Lung Cancer And Thrush In Mouth ?

[yorkshirelass]

Having chemotherapy for lung cancer Now got thrush in mouth and have to use a clear gel.
Overnight , ( I put it on my dentures ) the gel turned bright green . Is this normal ?

[Sqad]

Yes, it is quite common for thrush to be a secondary feature of chemotherapy, due to many causes but the main one being depression of the immune system caused by the drugs affecting "normal" defense cells.
The good news is that it is easily treated......e.g Diflucam or Nystatin.

[Sqad]

Sorry....I got the wrong end of the stick.
You want to know if the GEL turning green is normal.
Yes it is.

[NoMercy]

Oral candida is a common toxicity of chemotherapy. What regimen are you on
(i. e. Etoposide / Carboplatin)?

Nystatin, Gelclair and Chlorhexidine are usually prescribed.

[Sqad]

NoM
yorkshirelass has opened the same thread on Health and Fitness and i copied and pasted my reply onto it.
Unfortunately one of my posts was removed by a new over enthusiastic and sensitive Mod.

[NoMercy]

That was a bit childish.

I think I offered a well known Mod today too, with a perfectly innocent remark.

I think I'll just bow out from contributing from now on - I've better things to be doing x

[Sqad]

Yes AB is becoming a waste of time......

[Bathsheba]

Okay, that's me gone again, until I've got a techy problem ;)

Baths
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