Thrush! Forever…

Posted by lluth412 @lluth412, Sep 23 10:42am

Hi all,
First, thanks to Mayo for making this discussion possible.

I don’t have a diagnosis yet but the one we are working off to get me out of the breathing danger zone is severe persistent asthma. Despite rinsing my mouth, rinsing with mouthwash then brushing my teeth after each dose, I got thrush the first week on symbicort. I’ve tried 100 mg diflucan then the clotrimazole tabs then nystatin now I’m back on diflucan 200 mg. And this stuff has not budged. I cut out all sugar and alcohol. Anything else I can do??

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anna17 | @anna17 | 5 days ago

I use Symbicort and albuterol and when the roof of my mouth starts getting raw, I use baking soda and water to rinse with and after the second rinse it goes away. If I rinsed every day, I probably wouldn't have a sore mouth at all. It makes a great mouth wash with no gaggy after taste.