A question

Poor Kate. I really do feel sorry for her.  All the antibiotics have given her a yeast infection.  She is taking a probiotic, but does anyone have any advice for the yeast infection? Can you use specific yeast infection medication for young girls? Over the counter or do you need a prescription for it? 

Comments

[carosgram]

Yogurt, yogurt, yogurt - it is the best yeast infection treatment I know that is not prescription. Just eat and enjoy - taste good and does the job

[Laura from GA]

Oh, Poor Kate. My girls have always suffered with this everytime they have antibiotics. I'm not sure if you have it there, but a thin layer of Lotrimin cream 2 times per day is what our doctors have always prescribed for them. It's an OTC not a prescriptions.
Good luck and feel better!

[Kia]

I had a girlfriend recently go through this with her daughter, who's six. Her doc told her not to use the over-the-counter stuff and gave her a prescription for something. Not sure what else to suggest. Poor kid. She's been through so much already...

[Dani]

I'd be leery of using an OTC med on a little one. Especially *there*.

Call the doc. It can't hurt.

I haven't researched it myself, BUT... it's my understanding that yogurt is a preventative, not a cure. If the probiotics aren't helping, neither will the yogurt anyway.

Good luck. Poor kid....

[Lori]

yogurt is the best have her eat it and also use as a cream in the area. Use plain as the cream. Also can have her sit in a baking soda bath for a short time helps get the ph level back to normal

[Laura]

Our doctor has recommended Lotrimin for our daughter since she was about 9 months old for yeast infection. Works like a charm. Hope the antibiotics do the trick and Kate is back to her normal self soon.

[Liz]

Yep yogurt is the way to go. Even my sister-in-law who is a nurse says so. :)

[Sarah]

I think yogurt is a bunk cure. From what I understand, it really only works if you apply it to the area. I think you should call the doctor--maybe they can give her a diflucan? or a half a of a diflucan?

[Fiona]

We got medication on prescription for our daughter when she was around a year old for a yeast infection under her arm (bite which got infected) so I presume you could get one from the doc for other areas too...

It seems never-ending sometimes, this Florence Nightingale game!

Fiona

[Ellen]

Wow! I've had like 20 different antibiotics in the last school year. Winter makes my immune system shut down even worse than it already is. So, I ended up with Candida, which is systemic yeast. I take acidophilous twice a day and yogurt is a staple in my house. the cultures are the only thing that will clear it.

[Bump]

Same issue with my daughter, my doc told me to use regular store bought yeast infection cream and it worked like a charm!

[Bump]

Oh, she was 2

[Carol]

Acidophilus capsules. This is the live culture that's in yogurt, but more of it.

[Amy]

Yogurt always has worked for me.

I wouldn't use any OTC creams or anything on one so young without a doctor's guidance. I'm sure they can help you with the correct dose over the phone - no need to take her back in.

Poor little midge...

Amy @ http://prettybabies.blogspot.com

[mar]

Yogurt does not have enough of the probiotic to really help. Acidophillus is the key - but get the stuff that needs to be refrigerated, not just the kind in the bottle. Health food store should have it. Has more live cultures in it than the dried kind. My son was on 2 strong antibiotics last summer, for lyme disease and for infected yellowjacket bite, and it really helped.

Poor Kate - good luck!

[Eliza]

NO, NO, NO to the baking soda bath! That's good for regular diaper rash because it neutralizes the acids from diaper contents that sting, but you want to aim for more ACIDIC, which is why grown-ups use vinegar in water for that sort of thing. Lotrimin never helped my kids with thrush; Lamisil works MUCH better. I've used it on a baby as young as two months and it worked like a charm with no side effects. Yogurt, yogurt, yogurt, yes, but watch the sugar content--you want to aim for a low-sugar diet for Kate, and if you can get her to drink cranberry juice or eat chewable vitamin C then do because it'll keep it from going to her urinary tract. Those probiotic yogurt drinks are good--most pill probiotics are already dead; it's got to be the live stuff to work. And plain yogurt used once or twice a day liberally to the area will help restore the balance of "good" bacteria.

[MaryAnne]

Diflucan is the prescription one-dose pill given to adults. They have a liquid version for kids. Don't know about where you are, but it is prescription in the U.S. It works, and nothing goes where it shouldn't for a little kid. Yogurt will prevent her tummy from being as upset from the antibiotics, and for some people it prevents yeast infections, but it can't cure them.

[Dani]

Re: Diflucan

Warning: TMI ahead...

OMG! I've only had two yeast infections in my life. One while pg and the other while I was on a VERY high dose of antibiotics while I had my period and purchased "scented" pads accidentally (bad combo). I was given Diflucan for the second one.

I thought the infection itself was itchy/uncomfortable but the Diflucan made me want to rake at my bits with a fork!!! It guess it flushes the infection from your body so quickly that it sends it into an uproar as it's curing it or something because OMG... I wanted to die for about 18 hours after taking it. It definitely got WORSE before it got better. The good news, is that it did get better quickly when the OTC stuff wasn't doing a thing. Personally, I'd only use Difluan again as a last resort when the other stuff isn't working.

Just had to get that out there. Us gals have to share this stuff, ya' know? :)

[Keri]

For me, when I have a yeast infection, I just peel a clove of garlic and put it in my vagina to leave in all day. Then before bed, replace it with a new clove. Repeat the next day if necessary. It's the best natural remedy out there and works wonders! None of that yucky, messy cream. However, for Kate, here are some other tips:

http://herbs.lovetoknow.com/Yeast_Infection_in_Kids_Remedies
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/home-remedies-yeast-infection-cure.html

Good luck!

[Ali]

I had to take a lot of antibiotics as a kid, and vinegar in the bath was what always gave me the most relief. Only put a few inches of water in the bath and then a really good slosh of vinegar in there and soak for 20 mins or so.

I'd still be asking the doctor if there's a cream suitable for kids though. Poor kid :(

[kerry]

Hi
You can use the same topical anti fungal that you'd use(over the counter) for yourself. I'd definately get her checked out and get a script for something to help from the inside as well.

They prescribe regular anti fungal stuff in Canada along with Fusidin, (an anti bacterical) for a severe nappy rash, so I reckon it will be fine. I have twin girls, 2 years and we've used it safely for what it's worth.

Good grief, just when I couldn't imagine your life getting any more hectic....
Take care.

[kerry]

I realised I should be a little more specific. I've used monostat on my kids and it worked well.

[Anla]

Stay away from bubble baths it makes it worse. See if she will eat yogurt. Over the counter may be to strong. My heart goes out to poor little Kate. Candida can be a real Bitch.

[Diane Dawson]

Hello from a former South African!

Diflucan the generic of is flucanazole (prescription only here) and Lotrimin is clotrimazole. We were told to use OTC clotrimazole 1% cream on our newborn. Poor baby got a yeast infection from me during her birth...

[Bugged]

Second the yogurt advice. Plain yogurt.