Most often candidiasis in children manifests itself in the form of thrush. Therefore, parents should inspect the daily oral mucosa baby Baby man, though with a little finger   for time to begin treatment. When time begun treatment Thrush usually passes quickly. But if left untreated, the candida can spread to other organs.

Why the child can begin candidiasis

In young children (a yeast infection most often in infants) Immunity Immunity - types and characteristics in children in adults   still immature and the body is not always able to fight infection. In addition, the oral mucosa in infants is thin, relatively dry (salivary glands are underdeveloped), very vulnerable, her constantly emerging microtrauma, which are the gateway to enter the body of fungi, both outside and its own members to the structure conditionally pathogenic, constantly live on the mucous membranes. Therefore, children under one year is often candidiasis of the oral mucosa. It contributes to this the fact that fungi of the genus Candida grow well on this medium, like milk.

Particularly susceptible to candidiasis premature infants weakened by any illness, including with perinatal brain lesions, rickets Rickets - all about vitamins   and so on. Children who are bottle-fed sick thrush more likely than infants, being breast-fed, firstly, because they do not get mother's milk of protective antibodies Antibodies - "soldiers' immunity And secondly, artificial mixtures are often too sweet and it promotes the formation of oral cavity environment conducive to the development of the fungal genus Candida.

The main thing in this case - time to notice the symptoms of thrush and begin to treat the child, not to let the process spread.

How does candidiasis in children

Thrush oral mucosa may manifest itself in the form of small white, easily removed raids on the mucosa of the inner surface of the cheeks, palate, lips, gums, tongue. With the spread of redness and swelling of the mucous membrane, which is plaque, white spots are shot are not so easily and can bleed after removal, because under them formed small erosion.

In severe cases, a white cheesy coating completely covers the mucous membrane of the mouth, tongue and gums, can move to the palatine tonsils, back of the throat, a red border of the lips and corners of the mouth. Plaque is very strongly connected with the mucous membrane, and if removed, the underneath form sores.

In less severe candidiasis child's behavior does not change, but in severe forms it becomes capricious, not sleeping, not eating, and consequently, lose weight.

Candidiasis in children can manifest itself on the skin. This is particularly evident in the natural folds of the skin - inguinal, mezhyagodichnoy, armpits, in the neck. In these areas you can see redness with clear boundaries, the skin gets wet, weeping whitish epidermis surrounds the lesion. Around the large hearth may be the so-called screenings - small foci. In some places the center is covered with layers of whitish cheesy, cracks, and sometimes - bubbles and scaly patches.

Candidiasis genitals in children and a frequent phenomenon. Thus on the genital mucosa formed curdled same attacks, as in the oral cavity. The mucosa swells, turns red and starts to itch, it is very concerned about the child. In marked defeat genitals child becomes very restless, not eating, and lags behind in weight.

Candidiasis may extend further - the gastrointestinal tract and the blood to other organs. Almost always, in this case kidney damage. Severe disease is defeated by fungi of the genus Candida membranes of the brain. Meet and generalized (multiple lesions of organs and tissues) forms of candidiasis in children which occur very hard and require intensive treatment.

Diagnosis and treatment

Mild forms of thrush are clearly visible during the inspection and do not usually require laboratory confirmation. But the heavy, especially generalized forms necessarily confirmed by laboratory tests. This involves seeding scrapings on nutrient medium in order to detect the infectious agent and its sensitivity to various antifungal drugs.

Treatment of mild forms of yeast is usually limited to the use of external funds. Babies after each feeding mouth wipe a cloth soaked in 2% solution of soda (a teaspoon soda bread on a glass of water). If a child srygnul, then after that the mouth it is treated as a soda solution. Mother of the same solution was treated with the breast before feeding. In addition, the mouth of the child can be treated with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. After the oral mucosa lubricated aqueous solution of methylene blue or aqueous iodinol diluted with water at the rate of 1: 2.

