Is Oral thrush contagious? - Dr. Jayaprakash Ittigi

Oral thrush is a yeast infection which develops on inside the cheeks, on the tongue, on the gum pads and on the tonsils. So, it is generally called as a oropharyngeal candidiasis or candidiasis. So the main cause off the oral thrush is because of candida albicans fungus. So, oral thrush is not at all contagious, it is not at all hereditary, it does not run from family to family. So, it occurs when there is a yeast development over the surface of the tongue like in case of depressed immunity, in case of HIV patients, in case of AIDS patients, in case of leukemia patients, in case of uncontrolled diabetes, and in case of stress and in any case of depression, when there is a loss of immunity. So, it clearly says that oral thrush is not at all contagious or hereditary. It may develop on the surface of the tongue especially when there is a candida albicans fungus is very active.

[mrmatthewantoniowilson]

My daughter report to me on how she is feeling tingling and burning on her lip . And I hope she'll be fine soon thanks to Doctororias. I had never realised it could be so serious though but we came through

[Noor-mlfv]

I scrape twice a day and the white coating comes back again i’m suspecting that’s its an overgrowth of candida albicans because its also triggered by carbs and starchy food

[jenss.]

It is very contagious. Got it from kissing. Won't go away. Also many health dangers with that fungus.

[Noor-mlfv]

Who can diagnose a patient with an oral thrush?

[KatieKemna]

My baby is almost 6 weeks old and got oral thrush around week three. She was put on nystatin for almost three weeks and went through the whole bottle with no success. Now doctor has her on 3.1ml fluconazole daily for 6 days. It’s day 4 and doesn’t seem to be working.. idk what to do but it seems the doctor I go to doesn’t either..

[johndavidson]

Thanks for the wonderful My brother had also suffered from this but he took an Oral Thrush care pack of Planet Ayurveda. And used it for a month and became healthy. I am very thankful to Planet Ayurved.

[shehnaaz]

Can oral thrust cause numbness of tongue and lips. Been on 2 courses of antibiotics and feel like my immunes really low. Pls advise

[KatieKemna]

My baby is almost 6 weeks old and got oral thrush around week three. She was put on nystatin for almost three weeks and went through the whole bottle with no success. Now doctor has her on 3.1ml fluconazole daily for 6 days. It’s day 4 and doesn’t seem to be working.. idk what to do but it seems the doctor I go to doesn’t either..