subject: How To Fully Grasp And Cope With A Recurring Yeast Infection Problem [print this page] For many years I suffered from recurring yeast infections. I was always in pain and very frustrated, trying many different "remedies" looking for that one permanent solution to the problem. Trying different doctors that just didnt seem to understand how frustrated I was to keep getting infections.
Unfortunately, recurring yeast infections is a common problem for lots of women. When looking for a cure we must understand the infections cause first.
There are many reasons we get yeast infections. Yeast can multiply quickly especially in damp, dark areas. Your body has a natural balance or flora of "unharmful" bacteria and "harmful" bacteria like candida. This "unharmful" bacteria is actually part of our defenses against any "bad" bacteria. However this natural good bacteria is destroyed by the bad Candida bacteria when it multiplies out of control into an infection.
One reason we have recurring yeast infections is the prolonged usage of antibiotics. Antibiotics do kill the bad bacteria that they are being taken for but in the process the kill all the "good" bacteria as well. You should always try to get this Good" bacteria replenished in your body after taking antibiotics for any reason. Eating dairy products with active cultures in them is a great way to get this started. For example, eating yogurt and taking oral probiotics. But you must continue to do this every day and for at least 2 weeks after you have stopped taking the antibiotics.
Another reason for a recurring yeast infection could be a change in your hormone level. It's possible if your over 35, menopausal or pregnant that's the problem, you may want to go get your hormone level checked.
Trying to avoid things that may add to trapping moisture is a big thing in dodging a recurring yeast infection problem. Wearing tight clothing, wet bathing suits, and panty hose, anything that traps moisture is a sure way to get a yeast infection started.
Now this also happens quite frequently, you may be mistaking a bacterial infection for a yeast infection, these two a symptoms that mimic each other. You can tell easily by examining the discharge, the color and odor are a dead giveaway to which infection you have. www.byeyeast.com is a great resource for more information on bacterial vaginosis symptoms.
Having recurring yeast infections can lead to a variety of problems. Although yeast is not life threatening, it can wear your body down just like any other disease if left untreated. My advice to you would be to not go crazy using a lot of over the counter antifungal or antibiotics. If youre having frequent infections, and these treatments are not working, its probably because your body has gotten immune to them.
Anyone that is suffering from recurring yeast infections needs to be on a steady probiotic schedule for now. It will take a while for you to notice a difference because your system is so depleted for all the candida attacks.
You can take these for a long time or as long as you think, probiotics have no chemicals so it won't hurt you.
There are many strains of candida albicans that could be causing you a problem and doctors can do a culture to see exactly which one you have. Most doctors don't' do this because they know that youre getting prescribed one of the small list of medications no matter what the culture tells them. The answer is not to keep sticking you on antibiotics.
