Thrush is a frequent companion of pregnancy. It gives a lot of unpleasant sensations that the future mummy is undesirable in principle. And the range of drugs that are acceptable for the elimination of fungus is limited. So, a woman who is diagnosed with thrush during pregnancy should not ignore folk remedies.
Why pregnancy is often accompanied by thrush
Candida candida, because ofwhich appears thrush, is one of the inhabitants of the microflora of the vagina and in healthy women. Infection is detected if it becomes too much. And in pregnancy from candidiasis, every third woman suffers, even if she still maintains hygiene, controls the diet. There are several reasons for this:
- Changes in the composition of hormones. This is the inevitable accompaniment of pregnancy, which gives the conditions for its development. The leading importance and volume is acquired by progesterone, which, among other things, changes the acidity of the vagina. Lactobacilli, which predominate in its biocenosis, receive a less favorable environment for development. A candida fungus, on the contrary, is prosperous.
- Decreased immunity. This is also mandatory accompaniment of pregnancy, especially significant in the first weeks. At this stage, the body is getting used to the fact that there is one more life in it. If the immunity is too active, the embryo can be rejected.
- Avitaminosis. When pregnancy is the right diet for good health is not enough. There is a shortage of certain substances that provokes an exchange malfunction. And he strengthens the violation in the sphere of hormones. All this is reflected in the vaginal flora.
- Stress. Anxiety is characteristic of some future mothers. And nervous manifestations affect the balance of hormones, on which the acidity of the vagina depends, and, consequently, the state of its microflora.
Home Prescriptions in the Treatment of Candidiasis in Pregnancy
Homegrown recipes for the elimination of thrush, which arose on the background of pregnancy, have long been tested. But still, before using at least one of them, you should inform your doctor about it.
Therapy of thrush in pregnant women consists mainly of baths, rinses, douching. But the latter are resolved only by those who have a bearing without complications, threatening interruption. Especially cautious should be women at an early stage of the condition and shortly before birth.
Recipes for the baths
These remedies will help to ease the state of health, but are able to compete with the pathogen of thrush. They are used warm, pouring into the basin to such a level that the therapeutic composition is in contact with the perineum. For sedentary baths are useful such broths.
| Ingredients | Recipe |
| 1 tbsp.soda, 0.5 tbsp.iodine and 1 liter of boiled water cooled to a comfortable state. | They are mixed for a bath, designed for 15 minutes. Do the procedure for 4 consecutive days in the evenings. |
| 3 tbsp.calendula flowers, as much bark of oak and chamomile, 1 liter of water | The mixture is poured into a high bowl, kept on the fire for 5 minutes, and then cooled to 37 degrees. A tray with this broth is allowed to do thrice a day for a week or a half. |
| 1 tbsp. Calendula infusion on alcohol, 2 tbsp.camomile flowers | Components are mixed and immersed in a liter of boiling water, leaving for a day. The finished product is intended for wiping the vagina and taking a bath. It is made for daily use for 10 days. |
| For 3 tbsp oak bark, chamomile and nettle, 3 liters of water | Boiling water, you need to put herbs into it and cook for 15 minutes. The resulting mixture is wrapped in a dense cloth and held for 2 hours. A strained broth is used for rubbing the vulva twice a day, baths. It can also be used to impregnate a cotton ball, placing it later in the vagina before going to bed. |
| For 1 teaspoonflowers of chamomile, sage, eucalyptus, birch and poplar buds and 0.5 tsp. Calendula | Mixture in the volume of 4 tsp.placed in 1.5 liters of boiling water, insulated and kept to a slightly warm state. It will help to get rid of itching if you do a bath for 7-10 days. |
| For 1 teaspoonchopped nettle and chamomile flowers and 0.5 tsp.sea buckthorn oil | For this amount you will need another 1 liter of boiling water, in which the composition can withstand 24 hours. The bath is done for 15 minutes every day for 10 days. |
| Chamomile and peeled onions | 2 tablespoons will be needed.colors and a skin of 5 heads of a vegetable to which 300 ml of boiled water add. Leaving for 3-5 minutes and after 2 hours after switching off, the broth is poured into a basin, where there is already 1 liter of warm water. The bath starts to be taken when the grass falls on the bottom of the dishes. |
Syringing
Irrigation of the vaginal walls during pregnancy is done very carefully. If there is no prohibition for syringing, they will help faster baths and simple sweating. These folk remedies for yeast during pregnancy are prepared from the following components:
- Honey and boiling water. For sweet water, the proportions of the substances are 1:10.The product is cooled down to a comfortable temperature, douche in the evening for 7 days.
