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Re: Adult Oral Thrush

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 15 Mar 2002 07:51:55 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 14 Mar 2002, mlhopkins20 wrote: >
>For awhile, I had an AWFUL taste in my mouth, but I found it was common
>in pregnant women. March 10th, I started having a REALLY sore throat.
>March 11th, I got these mouth ulcers on my inner lip. Later on that
>night I started having body chills and sweats. On the 12th, I called
>for an emergency appointment. They gave me a strep throat test and gave
>me a prescription for nystatin(swish and swollow) because they noticed
>that my tongue was coated. I woke up on the 13th sweating really heavy
>and found that I could barely swollow my own spit, so I called back to
>check the results for my strep test. I was told the lab didn't receive
>my throat culture so I went in for another emergency appointment. They
>took another culture and I stayed there until the results came back. The
>results were negative. That day my normal doctor was in, so he came to
>check on me. He scraped a sample off my tongue and looked at it under a
>microscope and told me that it was Oral Thrush. He then gave me a
>prescription for something called "Miracle Mouthwash". The 14th, I woke
>up with pains in my mouth, so I looked at my tongue. In the spots where
>the white coating came off, there were these ulcer looking things, they
>look like the same ones in my inner lip and on my tongue, just larger. I
>haven't had anything solid to eat since Sunday, I'm having hunger pains,
>and I am REALLY worried. Has anyone else had adult oral thrush or known
>someone with it? And doctors, how long before relief. I've started on
>the new medicine, but It just numbs my throat. Is there anything else I
>can do???

Calll your Doctor back and let him her know it is getting worse.

--
R.Daniel Braun, MD  FACOG   FOG
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