okinawama
05-27-2012, 12:07 PM
my son had thrush about two weeks ago. He was put on nystatin, I had no symptoms, so the doctor didn't treat me. I made sure to keep my breasts clean and dry, and also used monistat on them "just in case." I never developed any symptoms and the nystatin seemed to take care of the thrush in my son.
However, my son has now developed what looks like a yeast rash in his diaper area. I just started treating it with diaper cream and allowing him diaper free time outside (in the hot and extremely dry climate of the desert). It doesn't appear to be responding to the treatment.
Can I use over the counter monistat to treat the rash? If he has a yeast diaper rash does that mean that the thrush is going to come back (we are using a probiotic in hopes of helping his gut)? We also cloth diaper, and he's been in disposables because I've heard that yeast can be awful to get rid of in cloth, but I'm wondering if putting him in cotton prefolds would be worth the hassle because they allow much more breathability.
However, my son has now developed what looks like a yeast rash in his diaper area. I just started treating it with diaper cream and allowing him diaper free time outside (in the hot and extremely dry climate of the desert). It doesn't appear to be responding to the treatment.
Can I use over the counter monistat to treat the rash? If he has a yeast diaper rash does that mean that the thrush is going to come back (we are using a probiotic in hopes of helping his gut)? We also cloth diaper, and he's been in disposables because I've heard that yeast can be awful to get rid of in cloth, but I'm wondering if putting him in cotton prefolds would be worth the hassle because they allow much more breathability.