- Burdock root. Plants need 5 tablespoons, if you take 1 liter of water. Root the burdock cook for 10 minutes, filter, slightly chilling. This broth can not only syringe daily, but take in before breakfast by half a glass.
- 2 tbsp.oak bark, 2 tsp.nettle, 1 tsp.lavender, 3 tsp.succession. The syringing agent from this kit is prepared with the addition of 1 liter of boiling water, holding for 20 minutes on the gas. Immediately after turning off the dishes, in which the curative composition was prepared, they wrap up and forget about it for an hour. The strained syringing fluid is diluted with non-boiling boiled water 1: 3.Manipulation is done once a day for 5-7 days.
- For 1 teaspoonoregano, oak bark, calendula and thyme, 2 tsp.sporicha, 3 tsp.nettle.2 tablespoonsAssorted is placed in 400 ml of boiling water and boiled for 7 minutes. Leave to cool down, then plant and use.
- For 2 tbsp.yarrow, chicory root, rosemary, 4 tbsp.oak bark. The mixture, after taking 100 g, is placed in 600 ml of water and cooked for 5-7 minutes. Cooling, it is filtered and syringed every day, extending the course to a week.
- Taken in the same volumes of birch buds, calendula, celandine, yarrow, juniper, oak bark.2 tablespoonsthe herbs are put in a thermos bottle and add 1 liter of boiling water, soak for 4 hours. Douche with a strained mixture.
Wiping
There are tools that can not be douched, but it's good to remove the chewing gum from the vaginal surface with a gauze swab:
- Equal volumes of 3% hydrogen peroxide and boiled water are mixed with 4 drops of green. This compound can be wiped mucous twice a day. It relieves itching for a long time.
- Tea tree oil supplemented with sunflower oil. First take 4 drops, the second 20 mg. This means you can not only wipe the mucous, but also soak a tampon to insert it into the vagina for 8 hours. This is done for a week.
- Carrot juice. It will be useful to drink and rub the mucous membrane simultaneously. Burning and discharge will disappear if you use so juice for 10 days. Drink it daily enough for ½ cup, eating a teaspoon of sour cream.
- St. John's Wort. Take 2 tsp.dry plant and 200 ml of liquid, leave on a steam bath for 12 minutes.
- Kalanchoe. To juice has acquired the maximum beneficial properties, before use, the leaves of the plant keep the day in the refrigerator.
We recommend reading the article on spotting with thrush. From it you will learn about the causes of the disease and the appearance of blood, treatment and elimination of secretions, the effectiveness of non-drug therapy with neglected candidiasis.
Means for ingestion
Folk treatment of thrush during pregnancy can consist not only of a diet that excludes sugar, but also products that can fight the fungus from the inside:
- 10 tbsp.black currant leaves are boiled for 10 minutes in 1 liter of water, by the end of the process, putting 3 cloves of crushed garlic. Then they boil for another couple of minutes, leave to cool. The lemon juice is poured into the cooled mixture and passed through a sieve. The resulting remedy has a specific taste, but if you eat it 3 times a day for 100 ml, thrush will recede.
- For 5 tbsp.lemon, orange and onion juices, as much honey is mixed and taken inside by 30 ml four times a day.
Home treatment does not give a complete cure for candida only in itself. Still important are hygiene and nutrition. And in case of more severe symptoms of infection, candles "Pimafucin", "Nystatin", "Miconazole", "Terzhinan" are used.