Oral thrush is a fungal infection of the oral mucosa. In common parlance, this disease is also often called oral fungus. Especially people with weakened immune systems and infants have an increased risk of contracting oral thrush. What is oral thrush? Oral thrush affects the mucous membranes in the mouth. In the normal oral flora … Oral Thrush: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
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Therapy Mouth sores in babies are usually a harmless matter. Nevertheless, an adequate therapy should be initiated to alleviate the child’s symptoms and prevent systemic infection. For oral thrush, topical (local) therapy with antimycotic ointments, gels or solutions is usually sufficient. These kill the fungus. These remedies for fungal diseases contain the active ingredients Clotrimazole, … Therapy | Oral thrush for the baby
Danger of infection of the oral cavity In principle, a oral thrush is contagious. It can be transmitted from person to person through direct contact. Contaminated food or objects (for example pacifiers) can also lead to transmission. However, it is very unlikely that a baby with a healthy immune system will be infected with oral … Danger of infection of the oral cavity | Oral thrush for the baby
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Introduction A mouth sore is a fungal infection, which is caused to 90% by the yeast fungus Candida albicans. Generally this infection is called candidosis. Different parts of the body can be affected. If the mouth is affected, it is called oral thrush. The yeast fungus Candida albicans can be detected on the skin and … Oral thrush for the baby
Introduction Yeast fungi are one of the most common types of mushrooms and belong to the unicellular fungi, which can grow to about 5-8 μm They can reproduce by sprouting and cell division and can form pseudomycels. Pseudomycel is the connection of several yeast fungus cells, which were developed over sprouting. Yeast fungi can also … Yeast fungus
Causes for yeast fungus infestation The most important causes for an infection with yeast fungi are an immune deficiency or disturbed skin/mucosal flora. Causes for a weakening of the immune system can be a lot of stress, the long intake of cortisone (see: Cortisone side effects), but also diseases like leukemia, AIDS or a badly … Causes for yeast fungus infestation | Yeast fungus
Candida albicansCandidosis Candida albicans is the most important and most frequent representative of the yeast fungi and occurs almost exclusively in humans. To 90% it is the trigger of candidoses, an infection with Candida strains. Candida albicans is an opportunistic germ that can be detected in the normal skin/mucosal flora of many people and can … Candida albicansCandidosis | Yeast fungus
