subject: Want to Know Why You Keep Getting a Yeast Infection After Sex? [print this page] Want to Know Why You Keep Getting a Yeast Infection After Sex?
There really is a simple explanation for why you keep getting a yeast infection after sex. And that is that you keep having sex before your last infection has been fully eradicated, and I mean fully. Here you'll learn why this happens and what you need to do to make sure that you cure your infection completely before you start having healthy sex again.
But before we go into the reason why, you need to get to know what causes yeast infections...
These infections are mostly caused by the Candida albicans fungus that you'll find living quite naturally in all of us. But they live within us without causing any problems most of the time. This is due to your body's beneficial (good) bacteria that helps to keep it in check.
But where there are major underlying issues such as antibiotics overuse, a compromised immune system, some drug therapy, high blood sugar levels and / or hormonal changes, and body pH changes, etc., the fungus can begin to grow and spread. When it 'overgrows,' it causes a yeast infection.
Okay, now let's look at the normal everyday treatment for yeast infections...
Most women (and men) will opt for drug-based meds such as creams, pessaries, lotions, foams, sprays, etc., which they'll get over-the-counter or through their doctor. And they can work given time and following the instructions carefully. But, if you're using these, how come you keep getting a yeast infection after sex? Well, many women and men are asking the exact same question, so you're not alone.
The problem with drug-based therapy is that it is just that. They are drugs targeted at the local symptoms, not the root cause(s). And apart from the fact that they can have nasty side effects, the Candida fungus in your body can eventually become resistant to them because of constant repetitive use.
So now we can have a better understanding of why you keep getting a yeast infection after sex...
Once your symptoms go away you'll stop taking the medication. That's natural. But if all that's happened is that your local symptoms have gone, but the conditions for your infection haven't, then there's nothing to prevent your yeast infection returning. And here's the thing; sex is an ideal trigger for the waiting infection.
This is because (1) the Candida fungus prefers warm, dark, moist areas in the body (e.g. vagina, under penis foreskin, mouth, anus, etc.), (2) sperm and condom lubricants can change body pH (see above), and (3) intercourse can bruise and tear the soft tissue leaving conditions that the fungi can anchor and grow in.
Not only that, sex can transfer the infection back and forth between sexual partners. So that when both partners have an infection and you keep having sex it's very, very difficult to completely eradicate the infections. So whatever course of treatment you choose you must stop sex until the both of you are completely free from yeast infection.
And because of the problems with drug-based meds and the need to get a permanent cure, but fast! women and men are more and more turning to totally natural yeast infection remedies.
So next, to discover how thousands of women and men around the world have managed to stop getting yeast infection after sex without expensive drugs with their horrible side effects -- some in as little as 12 hours -- go now to http://how-to-get-rid-of-a-yeast-infection.blogspot.com and get the facts.
