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Yogurt and Yeast Infections
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Hi, I'm in the medical field (nurse). There are many reasons you could be having an infection. If it is indeed a yeast infection and not BV (not all yeast infection discharges are cottage cheese like). Either your Ph isn't acidic (some lubricants can change the Ph on a condom), you may be run down and your immune system isn't working as well as it should, you may want to see if you have hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) as yeast loves sugar . Have you recently taken any antibiotics?
If you keep treating the yeast infection with the same "azoles" they can become resistant as there are many strains. If you went to the doctor I would ask for a culture and sensitivity test to find out exactly what strain you are dealing with. Same goes for a bacterial infection. I had a yeast infection that wouldn't go away for 4 months! I eventually "starved" the yeast by not feeding it any fermented foods or as little sugar as possible. I took a month and wasn't pleasant. I also get chronic UTI's. Cranberry pills are good. Lastly, if you bathe and use bubble bathe and perfume products etc. it can alter pH. Infact, a bunch of things can alter your pH :):) including too much alcohol.
Your partner can give you a yeast infection orally if he already has oral candida and you could be passing it back and forth, but he would have symptoms of thrush in his mouth as sensualscimitar had suggested. Ask the doctor to do a wet prep, or culture and sensitivity to seee what you are dealing with and consider a different type of medication (just ask him for his opinion) that has broader activity than "azoles" alone.
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I got a couple of really bad yeast infections the other year and we found out that just about all lubes trigger them in me. I now use slippery stuff which is more natural.
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No yogurt in your va-jay-jay!!! According to my OB-GYN, sugar can throw off your pH, and yogurt has sugar in it. I’d just go to your doctor
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K, so I am overly sensitive in that area, look at it twice and it’s got an infection, lol. Meds no longer even breach the problem. My only remedy that works is twice a month to wash with an apple cider vinegar and water mix then hit it with all natural plain yogurt (which does not have sugar). As long as you use the plain kind, I find it to be the happiest and quickest.for either types.
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I've heard garlic works? I tried it when I had reoccuring YI last year. It didn't help me, but it didn't make it worse, either, and I've heard it works for other people.
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How do you put garlic up in there? Do you just stick a clove in? Or do you need to crush it up first? Sorry if I'm too graphic, I'm just really curious about this as it's the first time I've heard it! Honestly I wouldn't want to smell like garlic down there… https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gif
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I have heard this too and wondered since it can be an irritant…. Lol
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Ok, so I had problems with this for years and tried EVERYTHING that's been mentioned in this thread, and more. I'm not a doctor, and I'm assuming you actually have a yeast infection when I recount my experiences/advice, so my little disclaimer is: You should definitely confirm with a doctor that this is what's going on, and approve any and all treatments.
Here's what I've tried, and how it's gone:
1) Yoghurt – It never worked for me. If you try it, it must be plain with NO SUGAR. Candida/yeast eats sugars. Some people get the yoghurt in with a turkey baster, or by freezing it into little popsicles, but I found this too painful to tolerate.
2) Acidophilus bifidius & similar supplements – It never worked for me. No one knows whether taking it internally really helps or not. If the problem is too much candida in your GI tract that is making its way to your va-jay-jay it could help, howeve. I tried taking them internally, and I also tried emptying the capsules and putting the powder directly in my va-jay-jay. Neither worked, but it could for you.
3) Garlic – It never worked for me. You take a whole clove, crush it gently, put it inside a little cheesecloth with a string tied onto it like some kind of garlic tampon, and put it up there overnight.
4) Tea tree oil anything – This not only didn't work but caused problems. Please do not follow any advice you read on the internet about this, you can give yourself a horrible burning problem this way.
5) Removing all sugars from your diet – In extreme/recurring cases you can try to starve the candida of what it eats- sugars. But this doesn't just mean white sugar, it means anything that ends in -ose, as in lactose (dairy), fructose (in fruit), etc. You can't eat anything fermented, or drink any alcohol. There is almost nothing you can eat. I tried this diet for three months, surviving mainly on plain rice, vegetables, chicken, and vitamin pills. I lost a lot of weight, but it didn't clear up the infections. For more information google "candida diet".
