Trichomoniasis

Breastfeeding and the treatment

Diagnosed while breastfeeding. Conflicting advice about whether I need to interrupt feeding.

salt_marsh 5 months ago

NoteMember experience, not medical advice. Symptoms overlap between infections and only a test can tell them apart.

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open_window 5 months ago

Ask a pharmacist or your clinic rather than working from leaflets, because the advice differs between the drugs in this family and between the single dose and multi dose approaches.

Some guidance historically suggested interrupting feeding for a period after a large single dose, which is a large part of where the conflicting advice you are finding comes from.

first_frost 5 months ago

Tell whoever prescribes that you are breastfeeding before the prescription is written rather than after. It may change which of the options they choose.

evening_ferry 5 months ago

Do not skip treatment over this. There is a workable answer and stopping feeding permanently is not it.

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