Difference between revisions of "Thrush"
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[[File:ThrushMouth.png|right|300px|thumb|A picture of a [[thrush]] infection in the [[mouth]].]] | [[File:ThrushMouth.png|right|300px|thumb|A picture of a [[thrush]] infection in the [[mouth]].]] | ||
===Meaning=== | ===Meaning=== | ||
| − | [[Thrush]] is | + | [[Thrush]] is an [[infection]] caused by a [[Pathogenic Fungus|pathogenic fungus]] called [[Candida albicans|Candida ''albicans'']] |
===About Thrush=== | ===About Thrush=== | ||
: [[Thrush]] spreads in warm, moist areas like the [[mouth]], [[vagina]] and under the [[foreskin]]. | : [[Thrush]] spreads in warm, moist areas like the [[mouth]], [[vagina]] and under the [[foreskin]]. | ||
| − | : [[Thrush]] causes itching and soreness and can produce a white coloured | + | : [[Thrush]] causes itching and soreness and can produce a white coloured discharge. |
| − | : [[Thrush]] is not always caught through sexual activity. Safe numbers of the [[thrush]] [[micro-organism]] are found in our [[faeces]] and on our [[skin]] so it can be transmitted to moist areas of the body through poor [[hygiene]]. | + | : [[Thrush]] is not always caught through sexual activity. Safe numbers of the [[thrush]] [[micro-organism]] are found in our [[faeces]] and on our [[skin]] so it can be transmitted to moist areas of the body through poor [[hygiene]] or through washing too harshly, damaging the body's defences against a '''thrush''' [[infection]]. |
Latest revision as of 22:47, 9 January 2020
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Meaning
Thrush is an infection caused by a pathogenic fungus called Candida albicans
About Thrush
- Thrush spreads in warm, moist areas like the mouth, vagina and under the foreskin.
- Thrush causes itching and soreness and can produce a white coloured discharge.
- Thrush is not always caught through sexual activity. Safe numbers of the thrush micro-organism are found in our faeces and on our skin so it can be transmitted to moist areas of the body through poor hygiene or through washing too harshly, damaging the body's defences against a thrush infection.