6) Pao d'arco – This is a type of bark that some people brew tea from for yeast infections. I tried drinking it everyday for three months while I was on my no sugars diet, and it didn't work. It also tastes like f%&#ing bark.
7) Douching with 1 c. water & 1 tsp. hydrogen peroxide – This worked sometimes. Usually douching is a terrible idea that makes yeast infections worse, but the hydrogen peroxide makes the environment hostile to the yeast, so theoretically that's why it works. I did get this advice off the internet, but was later told by a gynecologist that it was "brilliant."
8) Stop taking any kind of hormonally based birth control – I never tried this one because I've never used birth control pills or implants/shots (they make me insane-o), but since yeast infections can be caused by hormonal imbalances, this can work for some people. Some doctors will also advise the reverse of this- to begin taking hormonal birth control- in the hopes that it will regulate your hormones.
9) Diflucan (fluconazole) repeatedly – Sometimes the yeast infections keep coming back because they're never being gotten rid of in the first place. My gyno put me on constant Diflucan for something like a month, and after that I did have a long period of no infections. This is a risky strategy and should be a last resort because you can wind up breeding a Diflucan-resistant strain, and then you're really screwed, so it should also be a last resort.
10) Pee and wash after sex – Especially the peeing helps get out anything that might have gotten into your urethra and will ultimately make it's way to your va-jay-jay.
11) Treat the outside, too – Make sure you're also treating your vulva with a cream (you can get Rx strength if necessary) so that the yeast can't creep back in.
12) Make your boyfriend/girlfriend take a shower and/or brush teeth before sex – This is just to be on the super safe side that you won't be transferring anything back and forth.
13) Stop using all lubes except silicone lube. Every other kind of lube on the market has sugars (glucose, etc) in it, and when you use it you are feeding the yeast infection directly.
In conclusion, I made it through my late teens and early twenties by a combination of the long periods of taking Diflucan (often at the same time as Monistat), douching with hydrogen peroxide, and just putting up with it. Luckily, the infections simply got less and less frequent as I got older, through my 20's. Now I hardly ever have a problem, and if I do, regular old Monistat does the trick. The cause was obviously some sort of hormonal imbalance, in turned caused by unknown factors that resolved themselves. I know that doesn't sound too helpful, but it's the truth.
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PS – Forgot: I also tried douching with apple cider vinegar AND pao d'arco tea, and it didn't work.
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Reading this last post made me think of something…men can transfer your yeast infection back to you. I don't believe there are many if any symptoms in men.
I have done yogurt and it was not pretty.
I have done the 1 and 3 day OTC and they never worked. The only thing that did was the 7 day (actually the 1 day made things worse).
Peroxide douche worked the best at tehc beginning of one, not once it is full blown.
One other thing that has not been mentioned and is a very very very old treatment is gentian violet. Most pharmacies will carry it or you can order it. It is still used quite often for thrush, which is a yeast infection of the mouth (and nipples of feeding mothers). The stuff stains to high hell but is probably one of the safest home remedies out there.
http://www.amazon.com/Humco-Gentian-Violet-1-liquid/dp/B000QTG3ME
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@chem goddess – I had my man checked at the time(s), knowing that it can go back and forth.
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I used to get recurring yeast infections from medication and the ONLY thing that worked and wouldn't tip off the YI/BV cycle is Boric Acid.
you can find medical grade boric acid on Amazon for pretty cheap. I also recommend getting gel capsules online too. If you can't order stuff online, a lot of drug or health food stores should have both.
Fill 1 or 2 capsules with the boric acid and insert them at night for about 7 days. It's a pretty messy treatment so if possible, cut up a towel and place a square of it in your panties to soak up any liquid that comes out (a pad might make your YI worse and I hate them so towel squares it is!)
DO NOT TAKE THIS ORALLY IT IS POISON
this is literally the ONLY thing that has cleared up a YI fully for me. PM me for me details if you need em!
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I was just about to mention boric acid. It causes some mild irritation ( as do most creams) but its pretty strong!
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I was just about to mention boric acid. It causes some mild irritation ( as do most creams) but its pretty strong!
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I was just about to mention boric acid. It causes some mild irritation ( as do most creams) but its pretty strong!
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