Thrush in the mouth in adults, in children: symptoms and treatment

The oral cavity of each person has a large number of various microorganisms and bacteria. If the human body has a good immune system, these microorganisms cannot cause serious diseases. But only immunity decreases, pathogenic microorganisms begin to develop at a high rate. Developing especially fast candida fungi, which are the cause of thrush in the oral cavity. Scientifically, this disease is candidal glossitis.

Most often, this disease is diagnosed in children after 6 months of life. During this period, children do not have a sufficiently high immunity, from which the disease arises. As for the methods of infection, there may be several of them. For example, if a child eats breast milk, and the mother has thrush on her nipples.

Also, often this ailment appears in children on the tongue and after adults lick the nipple and give the baby in the mouth. You can get infected both through dirty toys and through medical supplies. In general, it is important to observe the strictest hygiene of those objects and things that the baby takes in his mouth.

The causes of the onset of the disease

As a rule, the cause is a sharp decrease in immunity. Immunodeficiency occurs more often in young children or in pregnant women. But do not forget that the absence immunity this is not the only reason, but the most common and paramount. Among all the others, the following can be identified:

• The onset of a disease that causes the need for prolonged use of antibiotics. At the same time, the reason may not be their incorrect reception, but the wrong dosage.
• Tongue candidiasis can occur in cancer patients who have received and received radiation therapy.
• Quite often there are cases when oral candidiasis arose due to the constant use of oral drugs in order to provide contraception.
• Wounds and injuries on the surface of the tongue are the most important route for infectious fungi, including candida, to enter, which causes candidiasis in the tongue in adults.
• People who wear dentures should carefully monitor their hygiene, since improper processing is the result of an infectious fungus entering the oral cavity.
• Smoking can also trigger thrush.

Symptoms

It is important to recognize the disease in time, determine the causes of its appearance, and also notice it in the mouth in general, especially in young children, because they cannot say about any uncomfortable conditions. Rarely, a healthy person may show signs that he has a thrush on his tongue.

Candidiasis of the tongue has some peculiarity in its manifestation. For example, plaque never immediately appears on the tongue and does not have a bright white color. This pearlescent coating covers the inside of the cheeks, gums, palate, etc. (see photo below). With development, plaque appears on the edge of the lips.

After a while, such plaque begins to turn into white spots that appear starting from the back of the tongue. Such a manifestation is more often striking and its separate areas appear as one whole spot.

It is necessary to immediately begin treatment, which initially implies the complete elimination of plaque. Under them, most often you can see small sores, swelling and bleeding areas. If you do not start the treatment process in a timely manner, then ulcers can develop into a serious, deep groove, which cannot be allowed.

Also, when thrush in the mouth in adults, symptoms may appear as follows:

• Bleeding of tissues and the formation of wounds in the mouth.
• Unpleasant sensations in the mouth.
• Feeling as if in throat lump.
• Temperature increase. An increase in temperature becomes a response to the reproduction of the fungus and its pathogenic activity.
• The appearance of candidal (mycotic yeast) seizures.

To recognize thrush, you need to pay special attention to the surface of the mouth and tongue. Please take a close look at the following photos, if your fears and suspicions are correct, be sure to see your doctor.

You can contact the following two specialists:

1. therapist;
2. dentist.

Also, the disease can be acute and chronic. As for the acute form, it is pronounced. All symptoms are effectively treated with antifungal drugs. As for the chronic form, it adversely affects the mucous membrane and papillae.

Consequences

Lack of treatment can cause the following complications:

• The patient's condition will worsen every day.
• The temperature can also manifest itself in the form of a slight increase.
• Appetite can decrease dramatically, or even disappear altogether. Children suffer the most in this case. They want to eat, as the ventricle is growing, but it hurts them to eat very much, therefore, without finishing, they experience serious discomfort and are constantly capricious.
• When eating food, a person that he did not eat feels a slight taste of metal.

Features of the manifestation and diagnosis of the disease in a child

Thrush is diagnosed in children in the mouth more often just when the teeth begin to climb. During this period, the child wants to take something in his mouth and scratch his gums. In this case, things in the mouth are more likely to end up off the floor, which leads to infection.

In the event that an infection has occurred, a white bloom appears on the pink tongue of the child, which outwardly resembles white cottage cheese or semolina. These raids are dangerous in that small wounds can appear under them, causing discomfort in the baby.

Further, plaque begins to spread throughout the mouth, covering the inner surface of the cheeks and tonsils.

At an early stage of the disease, parents do not pay attention, but over time, they begin notice how the thrush begins to torment a little, the child refuses to eat and becomes whiny.

