What symptom is thrush?

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Those who are just born, sometimes there will be some crying and unwilling to breast milk phenomenon, let new mothers worry. In fact, experienced mothers know that the child may have thrush. If you check the child's mouth, you will find that there are white plaques inside the child's tongue or cheek. This is called "thrush" in medicine, also known as snow mouth disease. It is a kind of oral inflammation caused by Candida albicans infection. What symptom is thrush? Now let me tell you something.

What symptom is thrush?

First of all, thrush is a fungal infection, the pathogenic bacteria is Candida albicans, this oral inflammation often occurs in infants under one year old or newborn infants. Because this kind of children's resistance is relatively poor, vulnerable to a variety of bacterial infections, if the disinfection is not thorough, it may appear this kind of oral inflammation.

Secondly, thrush will appear some white patches on the baby's tongue, and then slowly spread to the outside of the gums and cheeks. At this time, the patient's mouth will have burning pain, but also feel particularly dry, children will not express, so they will cry.

Got thrush, must be treated in time, otherwise the child's mouth will be full, covered by those white plaques, and will spread around, throat, esophagus, trachea and lungs will be full of thrush, and the child will have a low fever and sore throat.

matters needing attention

To prevent thrush, we must pay attention to hygiene, and wash the nipples and hands before feeding; Baby bottles and utensils should also be clean and disinfected regularly to avoid fungal infection.