All the dishes toddler necessarily thoroughly washed and boiled. In milder forms of yeast that is quite enough.

Severe candidiasis treated in hospital anti-fungal drugs.

Lactase Baby - how to use the dietary supplements? Who can use it? At the manufacturer's instructions indicate that a dose of lactase Baby depends on the amount consumed baby milk or other dairy products. The manual also states how to apply this dietary supplement for children of all ages.

Lactase deficiency - what is it?

Lactase - an enzyme that is produced in the surface layers of the walls of the small intestine and cleaves milk sugar (lactose) into two simple sugars - glucose Glucose: The energy source   and galactose. If this cleavage does not occur, lactose moves through the intestines and causes it fermentation processes: flatulence, loose or frequent stools his absence, intestinal colic. Laktyzy deficiency (lactase deficiency - LN) is a congenital or acquired or primary - secondary.

Primary lactase deficiency - a condition in which a reduced activity of the enzyme lactase, but its producing cells of the small intestine (enterocytes) is not damaged. This is a congenital condition, sometimes hereditary (family), but it occurs very rarely.

It is much more common transient (transient) lactase deficiency Such a violation is typical of premature babies or full-term, but immature. This happens because the lactase activity in utero increases very slowly and reaches the required level of only 37-40 week. Therefore, in preterm infants almost always have transient LN, which eventually passes.

Secondary lactase deficiency develops after some previous disease, it is associated with damage to the enterocytes. This condition can develop after a previous infection, intolerance of child cow's milk protein, chronic enterocolitis, allergic processes in the intestine against the backdrop of a food allergy, atrophic changes in the intestinal wall (for example, after a long period of total parenteral nutrition, when the patient is unconscious and is powered in the form of infusions), and so on.

Lactase deficiency can manifest itself part of the liquid foamy chair with an acidic smell, or persistent constipation, anxiety of the child during or after feeding, bloating Bloating - if you are bursting inside   and intestinal colic in a child behind in his physical development. The older the child, and sucks the more milk, the more symptoms of LN.

How to cope with lactase deficiency

Regardless of whether the LN innate or transient, the child needs help. If you do not, transient LN can move into the secondary due to damage to the enterocytes. So what to do with the FN, the signs of which are beginning to gradually increase after giving birth? Especially expressed LN in children are breastfed, because human milk contains more milk sugar (lactose) than in cow. So it may be worth to go to artificial feeding?

No way. Today it is possible to compensate for LF, introducing baby at each feeding lactase. One of the products containing lactase is a lactase supplements Baby Lactase Baby - biologically active food supplement for children . Dosage of BUD is selected individually for each child's pediatrician. If true LN its dosage increases as the baby drains more milk. When transient lactase Baby LN dosage is gradually reduced due to the fact that the mature enzyme systems of their own child.

Children with FN who are bottle-fed, individually selected mixture with the maximum tolerated amount of lactose (too low content of lactose is undesirable), and only in extreme cases, prescribe a mixture of lactose-free

How to use lactase Baby

It is important to apply the correct lactase Baby - depends on the effectiveness of Bad. Before serving, Breastfeeding - a personal choice   should decant about 15 ml of milk, pour it appointed pediatrician lactase Baby - it should be emptied out of the capsule. Lactase Baby dissolves very quickly in breastmilk expressed milk then be left to stand for five minutes - the time required for fermentation, that is to cleave carbohydrates in front milk. Once the fermentation is over, give the child expressed milk and apply it to his chest.

This procedure should be carried out at each feeding - pass receiving enzyme will cause the baby bloating and intestinal cramps.

The use of lactase Baby after a year

After a year of a child consumes much less milk and dairy products. But totally abandon them still not worth it. Instead of milk, such a child should be administered in the diet of dairy products, which contain about twice less lactose than whole milk. As a dietary supplement to the food these children under the age of seven years can be given lactase Baby individually selected dosage.

Galina Romanenko