Chronic Yeast Infection – Exposed

Candida species are disease-inducing bacteria apparently occurring in 85% of the population. The unpleasant health condition of chronic yeast infection (chronic candidiasis) can be caused by them. Opportunist in nature, they only lead to chronic yeast infection in certain conditions. There are over 100 naturally occurring Candida species, but just a quarter of them are known to cause human yeast infection. The most common variety is Candida albicans, and then Candida glabrata, Candida krusei, Candida tropicalis, and Candida parapsilosis. The yeast infection rates are: about four out of five - Candida albicans; one out of five - Candida glabrata, Candida tropicalis, and other kinds of fungi. Yeast microbes thrive in moist and warm areas such as the mouth, the vagina, the intestines and the rectum. They are typically found in many healthy people. Held in check by probiotics, microorganisms favorable to the human body, yeast microbes have few negative effects on healthy people. Nevertheless, they multiply very quickly when infection begins.

Yeast infection can be hastened by particular and unusual conditions. The context is usually determined by the yeast infection subtype. For example: antibiotics, pregnancy, contraceptive pills, or hormone replacement therapy may accelerate vaginal candidiasis, whereas neglect of male personal hygiene can also bring about yeast infection this time in men. The process may thus be the result of an unusual concentration of yeast microbes; above all in moist and warm body surface areas. However stress or excessive weight can also increase the risk of candidiasis. Moreover, weak immunity systems can be an overall cause of continuing yeast infections provoked by any subtype.

The data below relate to yeast infections:

1. 75% of women suffer a vaginal Candida infection, the kind the most often observed, at least once in their life. Recurring or long duration candidiasis impact as many as two out of five women.

2. Research indicates, it is the age group of 21-30 that is most menaced by chronic yeast infection, and then the age group of 11-20.

3. Stress, whether physical or emotional, can interfere with your immune system and make you vulnerable to colds and herpes. This can result in yeast cultivation as well.

4. With the yeast microbe being active mostly in conditions of warmth and moisture, hot weather favors breakouts of chronic yeast infection.

5. Yeast infections can also be the result of eating particular foods such as yeast foods, dairy products (a load on the digestion, pumped full of lactose and chemicals for hormone growth as well as mucus-favoring) refined carbohydrates, candy, and wines (glucose-intensive).

6. From studies in the 1990s at New York's Long Island Jewish Medical Center, it was observed that women eating a cup of yogurt on a daily basis during half a year reduced by two-thirds the onset of chronic candidiasis. The theory however needed further data as only 13 women finished the research project. Other research indicates the eating of live strains of lactobacillus acidophilus in supplement form or in yogurt form to help to prevent yeast infections.

7. Yeast infections can affect not only people but dogs as well. For dogs suffering from different varieties of skin disease, the common link appears to be yeast.

The subtypes of yeast infection happening most are:

1. Vaginal Candida: attacking on the inside of the vulva or the vagina. This is the type of chronic infection found the most frequently.

2. Oral thrush: it develops in the oral cavity and mostly in people with very feeble immune systems, including babies.

3. Nappy rash: rashes around the diaper area can be caused by this.

4. Candida balanitis: causes a rash on the head of the penis.

5. Paronychia (infections of the underlying tissue of the nail): appearing typically next to the fingernail.

6. For each yeast infection, each subtype is of a different kind. Other Candida infections can break out just about anywhere in the body, typically in skin folds: under the arms or the breasts, in between toes and so forth.

In certain cases, yeast infections can launch an offensive on other parts of the body. This may demonstrate a more serious internal lack of equilibrium in the body. However usually, yeast infections do not have lasting impact, are easily cured and do not cause any severe health conditions. Frequently, candidiasis will move out after a time without any medication being required.

Be sure to seek professional advice from a qualified physician in cases of manifestation of the symptoms of yeast infection. Chronic yeast infections may be symptomatic of more serious problems, including sexually transmitted diseases with similar symptoms, leukemia, diabetes and AIDS, just to name a few.

As excessive multiplication of Candida is at the base of practically all yeast infections, failure to deal with the problem inside that is responsible for the symptom of discharge, rash or other related to Candida, will not prevent these symptoms from recurring after a while. Although home treatment of chronic yeast infections can be done using over the counter medication or a prescription, remember that virtually all such infections are strong hint of a serious internal problem that must be correctly handled. In addition, failure to treat the problems inside responsible for the yeast infection related symptoms could also generate serious complications relating to health.

Linda Allen is a medical researcher, certified nutritionist, health consultant and author of the #1 best-selling e-book, "Yeast Infection No More- Open The Door To a Yeast Infection Free Life". Linda has written dozens of holistic health articles and has been featured in ezines and print magazines, as well as on hundreds of websites worldwide.

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