don’t routinely exam women at their postnatal checks unless they’ve got concerns)

What did you need to be examined for at your 8 week appointment?
She should be wiping front to back every time. Not just when she has a poo.

Have you only seen the GP once about it?

I’m not sure you can refer to it as recurring thrush if the GP has only seen and diagnosed it once. There’s other potential causes.

What symptoms is she having?

You will need to go back to the GP. Persistent thrush in young children is uncommon and can be linked to autoimmune issues like diabetes. The GP needs to do some tests.

Fur us here it is the washing powder, we can only use fairy non bio liquid with no softener or the girls get itchy and generally use a smaller dose of liquid.

If she's itching have you thought about worms? Give her a dose of Ovex and see if it stops, will work in a couple of days.

I've tried treating her for worms and always check for them. Never any sign so it's not that.

I've been back and forth to the GP now for probably 6 months or so. DD also peeps sometimes 3 times a night and so has been referred to the kids hospital. She's had her glucose levels checked etc and nothing is coming back. She complains most days about being itchy or having a sore bum. I'm honestly at my wits end as I just want to help her but nothing seems to help and like I said said GP has not been any use. She basically said she thinks she's waking so much during the night to pee because she's getting disturbed by my baby but my baby sleeps until at least 5am and has done for the past 6 months. The problems started almost a year ago so it's not even anything to do with being woken up by the baby. I'm so unbelievably frustrated and I'm actually so upset that people think it's normal not to receive a proper post partum check. It's just another failing of women's health but I don't want this thread to turn into anything other than trying to find something to help DD!

For mine it was dairy. I had reintroduced it to my boys with no real issues but my daughter would get thrush. Poor thing was terrible with it of a night time. She was on oat/coconut/rice milk and non dairy yoghurts and cheese for a couple of years after that with no reoccurrence. I gradually reintroduced real cheese and yoghurt, she still (now a teen) rarely has milk though.

I suffered with thrush as a child and then later developed IBS in my teens. I think both issues were related to bacterial imbalance. I went dairy and yeast free and took some ‘good’ bacterial supplements and it really helped.

Also I only wore cotton underwear and skirts/dresses and baths with table salt.

It was always worse at night and I can remember my mum even calling out the out of hours GP!! Poor thing it’s awful.

Well the way you're doing it for wees (vagina to front) IS the wrong way!

Its front to back for both. Bacteria can be spread very easily if she’s wiping forwards when she does a wee.

Sounds like my DD. We worked it out to her not drinking enough in school. Since we sorted that she gets it a lot less often but still probably gets it at lease once a month.

OMG how can I get to 35 years old and not know how to wipe my own fanny properly?! I am actually mortified!!! That aside I only wipe her maybe 30% of the time as DH and DM help her too as well as doing it herself.

I have thought maybe it's a diet thing but she doesn't have very much dairy only some cheese, butter and yoghurt but not in huge amounts. I did wonder about yeast because she loves bread but I honestly don't know if she would eat anything if I cut bread out...