A member asked:

After taking nystatin my oral thrush just gotb worse, and now my tongue is sore and bleeds a little. i am hiv and diabetic negative?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Confirm diagnosis: Contact your doctor's office and ask whether the diagnosis might be wrong or needs to be confirmed. Second, if oral candiaasis (yeast, thrush) is confirmed, ask about alternative treatment, e.g. with oral fluconazole (DiflucanĀ®). Some Candida strains are resistant to nystatin.

Answered 10/16/2015

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