Every woman would have had vaginal yeast infection at some point of her life. Vaginal yeast infection is known as Candidiasis in medical terms since it is caused by Candida fungus. Symptoms of yeast infection are severe itching, redness of vagina, abnormal vaginal discharge of white or cottage cheese color and irritation. Hundreds of bacteria and yeast dwell on the vagina and when its natural balance gets disturbed due to any reason, it can cause yeast infection. Several factors like stress, lack of sleep, pregnancy, weakened immunity, taking antibiotics, eating lot of sugar products, and fluctuating hormones can cause yeast infection. In rare cases candidiasis spreads through sexual contact.
Candida yeast lives in your vagina and its growth is monitored by lactobacillus bacteria. But certain factors can favor excessive growth of yeast leading to yeast infection. In rare cases yeast infection can spread through sexual contact. Under normal condition yeast lives in the vagina with controlled number. But factors like stress, increased sugar intake or taking antibiotics can disturb this balance causing overgrowth of yeast. The risk of yeast infection is high during a week before your menstrual period starts due to change in hormone levels. Frequent douching can also destroy good bacteria leading to overgrowth of yeast. Often no treatment is necessary for vaginal yeast infection since it will fade away within few days or a week.
Home Remedies For Yeast Infection :
Over The Counter Probiotics :
Plenty of probiotics like Provacare vaginal care ovules, HMF candigen suppositories, probiotic florall and probiotic rephresh etc are available. Once you take this probiotics it would increase the growth of good bacteria which in turn would restore the yeast level. You can insert the suppository into the vagina before going to bed and it may take few days or a week to regain the original level of yeast and bacteria.