Patient's question:
Patient Age: 24Patient Gender: Female
If a pregnant woman gets candidiasis of the vagina, what medicine should she take?
Doctor's answer:
Generally, treatment should not be administered during the first three months of pregnancy. If the condition is severe, medication can be cautiously used after the third month of pregnancy, and it will never cause an infection in the fetus. Usually, it can be cured before delivery. (However, sometimes local infections in the eyes or mouth may occur after the fetus is born, which might be caused by a minimal amount of Candida infection during delivery as the fetus passes through the birth canal. The doctor will promptly treat the newborn, so there is no need to worry about this). It is also best for the male partner to be treated simultaneously, with a one-week course of oral Nystatin tablets.