Yeast infection

October 3, 2011

What is a yeast infection vaginale?

A yeast infection vaginale is a common infection fungina caused at the excessive growth of White one, natural yeast. They find yeast normally in the vagina of a woman in little quantities, but sometimes they multiply and to change the normal balance of bacterial growth. When the mushrooms begin to grow in excess, they can develop in candidosi. These are the mushrooms more probability of causing infections with yeasts so like the infections in other damp zones of the body, like the mouth (lily of the valley), the folds of the skin, and under the nails.

Which are the risk factors to obtain a yeast infection?

  • Pregnancy
  • Contraceptive pill
  • Menstruation
  • Recent use or in course of antibiotics and of some other medicines of prescription
  • Not protected sexual activity
  • Badly you manage diabetes
  • A system immunitario weakened
  • Often we do not find the cause

Which are the symptoms of infections with yeasts?

The women can try:

  • Itching vaginale
  • Burning during the micturition
  • Pain during the report
  • Vulva or red
  • Spesse, white recooked similar unloading

The men with infection can develop balanite, an inflammation of the head of the penis, and it can try:

  • Painful swelling on the point of the penis
  • Itching
  • Red dots on the point of the penis
  • Peeling dry skin
  • Burning during the micturition

Is an infection of the yeast an infection to sexual broadcasting (STI)?

An infection of yeast (or candidosi) is not considered an infection to sexual broadcasting. In fact, they are a very common and normal part of the life of the women. It is considered that about three about four women will have a yeast infection during their life, and a great deal of these women have recurrent infections. In rare cases, a yeast infection can be spread through the relations vaginali between the partners who have not protected sexual intercourses, but the risk is low. Like any other infection vaginale, they must be dealt immediately, and if you are sexually active and your partner is having symptoms, he or she should to have to treat also. In any case, the sex must retake only as soon as the symptoms disappear. The women generally itself badly to diagnose with infections with yeasts when they need to be dealt for other conditions. Yeast recurrent infections sometimes can be a mark of a STI or some another conditions that asks for a treatment, like for example a bacterial infection. If you or your partner frequently experience some of the symptoms, is advisable to do the test to exclude sexually transmissible sicknesses.

What to do if the experience of one of the symptoms?

If you think about property one I leaven infection, but I have never had one beforehand, it is a good idea of seeing a sanitary operator for the first time to be diagnosed correctly before trying an over-the-counter treatment. And ‘importing to establish that are really infections with yeasts. Some women have different unloading vaginale shortly before their epoch, and if it is an itch or irritating, that infection can be perceived like a yeast. It is many other things that can cause the same symptoms, and creams yeast it cannot solve the symptoms or they can return them worse.

If the yeast kind is resistant to the used treatment, the infections can recidivare, or more never go away. In this case, the doctor can look for yeast to the microscope to confirm the diagnosis and culture can the yeast with a plug vaginale if the organism is resistant to the treatment. The women who have confirmed the recidivous ones of infection of the yeast in the week before the menstruation relief can obtain often taking a single compress of a medicine of prescription each month about the time the infections have been petitioners. Recurrent Candidosi (infections with yeasts) it strikes 5-8 % of pre-menopause.

If you have a yeast infection, you and your partner should both to refrain from sexual activity until the infection has been dealt, otherwise the vagina risks later on getting irritated or reinfettare event.

How are infections treated as yeasts?

The greatest part of the infections at yeasts can be dealt with over-the-counter antifungini (premises), the medicines, but it is recommended of consulting a sanitary professional before trying any thing, above all if one is an expectant mother. To speak with a sanitary operator about all the medicines with prescription and with bank is taking before starting any treatment. Burning of the genital zone and rash after the application it is a common collateral effect of the treatment.

As soon as it is confirmed the yeast infection, it is usually dealt easily with over-the-counter with treatment or prescription medicines. Over-the-counter treatment is easily disposable and usually less expensive, as for example it compressed or been supposed that they are inserted into the vagina or salves and cream (clotrimazolo) that can be applied directly on the infected zone for 1-7 days. The prescriptions are typically a task under shape of pill and usually to treat of the fastest infection, even if they have more collateral effects as a nausea and I am sick and am more expensive.

Some women infections with yeasts are obtained cyclic on the grounds of hormonal changes in the vagina. In this case, the options that they include:

  • They keep on dealing with the yeast infection each month
  • You take the pill I leaven infection (fluconazolo) at your doctor’s and to carry it each month in the week before the cycle to avoid an infection of the yeast
  • A diet devoid of yeast is also a method of treatment of the yeast recurrent infections.

How can I avoid of another infection?

A quite balanced diet, with fibre abundance it can be the best preventive medicine. To put dry garments on and to avoid putting on garments wetted for long periods of time.

The women can take also hygienic precautions to reduce the probability of developing an infection:

  • You maintain yours clean and dry genitals, and to rinse well after the soap use.
  • To avoid irrigation vaginali after a sexual intercourse.
  • Never put anything in your vagina after it has been in your anus. After having used the bath, having cleaned before behind.
  • To avoid deodorants vaginali and products of perfumery as soaps that can irritate the vagina.
  • To put cotton underwear on to the place from synthetic cloths.