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Candidiasis complications: recurrence traps, pregnancy and newborn thrush, invasive disease - when to escalate.
Candidiasis is usually a nuisance, not a danger - but ignored, recurrent or in the wrong host, it has real complications. Knowing them separates "annoying" from "act now."
The commonest "complication" is the cycle itself: treat, rebound, repeat. Each un-investigated recurrence delays finding the diabetes, the inhaler habit, the non-albicans species or the immune problem actually driving it. Recurrent candidiasis is the complication that points at another disease.
Untreated vaginal candidiasis near delivery can pass thrush to the newborn's mouth; treatment before delivery prevents it - one more reason to treat rather than tolerate.
Classical texts warned that neglected local conditions in a weak host deepen and spread - their version of the same rule: small overgrowths are easy, entrenched ones in debilitated bodies are not.
The real risks are recurrence (find the driver), bacterial infection on scratched skin, newborn thrush from untreated pregnancy episodes, and invasive disease in the immunocompromised - everything else yields to simple, complete treatment.
Written By
Dr. Daksh
BDS
Reviewed By
Dr. Varun Gupta
MD Pharmacology, MBBS
Last updated on
27 Sep 2022 • 06:23 PM (IST)
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