Toddler Yeast Infection? How to Treat Yeast in Toddlers Quickly and Naturally

Toddlerhood is such a demanding age - little ones are growing, exploring and learning. Their bodies are also still quite sensitive and delicate, so even a little "bonk" can be so upsetting to them! Dealing with a toddler yeast infection on top of everything else can be quite frustrating without the right approach.

Yeast infections in toddlers have become more and more common over the past decade for a number of reasons. The first, most important reason is the prevalent use of antibiotics. Antibiotics are a life saving drug under certain circumstances, but there's universal agreement in the medical community that they are widely overused. Even when properly used, they do have side effects - one important side effect being that antibiotics cause babies, children and adults to become vulnerable to yeast infections.

Using antibiotics even one time, even if it was not in the immediate past, can cause a toddler to develop recurrent yeast problems. It's important to nip yeast infections in babies and children in the bud, as chronic yeast problems can contribute to a whole host of health problems including:

*asthma
*allergies
*auto-immune disease
*ADD/ADHD
*arthritis
*weakened immunity
*headaches
*fatigue
*skin problems
*etc.

Initially, toddler yeast will most often show up as oral yeast (thrush), a yeast diaper rash or other yeast symptoms. Once the yeast becomes more prevalent, gradually other more subtle symptoms will arise, such as those listed above, as well as sugar cravings, rashes, moodiness, etc.

The reason why yeast infections in toddlers (or anyone) can be so harmful over the long term is that yeast cells emit powerful toxins, including chemicals such as formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, etc. Also, as the yeast becomes entrenched and starts to get a stronger foothold in the body, it will actually develop long hyphae that can perforate the intestines, allowing undigested food particles to pass through that should not be passing into the blood stream.

This is known as "leaky gut syndrome" and it's definitely not a good thing to have - those undigested food particles can cause or worsen asthma, allergies and all kinds of immune problems.

In my humble opinion, most pediatricians are not focused on treating yeast problems so generally they will just write a prescription for Nystatin, Diflucan or some other drug for toddler yeast infections.

Unfortunately, according to medical researchers, anti-fungal drugs do not do a very good job of getting rid of all the yeast and they are also generally quite toxic. According to medical researcher Prusty Rao, "The challenge has been to find therapeutic agents that can kill the fungus, but not harm the surrounding tissue; that's proven to be very difficult."

So what happens is the drugs will suppress the yeast temporarily, but then as soon as the drug is stopped the yeast grows right back. Over the past 2 years of helping hundreds of moms deal with yeast problems in their children, I cannot count how many have told me that they'd already used all the drugs and their children still had yeast.

What I've found is that there really is only one sure-fire way to get rid of yeast in babies and children, including toddlers, that is truly safe and effective. The secret is a three-step approach:

1. Kill the yeast completely safely, with the non-toxic and natural approach.
2. Rebuild your child's natural immunity to yeast as it was an underlying imbalance that allowed the yeast to grow out of control in the first place. This is the missing step in virtually every yeast program out there and it's essential to succeed in getting rid of the yeast permanently.
3. Tailor the first two steps according to the age of the child: i.e. a cookie-cutter approach really doesn't work as a newborn is slightly different from an older baby who is slightly different from a toddler, etc.

It's simple and it works. And the best part is not only is this approach non-toxic, it actually makes your child healthier and stronger both in the short term and long term.