Tongue Thrush

Is chlorhexidine mouth wash effective in treating oral thrush?

Three weeks ago a have a couple of mouth sores at the back of my throat specially in the uvula area, they are so painful that I decided to take antibiotics treatment to speed the healing about a week after taking antibiotics I develop oral thrush inside my mouth which resulted in causing my tongue to have multiple small canker sores. I just want to ask if chlorhexidne mouth wash will help cure the thrush and what food can you recommend that contains antifungal properties? What is the sure fire home remedies to cure oral thrush?

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1. Chlorhexidine is not really used to treat thrush, you could try yogurt but you really need some Nystatin or Diflucan.
2. Chlorhexadine will slow the production of plaque formation on teeth. It won't do anything for thrush. I would go get chewable acidopholous tablets as well as eat a yogurt every day to maintain a proper balance of good bacteria in your GI tract. As you know antibiotics kill ALL bacteria, even the good so you need to replenish that good with acidopholous and/or probiotics. Hope this helps!
3. It probably would burn a lot. You need Nystatin cream. Not totally sure yogurt alone would cure it, but may help regulate the flora in your mouth.
4. There are no sure fire home remedies. You need one of 3 common prescriptions to take care of this. Eating yogurt MAY help somewhat, but if you have a full blown case of thrush, you need the Rx. (Mycostatin suspension, Mycelex Troche, or Diflucan tabs)