To determine the diagnosis and decide how and how to treat the formed plaque, you should seek the advice of a specialist. Doctors have sufficient experience in this area, and they know how thrush visually looks in children on the organ of taste, and will be able to determine what exactly the child has.

If a specialist has a white plaque causing difficulties in determining, he directs the baby to pass the appropriate tests. As a rule, this is a scraping of white plaque, which is sent for analysis.

Features of the manifestation and diagnosis of the disease in adults

As for an adult, in this case, the specialist can also visually determine the presence of thrush. Scraping is rarely done, since the patient can share his unpleasant sensations, which will enable the specialist to accurately indicate the disease.

However, it is worth mentioning that thrush in men in the language, as well as in women, it is extremely rare. It can appear due to a decrease in immunity, but not always. Candida also manifests itself with a white bloom. Most often, candida appears after a patient has successfully treated a serious cold or bronchitis with antibiotics. As a rule, this phenomenon is called a secondary infection.

Often, candidiasis of the tongue manifests itself in adults with asthma. These people are at risk for some reason. First of all, it is worth talking about the fact that a patient with such a disease as asthma must constantly take medications to resist suffocation. In this case, immunity decreases and the microflora of the oral cavity changes. The fungus, in this area, has the best conditions for reproduction. To reduce the risk of tongue thrush, it is worth rinsing your mouth with clean water after taking the drugs.

Quite often, thrush in the mouth in adults on the tongue manifests itself if they have diabetes mellitus. However, children with such a diagnosis are also at risk. The oral microflora is also affected by the constant intake of alcoholic beverages and smoking.

Treatment

Candidiasis is a disease that, first of all, must be recognized in time. This is not as easy as it might seem at first glance, but they will be able to notice the white bloom. Unfortunately, it is impossible to call the appearance of just such a plaque the primary sign of an ailment.

Of course, the doctor will tell you how to treat candidiasis of the tongue, and then, after a comprehensive examination of the disease has been carried out. These methods of treatment are still very popular in combination with the existing prescriptions of a specialist.

• Soda. The most popular remedy, like many years ago, can be called soda solution. To prepare it, you must use clean, boiled water in an amount of 200 grams and 1 spoon of soda. With this solution, it is necessary to moisten gauze and wipe the affected areas. The product can be used to effectively rinse the mouth. The rinsing process must be repeated every two hours.
• Honey solution. So that thrush in a child's mouth completely disappears, as an adjunct to the main treatment or to a procedure with soda (if for some reason you could not or did not want to contact specialists), you can use honey. Kids will be delighted with this treatment. However, you should be careful. Honey is an allergenic product. If the baby does not have an allergic reaction to honey, then the processing process does not differ from soda treatment process (we take 200 grams of water and 1 spoonful of honey, rinse every couple hours).

Important! In the event that thrush in the tongue appears in a newborn child, then the treatment is like folk means and medication is complicated by the fact that the child simply will not allow the cavity to be wiped normally mouth. For processing, you can use a simple treatment with a nipple solution, which is then given to the baby.

If the child does not use the pacifier, but drinks mother's milk, then mother's breast can be treated with the same solution. However, in this case, it is necessary to thoroughly clean the surfaces of the nipple beforehand. Use only freshly prepared solution.

• An excellent tool to help effectively eliminate thrush on the tongue is egg white. Beat it with a little salt. With the resulting mass, lubricate the area affected by thrush. After a few days, we can talk about a complete recovery.

Herbalists offer their recipes for thrush. However, you need to be extremely careful with them, especially for newborns, fees can be extremely toxic, and therefore dangerous. Be sure to consult a doctor before using herbs.

The most popular herbs for the treatment of candidiasis glossitis are considered to be:

• St. John's wort;
• Sage;
• Chamomile, which you can buy at the pharmacy;
• Oak bark;
• Calendula.

Prevention of candidal glossitis

To eliminate the likelihood of candidiasis in the tongue, you must follow the rules:

• Compliance with the most basic rules of oral hygiene. In this case, it is necessary to rinse the mouth after eating and use dental floss.
• Mouth rinses are used infrequently (after waking up in the morning and before going to bed) so as not to disturb the microflora of the oral cavity.
• Visit the dentist, and once every six months, even if nothing hurts.
• Monitor the state of the immune system, support it with vitamin complexes.

As for children, it is imperative to monitor the oral cavity by visually examining it. After feeding, you can give a spoonful of boiled water for prevention. This is especially worth doing if the children were born premature or low in weight.

Mom should also monitor the condition of her nipples, constantly clean them and wash her breasts with warm water without using soap. If the mother herself has signs of this disease, it is imperative to take measures for a speedy recovery.