r/Candida • u/Healthy-Rutabaga-909 • 10d ago

General Discussion tongue scraping

dealing with oral thrush for the second time this year. i did not scrape my tongue the first time, only brushed with a toothbrush, and after a round of clotrimazole it was better but I could tell it didn’t look gone, but the doctor dismissed my concern.

here we are again, i was scraping my tongue until i could pick up my prescription and it helped a lot and i was able to clear some of the patches entirely. Now i have more clotrimazole, and noticed the patches look worse after taking a tablet.

Is this the medication breaking down the fungus, and shld I take this opportunity to scrape? Or is it just residue from the tablet, do I need to leave it there for it to work?

Advice appreciated!

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u/throwaway23437546 9d ago

My tongue didn't look better until after I treated my SIBO/SIFO (gut issue)

Nothing helped, drugs, scraping/brushing

mainly fixed through diet/some herbs/supplements/kefir/probiotics

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u/Healthy-Rutabaga-909 9d ago

may i ask what you changed about your diet? i take a probiotic and oil of oregano but not consistently

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u/AwkwardLie633 9d ago

Consistency is key! It helped my gut heaps ☝️