Symptoms

• White, irregularly shaped patches in the mouth
• Coats the inside cheeks or inner lips
• Sometimes coats the tongue (if the only symptom is a uniformly white tongue, it's due to a milk diet, not thrush)
• Adherent to the mouth (cannot be washed away or wiped off easily like milk curds)
• Occasionally causes a painful mouth, reluctance to suck and reduced milk intake
• Mild discomfort or no symptoms in most newborns
• The infant is bottle-fed or breast-fed