this is exactly what sylvia did when she had esophageal thrush. she would chew her food and spit it out and she would make this funny noise in her throat. she would nurse fine, though. our ped gi said the only way to know for sure was with a scope, but he went ahead and treated her with diflucan and she started eating, sleeping and gaining weight.
she had had oral thrush, but it was gone from her mouth, but i had been fighting it on my breasts for quite some time.
people seem to think that esophageal thrush is rare, but our ped gi told me that it is not rare, especially in people with chronic conditions (such as reflux).
later, one of my 14 year old twins had a scope because she had reflux—and it turned out she had esophageal thrush, also—-and she had never had it in her mouth.
i had a MRSA infection a few months ago and was on some pretty heavy duty antibiotics and i got oral and esophageal thrush—and it was so painful—i’ve had oral thrush before but it had never hurt like this.
i had asked my local doc if sylvia could have thrush without it being obvious—and he had told me no——so i asked the ped gi the same question, and he said, “yes, she could have it in her esophagus.” he obviously knew a little more than the family doc.
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