The main symptom of thrush - a child appears white patches in the mouth. There are stains or "plaques" in the mucous membranes of the mouth: the language, the sky, the gums, the inside of the cheeks, which is often formed around a small inflammation. When removing the plaque underneath it will appear red (as opposed to a conventional dairy plaque on the tongue).
A child may be restless, moody, at feeding time to throw the chest or even refuse the breast (bottle) as sucking may hurt him. After some time, small spots proliferate to form large light films or tvorogoobraznogo plaque.
Scratch a white film with a teaspoon. It was possible to remove the curd pieces? In their place were red inflamed spots? Your child has oral candidiasis, or thrush.
Thrush - a fairly common disease, which is caused by specific fungi - Candida. These fungi are present in every human being, without causing him harm. However, with the weakening of immunity in a child, failure to comply with hygiene rules mum fungi begin to multiply rapidly. As already written, in the mouth of the newborn, in the language of the mucous, white patches, similar to curds (hence the name of the disease) appears on the surfaces of the cheeks. But, unlike milk residue, it is quite difficult to remove the cloth or cotton swab.
The main difference from the thrush traces of milk in her mouth grudnichka - milk residues themselves disappear some time after feeding. White spots same thrush more "spread" in the mouth and tongue crumbs, causing pain.
