Vaginal Yeast Infection Causes, Symptoms, Yeast Infection Treatment

Yeast Infection Causes Yeast or fungi, are a family of tiny organisms like the bread mold that waft around in the air and grow on foods they fall onto. One fungus, Candida albicans, finds life in the vagina ideal. It is warm, spacious, and mucous secreted by its lining is an abundant food for it. Diabetics with high blood sugar are even more favorable to the yeast as some of that sugar finds its way into the vagina and is a high energy food. (Pregnancy also results in sugar spilling into the vagina and yeast infections in pregnancy are therefore common).

Another instance which makes infection likely is after a course of antibiotics. Antibiotics don't kill fungi, only bacteria. Without bacteria in the vagina any Candida present gets all the food to itself and grows explosively.

Candida in small amounts is a normal finding in the vagina, mouth, and elsewhere but when circumstances allow it to grow like a weed, it then it is a problem and abnormal.

Yeast Vaginal Infection Symptoms

• Itching of the vagina from the outside to deep inside.

• A thick white discharge into underwear that looks like curdled or ordinary milk.

• After intercourse without condoms the male partner may complain of temporary burning and itching of his penis.

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Yeast Infection Treatment

Drugs which kill yeast are used VAGINAL YEAST INFECTION TREATMENT. There are three ways these yeast treatments are given:

• Yeast Creams rubbed around insidethe vagina.

• Yeast Pessaries inserted high up into the vagina where they dissolve and kill the fungus.
• Yeast Antifungal Tablets which are swallowed and kill the fungus from the inside out.

Courses of yeast infection treatment are short, typically 3 to six days as Candida is not virulent and easily killed.

In a few women - 5 to 10 of every hundred with an episode of yeast infection - there are repeated attacks. These individuals may benefit from longer courses, up to six months, of fungicide tablets by mouth. In addition pantihose and tight jeans or any other clothing which reduces air drying of the vagina are to be avoided, and after defecation the bottom should be wiped from front to back to avoid seeding your vagina with Candida from stool.

Eating half a cup of yogurt with live yogurt cultures in it has been found to help treat yeast infections. And double rinsing your underwear and using an iron to touch up panties before wearing also works in yeast infection treatment.

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