Thursday, March 14, 2013

Recurring Yeast Infection - 3 Proven Home Remedies


Today I'm going to talk about some home remedies for a recurring yeast infection. A recurring yeast infection would be when your having four or more yeast infections within a year period of time. If this is happening it should be a red flag that something is causing this and its not a one time incident. Some things you want to look at outside of the treatment is what could be causing this? Are you taking antibiotics, are you on some sort of chemotherapy, is your diet to high in sugar or lacking probiotics? A few more causes which could be contributed to having recurring yeast infection are using tight underwear, being in the water often and then wearing wet clothing afterwards.

 3 Proven Home Remedies for Recurring Yeast Infection

 yogurt

So that's really important for a recurring yeast infection to try and pinpoint whats causing this and eliminating that or changing that in your daily routine. There's a lot of home remedies that you can use. Some of the best are taking a tampon and dipping it in yogurt which is a probiotic. It's going to have acidophilus which is a natural occurring bacteria in our body and you'll insert that into your vagina just like you would a normal tampon 2 to 3 times a day and leave it for a couple of hours. You want to use that until you feel the infection is cured.

Boric Acid

You can use Boric acid which is available over the counter and at home you can even make the capsules yourself. This is also going to help with the ph.

Vinegar

You can take vinegar baths, or take a cup of vinegar in a warm bath soak for 20 minutes and then dry of well, and you want to do that daily at least until you see results.
When your using these treatments you want to see what's working. If your using a home remedy and the next time its worse you might want to use a prescription medication or an over the counter medication to help resolve that and then go back to a home remedy.So your alternating and not becoming immune to one treatment over the other. Those are just some ideas on how to treat recurring yeast infection at home.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

How to Prevent Yeast Infection

 

How to Prevent Yeast Infection?

Simple steps to help women avoid yeast infection!

Yeast Infection is a fairly common illness that many women get throughout the course of their life but there are some simple steps you can take to try to minimize this occurrence. Yeast infection most commonly occurs in warm wet areas, so keeping your pelvic area is extremely helpful. Douching is not advised as that will raise your risk of other vaginal infections. It is very appropriate and recommended to bathe with a sensitive skin soap. You really should not be using anything other than your hand, avoid the use of wash cloths or other scrubbing apparatus to wash your pelvic area. Avoid scented products and other things that women can buy to try to cover various odors. After your bath it can often be helpful to dry gently not only with a towel but also with a blow dryer on a low setting and its sometimes helpful to apply an unscented moisturizing product or a drying product if necessary. For the most part if you take these measures to avoid scented products in the pelvic area, wear cotton underwear and keep your pelvis dry then you should be able to prevent yeast infection.


What is a Yeast Infection?- Understanding Cures and Symptoms

 

What is a Yeast Infection?

A yeast infection is an overgrowth of what can actually be normally occurring candida or yeast fungal elements in the vaginal area. There are a lot of triggers from yeast infections everything from antibiotics use, to pregnancy, stress, and of course hygiene. Its contributed to by an overall less healthier vaginal environment. It can cause intense burning, itching, irritation, and changes in discharge. 

How to Prevent Yeast Infections

A couple of things you can remember to keep yourself from getting a yeast infection are to change out of damp or wet clothing as soon as possible, wear loose fighting cotton underpants, change sanitary napkins as frequently as possible, and we recommend that you see a doctor or at least speak to a doctor specially if this is your first vaginal yeast infection.

Treating Yeast Infection

After conducting various surveys research shows that almost half of those which said they had a yeast infection reached for a product that controls symptoms but does not cure the yeast infection. There are external symptom relieve creams like vagisil that will help with symptoms but will not cure the infection. There are a few ways to cure a yeast infection vaginally or topically, and orally and systemically. Prescription, oral, or systemic therapies can cure a yeast infection but because they need to be absorbed into your blood stream they can take longer to achieve symptom relieve, usually 24 to 48 hours. 

38% of you think you  have to go to the doctor and get a prescription to cure yeast infection. When its actually not true. A lot of this stuff can be taken care of by yourself. If your in good health and your sure this is a yeast infection its a good idea to treat your yeast infection with an all natural treatment to eliminate it permanently without any side effects.

We do recommend you contact your health care provider if this is your first yeast infection just to go over treatment options, any other medications you may be taking and to figure out whats going to be the best course of action.