The widely misunderstood and a much overlooked disease of today is yeast infection in men. A large number of men will go through life without understanding their risk of developing such infection since it is also highly difficult to identify that it can just occur for a long period of time without being noticed until it starts to create other problems in a man’s health.
Most of the times when a woman informs her partner that she has yeast infection, chances are, he’s got it to. A lot of doctors would then prescribe anti-fungal treatments not only on his female patient but to her partner too, so to eliminate the risk of them cycling the infection back and forth.
The causes of yeast infection in men are all similar to any other fungus infection. The presence of yeast fungi in our body is being balanced by the good bacteria that we also carry. This makes the fungi harmless, however, once the ratio becomes unbalanced, it will cause the fungi to overgrow and spread across other parts of our body. The most common causes for this imbalance to happen are sex, alcohol, antibiotics, peanuts, corn and wheat products, barley, beer, and a weakened immune system. You might wonder how can antibiotic cause yeast infection. Let’s take the discovery of Penicillin as an example. As Dr. Fleming was running an experiment with molds from a wheat product, he added some of the molds to a dish of live bacteria. What happened next is that the mold completely eradicated the bacteria. In our system, it’s the bacteria that are keeping the yeast fungi at bay, making it harmless, but the presence of antibiotics in our body will fight with the fungi against our good bacteria.
So when can you tell if you might have the infection already? Here are the most common yeast infection in men symptoms you will encounter: digestive problems, constipation, bloating, frequent intestinal gas, bad breath, indigestion, sexual dysfunction, very loose stools, frequent diarrhea, memory loss, dry itchy flaky skin, irritability and mood swings, prostate problems, athlete’s feet, and lack of energy or fatigue. You can also develop cravings for chips, pasta, sweets, etc.
If you don’t have any of these symptoms but would very much like to make sure if you are not infected yet, there is a simple test you can perform. Leave a glass of water on your nightstand when you go to bed in the evening. By the time you wake up in the morning and before you even get out of bed, spit into the glass of water twice. Observe the glass of water closely for the next fifteen minutes. If your spit just kind of dissipates in the water, then you don’t have yeast infection.
