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Posted 1/14/2014 12:24 AM (GMT 0)
HI all. Before i came back home on 12/23 from surgery my throat felt like there was something stuck in it. I did have an NG tube in so I figured it was irritation from that. It's been persistence for a while so yesterday I looked down my throat with a flashlight and there was a yellow coat. I haven't felt sick at all..no fever, no difficulty swallowing ect.

I have been on TPN Since 12/20 but stopped it on 1/9 as I'm back on solid food. From my symptoms it appears it my be thrust (yeast infection). I'm trying to figure how I developed this. I've been staying at home to avoid catching all the colds/flu that was going around. I know the TPN is very sugary and wonder if this could have upset the balance in my system. I also read where Thrust symptoms are similar to cancer....YIKES!

Has anyone experience something like this?
Posted 1/14/2014 12:37 AM (GMT 0)
You weren't on flagyl were you? that can cause weird nasty tongue stuff. Oral thrush is not that big of a deal, babies get it often. If it is truly thrush, there is a one dose pill called Diflucan that will clear it right up. If you don't want to go the RX route, you can treat with gentian violet from the healthfood store, but it will require painting the entire inside of your mouth purple.

Be sure to replace or at least boil your toothbrush and any other devices you put in your mouth so as to avoid reinfection.

I'm a former lactation counselor, thrush is something I have dealt with a lot. It's a pain to get rid of! Unfortunately, I've got it now, myself, under my wafer and it's driving me crazy!
Posted 1/14/2014 12:42 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks Grandview...didn't think about the toothbrush. Will the one does work for us? It's not extended release is it? It just the back of my throat. I was on antibiotics while in the hospital through an IV. I think I had flagyl before during my first surgery through IV and had no problem.
Posted 1/27/2014 11:05 PM (GMT 0)
Just had a follow up with a throat specialist. Interesting enough but thrush doesn't show up on throat cultures. Apparently it doesn't grow in the same environment as bacteria. She has diagnosed it by sight and looking under a scope but it has never showed up in a throat culture.

Unfortunately I'm still have a funny feeling in the back of the throat possibly due to all the ...especially the BG tube. The tube wasn't working so they did have to move it around while it was still down my throat....ugh that was enough to make my eye water!
Posted 2/2/2014 1:45 AM (GMT 0)
     Lois...I have the same thing which started a few days ago...my tongu looks like it has a greenish coating...BUT...I was on Flagyl for ten days for that stupid gum abscess..UGH rolleyes !  Soooo...that being said...the Flagyl is the culprit!
Posted 2/2/2014 2:30 AM (GMT 0)
Oh boy! But green? I've been told Thrush is white. Mine was yellow. I did see a Throat specialist. She mentioned the yellow xould be a refkection of fat. Not too sure about green. Definately bypass the PCP and see a Throat Specialist.
I just finishe my med. It was a pain sucking on it 5x a day. You had to plan eating and drinking around it. Let me know how it turns out.
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