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tisdag 13 oktober 2009

Yeast Infection Causes

By Danielle Clement

Having a yeast infection is uncomfortable and embarrassing for anyone who has it, man, woman or child. The causes can be complex and it is not always an easy task to identify how it happened. However to build a better defense against it as with other threats to your health, you need information which this article provides.

A yeast infection is a fungal infection from the Candida strain. Symptoms vary from adult to adult and child to child. It can be uncomfortable or even painful and is something adults are often relevant to visit a doctor about because they have a sense of shame about it. Babies who live in wet diapers too much are prone, and can also get Thrush, an oral yeast infection, from feeding utensils such as bottle.

In men yeast infection happen normally because of having sex or sexual contact with a woman who is infected with a vaginal yeast infection. When a man enters the woman's vagina the opening of the penis is at risk. If there is a yeast infection in the vagina it will travel up the penis via that opening into the urethra. The symptoms can range from an itch that is merely annoying to more severe itching with lesions up the shaft as well as blisters. As with vaginal yeast infections, penile yeast infections are painful, uncomfortable and embarrassing and men may have trouble urinating as well as having problems sexually.

The most common yeast infection is that of the vagina. Yeast loves dark, wet and warm places to live and grow and the vagina is a perfect environment for it. Causes can vary for women. Sometimes it may be hormone levels fluctuating due to pregnancy, menopause or even birth control pills which lead to yeast levels rising. There are other things that help the yeast stay around such as the wearing of synthetic tight underwear which keeps it wet down there, as the material is not breathable and does not allow air flow.

It is very important to wear condoms if you believe you or your sexual partner has a yeast infection as it can be passed on during sex. If only one of you is taking a treatment and you have unprotected sex you can just pass it back and forth between you creating an undesirable cycle. If you have more than one sexual partner it is even more important to practice safe sex.

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