Is Yeast Infection Common?


Candida albicans and other forms of yeast are grown in the vagina, rectum and mouth. In a healthy vagina, the occurrence of some yeast may not be a problem. When a woman's system is out of balance, yeast-like organisms can grow abundantly and cause a thick, white discharge. A yeast infection is not essentially sexually transmitted diseases. However, treating a woman and her sexual partner may help avoid recurrent yeast infections.
Is it common? Yeast infections are the second most common type of vaginal infection women experience. Over 70% of women expand at least one yeast infection throughout their life and over 40% of women have had more than one infection. Factors that may worry the vagina's balance comprise:

1. Antibiotic treatments 2. Oral contraceptives 3. Hot climate or non-ventilating clothing, that increase moisture and warmth, fostering fungal growth 4. Repeated intercourse over a small period of time 5. Stress 6. Suppressed resistant system 7. High carbohydrate eating, especially refined sugars and alcohol 8. Pregnancy 9. Diabetes 10. Other causes can be irritants like soaps, powders, new detergents 11. Vaginal burning 12. Vaginal pain 13. Thick, white, possibly curd-like vaginal release 14. Redness, swelling, and cracking of the skin 15. Burning sensation through urination 16. Itching of the rectal opening 17. Pain in sexual intercourse.

How is it diagnosed? Yeast infections must be diagnosed and treated by a medical expert. There are over-the-counter medications obtainable for women who have had professional guidance about how to distinguish the symptoms. Otherwise, it is required to meet with the medical provider because it is easy to have a yeast infection when one may really have a more serious infection or condition like Chlamydia or gonorrhea. In fact, current studies found that many women misdiagnose their own yeast infections and use one of the over-the-counter treatments when no yeast infection is in fact present. Over time, a woman's body may turn into drug-resistant to yeast infection medication and the real problem is never treated. To diagnose a yeast infection, the medical provider will perform a vaginal exam. Samples of vaginal ejection are obtained for examination under a microscope. If someone has recurring infections, some of the discharge may be cultured to see if yeast or another type of organism is present or not.



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