RE: Need a natural treatment for vaginal yeast infection in toddler please!

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I second the vote for Lotrimin. It's the best thing to do in this situation.

As is diaper free time if you can manage it without a mess (don't know what

your weather is or what your circumstances are).

 

In this situation it's much more important that the pneumonia was treated.

Yeast infections are painful and the diaper is a wonderful warm moist

environment for yeast to grow. I bet you won't have to use the cream more

than a few days.

 

I hope your daughter feels better. Mine also had pneumonia when she was

little. She was out of diapers early and was so weak she had to be put back

in diapers because she was too weak to walk to the bathroom (she was not

quite 3 when she got pneumonia) And she didn't care about being back in the

diapers. That's how I knew she was really sick. A couple of days of

antibiotics and she was much better.

 

 

 

How is her breathing now? I was lucky in that my daughter was still nursing

so I didn't have to worry about her getting dehydrated. (yes I realize by

American standards she was very old to be nursing)

 

Sending healing thoughts for her speedy recovery!

 

 

 

 

On Behalf Of

flutterbyshutter

Friday, May 09, 2008 12:24 PM

 

<< >> Re: Need a natural treatment for

vaginal yeast infection in toddler please!

 

 

 

Hi Paula:

 

I raised four daughters, three of which had chronic ear infections.

Sometimes you really need the antibiotic to get rid of the bacteria.

As far as the yeast infection goes, get that Lotramin on her and get

that wiped out as well. Yogurt, etc. will not work so well on a

toddler once the yeast has taken over. Don't feel bad about putting

the antifungal on her, she's wearing a diaper and that makes it worse.

I would also suggest letting her run around with no diaper on, let

her air out, get some sunshine on the yeast, that will help kill it too.

 

Hopefully, this helps....sometimes we have to use antibiotics and

anitfungals especially on little ones, their bodies aren't as strong

as ours in fighting off bacteria and infection. If you don't get rid

of the yeast, it will come back again and again, especially as your

daughter matures, and she will be miserable and above all, we don't

want that.

 

Again, I hope this helps you....

 

Karen

 

PS You'll be pleasantly surprised at how quickly the Lotrimin will get

rid of the yeast infection.

 

 

<%40> , " Paula "

<pokeracepj wrote:

>

> As I posted on here last week I believe, my 15 month old daughter has

> pneumonia. They put her on a STRONG antibiotic for it because they

> didn't want to mess around with pneumonia. I was trying to give her

> more yogurt and also supplemented with acidophilus twice a day, but

> apparently it wasn't enough because she now has a yeast infection.

>

> The doctor's office said to put Lotrimin on it which I'm not crazy

> about, but I can see how red and irritated it is and felt I should do

> something. I think it's also irritating her when she urinates.

>

> Are there other things that I can do? She has 3 more days of the

> antibiotics. If I keep up with the acidophilus afterwards, will she

> eventually balance out?

>

> Thanks,

> Paula

>