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Mouth care should be offered to all patients with palliative care needs
Thrush is common in advanced illness and can cause great distress. If thrush is recurrent, look critically at: oral or inhaled steroids, treatment with antibiotics and oral hygiene care. Check a random blood sugar, especially for those patients on oral steroids.
Pharmacological management:
Consider a range of options for symptomatic relief:
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