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The milkwoman

The milkwoman - fungoid disease of an oral cavity and tongue at newborns. Occurrence of the milkwoman is usually bound to disturbance of rules of hygiene at care of newborn, in a day nursery and maternity homes it can pass from one child to another, being transferred through use subjects.

Though the milkwoman is localised ordinary on a mucosa of a mouth in the form of white scurf, nevertheless, it can develop and in the organs located near to an oral cavity: in a drink, an esophagus and even in a stomach. In unusual cases the milkwoman find even in respiratory tracts.

Treatment of the milkwoman

At treatment of the milkwoman on the first place there are alkalis (baking soda), the good effect is rendered by Acidum boricum, nitrate silver.

For the disease prevention it is necessary to rub off always after feeding a mouth of the child the pure rag moistened with a weak solution of Acidum boricum and if the milkwoman has already appeared also to the child painfully to suck, to wash his mouth a weak solution of manganese. The feeding woman should keep the breast clean, is constant before and after feeding to wipe its rag moistened with a solution of Acidum boricum, or to wash pure water and to wipe dry before feeding.

On a theme:

The milkwoman (moniliasis) - a mycotic affection of mucosas of a mouth, a pharynx, is more rare than genitals in the form of white punctual rashes, sometimes the confluent character, difficultly taken out. More often disease happens at not full-term or weakened children, hypotrophic, against treatment by antibiotics, especially wide spectrum of action. In some cases the moniliasis accepts a serious current, extending on the top respiratory tracts, an esophagus, a stomach. At the further diffusion of an infection development of a fungoid sepsis is possible.

Treatment of the milkwoman

At easy forms treatment is not required, it is possible to moisten a mouth (not taking out scurfs) 2 % with a solution of Sodium hydrogenum or 20 % a solution burs with Glycerinum. At serious cases prescribe nystatin inside on 125 000 ED 3 times day, only 3-4 days, It is desirable to provide the child with maternal milk. The forecast favorable, but development of the milkwoman against other disease usually worsens a current of the basic process.