Female Yeast Infections affect women of every age.  Candida ( Yeast ) Infection in women generally happens when there is a change in the hormonal pH of the vagina like pregnancy, menstruation and menopause and is made a contribution to Candida overgrowth.  Certain factors may affect the overgrowth such as a recent course of antibiotics or a weak immune system.  The use of certain contraceptive pills can also make a contribution to the overgrowth as would girls that have diabetes.  It isn’t a sexually transmitted disease even though it can be infective when direct personal contact is made in this manner. 

Female Yeast infection is pretty much treatable but it’s important to notice that many of the leading indications of yeast infection are similar to bacterial vaginosis and in which it case it would require a different treatment.  Female Yeast Infection Symptoms include : intense itching of the vagina, burning feeling when urinating, an odourless white thick discharge from the vagina ( a slight smell like yeast ), redness of the vulva and the vagina and pain during sexual intercourse.  Regularly women with yeast infection report having headaches, fatigue, mood swings and joint aches. 

If you want to do a Candida yeast infection home test to determine if you have a candida infection, first thing in morning before you eat or drink anything, get a clear glass with water and spit into it 2 times.  Check the glass after 15 to twenty minutes, strings travelling down into the water and settling at the bottom looking “cloudy” would suggest you have a Candida ( yeast ) infection as against the spit clearing in the water. 

If you have these symptoms, the most important thing is to get feeling better as swiftly as attainable.  The most common female yeast infection treatments are antifungal creams and drugs.  These can be prescribed by a doctor or you can avail of the many OTC creams and pessaries in pharmacies.  It’s important to note that some of these will get rid of the good abdominal flora and microbes and can have some side-effects which are hard on the body.  Depending on the severity of the infection many ladies have reported greatness in treating the infection anywhere from three days up to fourteen days, in more serious cases it can take up to a month to lose it entirely. 

Avoid using scented soaps as these contain vicious chemicals which irritates the vagina, avoid wearing tight clothing and use only cotton undies.

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