Ms. Jones brings 6-week-old Sam to the clinic because of a bright red rash in the diaper area that has gotten worse since she started putting over-the-counter antibiotic cream on it 3 days ago. Sam is diagnosed with diaper Candida or a yeast infection. Clotrimazole (Lotrimin) topical TID for 14 days to the diaper area has been prescribed.

1. Briefly describe the therapeutic actions of Clotrimazole (Lotrimin).
2. Develop a teaching plan for Ms. Jones including age-appropriate considerations for Sam.

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• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.

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Yeast infections are familiar to children and adults, which leads to painful rashes causing itchiness on the skin. Scientists are still learning more about the internal and external ecosystem of the body. This has enabled them to gain a more in-depth understanding of how different infections begin and have developed ways on how to treat them. There are also many traditional methods of handling most of these infections using homemade remedies or natural medications. Most of these treatments have been scientifically proven to be effective. Yeast occurs in different places of the skin and thrives in a moist and warm environment (Mohamadi & Motaghi, 2014). Children are more vulnerable to these yeast infections which appear mainly under their diapers. Clotrimazole (Lotrimin) topical TID has been the best for completely treating this problem.

Diaper Candida or a Yeast Infection

Candida species of yeast infection is more common to children. It is estimated that about a quarter of the world’s children at…