When you start to notice an unusual discharge in your underwear coupled with a really itchy feeling in your vaginal area, those are strong signs of yeast infection. Other common symptoms of this infection are: soreness, swelling, and redness of vulva; a strong yeasty odor; rashes and dryness in the vaginal area; and pain during sexual intercourse.  Although yeast infection often grow around the vaginal area, it can also develop in some exposed and moist sections of our body like the penis foreskin, ear, armpit, nostrils, diaper area and oral cavity.

Yeast infection is fungal and is mostly caused by a fungal species type called cadida albicans or Candidiasis.  People who are at risk of developing yeast infection are the following:

People with diabetes or are suffering from HIV infections

Those that are under medication of antibioltics or are taking birth control pills.  This type of medicines usually triggers yeast infection because it disturbs the normal balance of micro-organisms in a person’s body.

People who are fond of wearing clothing that increase heat moisture in their genital area are also at risk of being infected. Tight nylon clothing usually is the culprit and your nylon under wears or swim suits aren’t exempted.

Jogging, exercising or bicycle riding in hot or humid environments can raise the temperature in the vagina, making it moist and be considerably at risk of getting affected.

Overstress, lack of sleep and maintaining a poor diet can also get your body to develop yeast infection.

Women feel itchiness in their vagina from time to time, so there is no reason to always mistake it as a yeast infection.  Remember that there are other symptoms to consider before alarming yourself the moment you feel itchiness down there.  Thirty percent of women who tend to self-medicate without even consulting a doctor to confirm an infection are mistreating themselves.  In order for you to confirm if you indeed have yeast infection, you need a doctor or a health care provider to take a sample of fluid from the allegedly infected area on your body so that they can get it tested in a laboratory; once the test result confirms the presence of candidiasis, only then can the correct treatment be started.  Your doctor would then prescribe vaginal suppositories and medicated creams to be applied on the affected area.  It’s also possible that you’ll be prescribed with certain dosage of oral medicines for a faster recovery.