Thrush can kill you if allowed to go unchecked and systemic. It starts in the mouth then goes to the esophogus, then into the stomach and then it can go systemic. It's very difficult to treat once it has gone systemic. I would use holistic and home remedies with extreme caution.

There was a long while, post Tx, that I was taking 400mg of Diflucan every day. A maintenance dose for H&N post Tx is Diflucan, 50-100mg/day.

AIDS patients take up to 800mg of Diflucan/day and that's just for maintenance.

By comparison a female yeast infection can be cured with 1 100mg Diflucan tablet (and it is the same fungi).

The candidiasis fungi is present in the mouth (and vagina) all the time. A normal immune system and pH keeps it in check. Dry mouth is a major reason for pH imbalance. Antibiotics alter the pH so that's another reason why a candida bloom happens.

I tried yogurt with acidopholis and it didn't change a thing. I found that Diflucan was the most effective in the anti-fungal group of "...azoles".