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lördag 21 november 2009

What is Yeast Infection - Do You Really Know?

By Salli Smith

People often mistaken yeast infection as sexually transmitted disease due to the similarities of the symptoms. For instance, similar to sexually transmitted diseases, yeast infection also causes discomfort, redness, and burning sensation in the vagina.

Since mistakes often occur, vaginal yeast infection is not treated properly. This implies that you need to know more about vaginal yeast infection to effectively treat the infection. Here are some of the things you need to know about vaginal yeast infection.

Yeast infection, scientifically known as Candidiasis, is caused by yeast or fungi from the Candida species. Most often, the Candida Albicans is responsible for the infection. These fungi dwell naturally in the human body. The infection only strikes after an abnormality in the natural balance of the fungi and bacteria occur.

Since yeast infection is cause by fungi, it should not be treated with medication for killing bacteria. Yeast and fungi are not the same. If you try to treat yeast infection with medication for killing bacteria, it is more likely that the symptoms of yeast infection will become too severe. For instance, antibiotics are not highly recommended for women with yeast infection due to its ability to kill both bad and good bacteria. As the number of good bacteria is reduced, the fungi reproduce gradually causing yeast infection.

However, what causes the fungi to reproduce inappropriately? There are numerous answers for this question but one possible vital explanation is the speed of the reproduction of fungi increases as the amount of good bacteria in the body is reduced. On other words, there are not enough good bacteria to balance out the effect of the fungi. As the fungi grow in number, the symptoms of yeast infection will gradually show.

In general, if you want to address the symptoms of vaginal yeast infection, you have to balance out the bacteria and fungi in your body. You may achieve this by drinking yogurt, products that contains good bacteria. You may also need to kill the fungi that cause turmoil. To do this, try eating garlic or placing garlic clove in your vagina. However, before doing any treatment make sure that you seek medical advice first to prevent possible side effects.

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