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What Is Thrush
Health Encyclopedia: Thrush
Candidiasis - oral; Oral thrush
Treatment
For thrush in infants, treatment is often NOT necessary. It generally resolves on its own within two weeks.
There are two goals when treating oral thrush in adults. The first is to improve your immune system's ability to function. For example, in diabetics, good control of diabetes may be enough to clear the infection without other treatment.
The second is to directly treat the infection. For this purpose, you...
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