Re: Penicilin Side-effects post-op

[Guest guest]

I heard of a folk remedy for yeast infections (which thrush is). I

don't have any personal experience to back this up, but I'll offer

it as a cheap and easy possibility.

Raw garlic supposedly kills the bacteria that feeds yeast. So if

you suck on a raw clove, it might help. I'm told that if you slit

or crush the clove first, more oil is released, which might sting or

burn.

(My eyes are watering as I type this. I've tasted raw garlic

before...)

Anyway, if you give it a try, let me know if it actually works.

Kris

> Hi, I just had surgery recently and curretnly about 7 days post-

op.

> Did any of you have thrush, or white stuff on your tongue, which

is

> a side-effect of penicillin. If you did, how long did it take to

go

> away?

> Thanks

[Guest guest]

I have had thrush. In several places I won't discuss. Don't bother

with the folk remedies. call your doc and get some honest to God

fungus killers. It's way too nasty to wait for something to work

slowly, especially when there are quick-killers, and when your mouth,

with all that stuff keeping things dark and moist in there, providees

a perfect nursery for it to grow.

If it's too late to reach your doc today, there is an ancient, cheap

remedy, gentian violet, which is sold over the counter here... But be

warned, it will turn your mouth and everything else it touches

purple. Deep purple. Purple that stains. If you can get at your mouth

and tongue, you can paint it on your tongue with a q-tip. But be

ready for deep purple.

Thrush doesn't go away by itself, in my experience. There are rinses

and other things, pills and cremes, that can help. Lozenges, too. But

don't fool around with it and wait for it to heal itself. It won't.

I have also heard, as a folk remedy, that chlorophyll (available in

health food places) will help. don't bother. Get the real stuff. I

once spent six months and a pile of money, with it under my arms,

after a time of high stress (my first husband was dying), and a

dermatologist cleared it up in a matter of days, after my gp had

tried to treat everything from an allergy to deodorant to inflamed

glands. Get the good meds, to start with.

Cammie

> I heard of a folk remedy for yeast infections (which thrush is). I

> don't have any personal experience to back this up, but I'll offer

> it as a cheap and easy possibility.

>

> Raw garlic supposedly kills the bacteria that feeds yeast. So if

> you suck on a raw clove, it might help. I'm told that if you slit

> or crush the clove first, more oil is released, which might sting

or

> burn.

>

> (My eyes are watering as I type this. I've tasted raw garlic

> before...)

>

> Anyway, if you give it a try, let me know if it actually works.

>

> Kris

[Guest guest]

I have had thrush. In several places I won't discuss. Don't bother

with the folk remedies. call your doc and get some honest to God

fungus killers. It's way too nasty to wait for something to work

slowly, especially when there are quick-killers, and when your mouth,

with all that stuff keeping things dark and moist in there, providees

a perfect nursery for it to grow.

If it's too late to reach your doc today, there is an ancient, cheap

remedy, gentian violet, which is sold over the counter here... But be

warned, it will turn your mouth and everything else it touches

purple. Deep purple. Purple that stains. If you can get at your mouth

and tongue, you can paint it on your tongue with a q-tip. But be

ready for deep purple.

Thrush doesn't go away by itself, in my experience. There are rinses

and other things, pills and cremes, that can help. Lozenges, too. But

don't fool around with it and wait for it to heal itself. It won't.

I have also heard, as a folk remedy, that chlorophyll (available in

health food places) will help. don't bother. Get the real stuff. I

once spent six months and a pile of money, with it under my arms,

after a time of high stress (my first husband was dying), and a

dermatologist cleared it up in a matter of days, after my gp had

tried to treat everything from an allergy to deodorant to inflamed

glands. Get the good meds, to start with.

Cammie

> I heard of a folk remedy for yeast infections (which thrush is). I

> don't have any personal experience to back this up, but I'll offer

> it as a cheap and easy possibility.

>

> Raw garlic supposedly kills the bacteria that feeds yeast. So if

> you suck on a raw clove, it might help. I'm told that if you slit

> or crush the clove first, more oil is released, which might sting

or

> burn.

>

> (My eyes are watering as I type this. I've tasted raw garlic

> before...)

>

> Anyway, if you give it a try, let me know if it actually works.

>

> Kris