Will vinegar and water rinses and extra brushing relieve oral thrush? It was caused from either my immune system being down due to bronchitis, or my albuteral which is a treatment for breathing. If it is something that can be treated with vinegar and water, I would rather do that than take more medication.

if you took antibiotics, that's likely the cause of the thrush. Albuterol isn't likely. You could try eating yogurt; the idea is to restart the normal oral bacterial flora. Taking something for the thrush is not, however, a big deal, and doesn't have the problems of antibiotics.

My poor little brand new great-granddaughter, Taylor, is a month old today. She has already had ringworm, a cold, and thrush. Dr. Sid seems to be saying it's not a big deal, but I think she's been through a lot in 4 weeks.

Catty (just ruminating)

When my son was born he had thrush I got it from breastfeeding him and it spread through my house like wildfire, I used the oral wash prescribed my my doctor and it went away, just like that, from what I understand it is not an antibiotic. Also the yogurt thing does provide some relief.

When my son was 6 months old, he got thrush.
The doctor prescribed some liquid medicine, but it didn't seem to be doing any good.
So we called his office and his nurse said to double the dose.
The white fungus began breaking up almost immediately!

When my cousin's 3-month-old daughter got thrush, my cousin coated the baby's mouth with Gentian Violet (Purple Gentian) for a few days. (A country remedy.)
It seemed to do the trick.
(My cousin also had me take a picture:
"When Megan gets older and thinks she's so pretty, I'll show her this!" )

catty: if you re-read my post, perhaps you'll see I was saying the TREATMENT is no big deal -- in other words, encouraging it. As Chellio said, it's easy and effective.

Yep, Dr. Sid, that's what I was referring to. Should have made myself clearer, I guess. But if the treatment is no bid deal, then the thrush itself, if treated, must not be that big a deal, either, huh? Or have I got my head up my kilt again?

Catty (who doesn't like to see an ounce of rain in this infant's eyes)

Catty, I guess your head is up your kilt again???
Thrush is a painful thing to have and if left untreated can be a very big thing. I've taken care of people who can hardly swallow food or drink with the pain of the stuff. The treatment is not a big deal and releaves the symptoms very nicely and quickly in most instances. Truly, the treatment is not a big deal to take. You put the required amount in you mouth, swish it around and depending on where else it is, you may swallow it or spit it out then. Depends on the Dr's order. Good luck with the Thrush problem...

The dr put me on an oral clotrimazole tablet to be disolved in the mouth. Same ingredient as monistat. Have to be on it 2 weeks. Swallowing is nearly impossible.

As was already mentioned, yogurt can be an effective cure. I have found this to work even better as a preventative measure, whenever I start a course of antibiotics. Once the thrush has hit, I recommend Acidophilus capsules. That is the ingrediant in yogurt which makes it work. Acidophilus capsules can be found in most drug stores now. I usually get mine in the fridge section of the health food store, then I store it in the fridge. Of course I'm not recommending this for any of those poor babies!