To the Editor: I am writing to you because I know that your readers are always interested in new and better ways to treat patient's problems.
Like most other pediatricians and family physicians, I have seen many children with candida diaper rashes and oral monillasis. Treating rashes and thrush with nystatin preparations is not always successful and many parents strongly object when they read the label and see what I've asked them to put into their baby's mouth three times each day for a week or two or more.
I began using grapefruit seed extract about five years ago after a mother in my practice told me about her success in using an extremely dilute(a few drops to three or four ounces of water) solution to treat a yeast infection in her baby. the results were wonderful and the families in my practice were very happy to listen to a much more natural suggestion for curing this very common problem. The parents are very pleased to be using a product which is not only more naturally derived but is also free of the additives found in nystatin products; they are tired of all the artificial colors and sweeteners. My first experience was with a thirteen-month-old baby who had transferred to my practice after multiple courses of antibiotics to treat an ear infection. The otitis media was finally in remission, but the bright red candidiasis in the diaper area was causing as much distress to the infant and her parents as had the ear infections. I recommended that they add five drops of Grapefruit extract to four ounces of water and leave it on the changing table to wash the baby's bottom as part of each diaper change. A miraculous overnight cure did not occur, but within a few days the rash was receding and infection was gone within another week. A second similar adventure with a two-year-old boy convinced me that I was onto something. I have used the same dilute solution to treat refractory diaper rashes and oral yeast infections in many children and I'll continue to look for new uses for what I regard as an innocuous, natural antimicrobial. I have found this weak citrus solution to be completely safe for even the very youngest babies in my practice. (I once tried putting an undiluted drop on my own tongue and learned a valuable lesson which I pass on to all the parents about taking great care in diluting the extract.) ...I now recommend it(grapefruit extract) at least three or four times each day for fungal and minor bacterial infections...
Sincerely,
Jay N. Gordon, M.D.
Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics
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