Whats the best way to keep a yeast infection away while pregnant?
Question by Danielle H: Whats the best way to keep a yeast infection away while pregnant?
I am 20 weeks pregnant and I have a yeast infection. I went to the obgyn and they said to put creams on it and eat lots of yogurt, but most the time the creams don’t help. I was also wondering how much yogurt I should eat a day to help keep it away?
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Answer by mommeof3
You may want to look into taking a probiotic. They are available in the vitamin section of most drug stores. Probiotics contain the active cultures that are in yogurt. Raspberry leaf tea (health food store), not raspberry flavored tea, also is good at keeping down yeast infections. Eating a couple of servings of an organic yogurt with live cultures is still a good idea even for the extra calcium, I like Stoneybrook farms. Cranberries are another help with infections. Good luck
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What’s the connection between poor stomach flora and vaginal infections like candida? ?
Question by chewawa!: What’s the connection between poor stomach flora and vaginal infections like candida? ?
I’ve been told u can’t even eat fruit while treating vaginal candida.what’s the connection?
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Answer by Martina T
Some foods, especially acidic foods, interfere with the absorption of oral medications. Grapefruit especially alters the uptake of many drugs. If you’re not taking oral meds though the only thing I can think of is that they would like you to have a lower glucose level to help get rid of the candida (it feeds on glucose in the vag secretions). I wouldn’t worry about it too much; however, eating yogurt with live cultures will help repopulate your gut with beneficial bacteria. Gross as it may sound, a little PLAIN yogurt with live cultures applied directly to the area in question (possibly at bedtime, then showered off in the morning) will help to get your vaginal flora back in balance as well.
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Q&A: whats the diffrence between candida and jock itch if any?
Question by diggerm82: whats the diffrence between candida and jock itch if any?
If you’re a male and have it in the groin area, what do you use that works over the counter or home remedies? Yes, I have gone to the doctor for it last summer. I only get it in the summer hence I live in Arizona where we live in 110 temps and we sweat a lot.
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Answer by Claire R
Candidiasis is caused by Candida albicans, a fungal disease more common in females (they proliferate when the vaginal acidity is very low) and jock itch is caused by Trychophyton mentagrophytes that can usually be found in soil/moist things. Just keep the area clean and dry.
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