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Preventing Yeast Infection

June 17, 2011

Those who had yeast infection before would have probably sworn to do anything not to develop such infection again.  To lower your chances of developing it again or for those who don’t want to ever experience it, here are preventive tips on what you need to do. After using the ladies room, wipe your vaginal [...]

Intestinal Yeast Infection

June 10, 2011

Candida Albicans is the fungus responsible in creating yeast infections.  Its overgrowth is what triggers the infection to develop.  Although it commonly develops in the mouth and on the genitals, it’s not impossible to have one in the intestines either.  An intestinal infection comes with a lot of symptoms and they include the following: Intestinal [...]

Home Tests For Yeast Infection

June 3, 2011

In order to detect if you have yeast infection as early as you can, you better familiarize yourself of its symptoms.  What you don’t know can really hurt you as far as yeast infections are concerned.  However, if you already know what the symptoms are and you suspect that you have it and want to [...]

Candidiasis – A Yeast Infection Overview

May 27, 2011

An overgrowth of yeast is what causes a yeast infection.  The most common type of yeast infection is called candidiasis.  It comes from these types of fungi named Candida Albicans and they grow on all surfaces of our body.  When these fungi abnormally grow and outnumber the good bacteria in our body, particularly in our [...]

How to Tell If a Diaper Rash Is Already a Yeast Infection

May 20, 2011

When a diaper rash becomes really stubborn that it refuses to be gone despite of the tubes of diaper rash cream you’ve used against it, you might need to consider the possibility of a yeast infection already.  In its early stages, it is indeed quite difficult to tell if a common diaper rash is becoming [...]

What You Need To Know About An Oral Yeast Infection

May 13, 2011

Thrush is a common term used for an oral yeast infection. It mostly affects a lot of younger children and even newborns.  The same bacteria that cause diaper rash and vaginal yeast infection are the very same thing that causes a person to develop thrush. Moms who breastfeed can actually get yeast infection on their [...]

Men Get Yeast Infection Too

April 22, 2011

Thrush or oral yeast infection might be common in men but they can also get other types of yeast infections that are equivalent to a woman’s vaginal yeast infection, too.  A penile yeast infection grows on a tip of a man’s penis and men develop such infections almost for the same reasons that women do.  [...]

DIY Treatments For Yeast Infection

April 15, 2011

The following are the most common Do-It-Yourself treatments for candidiasis or yeast infection: YOGURT This is the most popular DIY yeast infection treatment anywhere.  Even some professional       medical people recommend it.  Yogurt contains a bacterium called Lactobacillus Acidophilus that happens to be present in healthy vaginas as well.  The bacterium, acidophilus, produces hydrogen peroxide that [...]

Revealing Facts About Yeast Infection Treatments

April 8, 2011

Yeast infections are more common than what most people would dare think.  It’s so common that ninety percent of our population has it.  Sadly, forty percent of these people would do nothing about it.  It is very dangerous to leave an infection like this untreated.  It will only worsen your condition by making you develop [...]

Yeast and How it Causes Vaginal Infection

April 1, 2011

Scientifically, yeast is referred to as Candida.  The particular type of fungus that is mostly responsible for vaginal yeast infection is called Candida Albicans.  We normally carry yeast on areas of our body that have constant moisture like our mouth and vagina. Vaginal yeast infection is one type of vaginitis, which is defined as a [...]