Hi Cindy,

Fortunately, I do not have thrush (knocking on wood now) yet, but I understand that it is very common with steroid use.

As a home remedy, try this - mix 1 tsp of liquid benadryl and 1 tsp of Maalox, then swish it around your mouth, gargle and then spit it out. You can do this several times a day. The benadryl will help to lessen any pain and the Maalox changes the pH balance in your mouth to make it less favorable for the thrush. This works great for any kind of sores inside the mouth, not just thrush.

My mother has frequent cold sores and she swears by moisturizing balm with tea tree oil in it. She does not use abbreva or any of the other typical cold sore brands, she usually gets her lip balm at a local health food store.

I hope that works for you, good luck!

Thank you so much indeed txtwinmom and god bless you for helping me. I do come on here and read what other folk have left and answer if I have anything intelligent to say.

Thank you I will try these methods and god bless your mom too.

love Cindy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx aw thanks xxxxx

I've had it on & off for several years-mostly triggered by the corticosteroids in my nasal spray & asthma inhaler. I'm seeing my primary MD next week & I'm going to see if he can get me started on something again as I have the form that doesn't so much have the "white stuff" but instead I have a lot of inflammation, redness & pain in my mouth.

I just came across this article from Univ. of Conn. on how they are treating thrush & I plan to take it with me next week to see if my doc will try their protocol:

http://www.uchc.edu/uconntasteandsmell/patientcare/burning.html

http://www.uchc.edu/uconntasteandsmell/patientcare/burning.html

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Hello BeckyJoMcd

Thank you so much indeed for the link and I will read that and wow its nearly all the things that is happening to me. As I have oral thrush and also dental problems too. My mouth is always full of thrush and its awful.

Thank you so much for being so kind and I was a little timid about putting this on here. God bless you all and thank you.

love Cindy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

My doctor told me to focus on making my body balanced by making sure the body is alkaline and not too acidic..If you need more info..Look up ways to make the body more balanced by eliminating certain culprit foods among toher things you can do to balance the bodies natural state and feel better...It helped me to eliminate all yeast problems for the time being