Brushing my teeth with athlete's foot cream
By The Horse
@TheHorse (205216)
Walnut Creek, California
July 25, 2017 11:08am CST
As you know, my sick mind goes in many strange directions. This morning, I stumbled into the bathroom and then decided it was time to brush my teeth. I reached for my Colgate tooth paste and was about to put it on my brush when I realized I was holding a tube of athlete's foot cream.
That got me to thinking about what would happen if I actually brushed my teeth with athlete's foot cream. Babies get thrush, and thrush is treated with anti-fungal creams. When I stumbled back to my desk, I Googled "babies thrush treatment" and found that most common anti-fungals can be used to treat thrush, though certain ones are preferred.
If you were somewhere where you couldn't get to a store, and your baby had bad thrush, would you be so bold as to put a little athlete's foot medicine on her tongue? It might or might not work, but it sounds like it wouldn't be dangerous.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
25 Jul 17
Move those items away from where your hand reaches to.
My x brother in law used Ben Gay on his teeth. I was happy.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
25 Jul 17
@andriaperry Oh Andria this guy was rotten to the core.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 Jul 17
@TiarasOceanView I thought so
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@marguicha (215148)
• Chile
25 Jul 17
Yuk! I remember that many decades ago, my grandmother thought that a hair creme I had was toothpaste and she actually placed it in her mouth before noticing. Your cream is worse!!!
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@TheHorse (205216)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Jul 17
@marguicha I wonder how long it took to get the sensation out of her mouth. I'm tempted to try bit of athlete's foot cream, just to see what it tastes like. Heck, I've eaten horse cookies, horse feed, etc.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
26 Jul 17
Some people just use things without thinking. I hope that nobody actually tries this one!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
26 Jul 17
@TheHorse I use toilet bowl cleaner to cut through the calcium build-up.
Wise to stop the bengay abuse!
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@TheHorse (205216)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Jul 17
@ElusiveButterfly Yep, it works in my tub as well as my toilet. I have not and will not try it for self-abuse.
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@RasmaSandra (73201)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Jul 17
Good information for those with babies. Glad you didn't actually start brushing your teeth with that cream. I was always sleepy in the early morning I had to get ready to go to high school. One morning I took a mouthful of nail polish remover instead of mouth wash. Luckily I spit it all out and spent a half hour rinsing my mouth 
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@RasmaSandra (73201)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Jul 17
@akalinus glad I realized what I had in my mouth before anything else happened.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
25 Jul 17
Eeek! I would not attempt. I'd go to the doctors or something if I had a child. :)
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Jul 17
Having a hard time getting beyond the title.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Jul 17
@TheHorse Maybe you need to move the foot cream to a different room
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@TheHorse (205216)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 Jul 17
@AbbyGreenhill Yeah, but then I'd wind up with "non-itchy" teeth. That's the next tube I'd have to move.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 Jul 17
NOOOO! I will now look up a natural growing plant to treat a babies mouth and since I have many books on wild growing plants I could still look it up without the internet.
The problem is the baby has a high yeast content its body so the way, without looking it up, would be to make sure no sugars were consumed to start with.
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@TheHorse (205216)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Jul 17
@andriaperry Mommy's ilk is probably good, for the most part. At least I hope so!
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
26 Jul 17
@TheHorse Yes, the balance is off though and different than what is in foods or juice that is given to the baby.
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@kobesbuddy (74424)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul 17
You made me smile, because one time I actually put cream hair tonic, from a tube, on my toothbrush! lol After washing it numerous times, I had to throw the toothbrush away, the horrible oily taste was permanent!
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@TheHorse (205216)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Jul 17
@kobesbuddy As I expected. Too bad you had to throw it out.
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@kobesbuddy (74424)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul 17
@TheHorse LOL Of course, there wasn't one bristle out of place!:)
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@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
26 Jul 17
All kinds of people with weakened immune systems get thrush. They used to use Jimson Violet for it. I would read the label of the antifungal carefully first. Either one of those cures is less expensive than some of the oral antifungals they give.
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
26 Jul 17
I once sprayed shaving foam under my armpit thinking it was deodorant.
Personally I wouldn't risk putting athlete's foot cream on a baby's tongue. I suspect somewhere on the package it might contain some sort of warning along the lines of 'for external use only'. Maybe strengths and/or active ingredients differ for use on babies!
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
26 Jul 17
Are you trying to prevent an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Horse Towers?
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@TheHorse (205216)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 Jul 17
@asfarasiknow Actresses are like annoying fungi in my morning news feed. I don't care what they wore to some gala affair.
@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
26 Jul 17
Perhaps known better as candida albicans. Or is that an actress?
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