A 39-year-old female asked:
hi i have a 6th month old and she have been diagnosed with thrush or yeast infection and it's also around her eyes!! so my question is how did it get?
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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered
48 years experience Pathology
In the air: The organism causing thrush is present in the environment. The child is going through a phase in her immune system, where she is less able to handle the organism. Almost all kids outgrow this phase.
Answered on Oct 10, 2015
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