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 are typically to be found in many healthy people. They live in the moisture and the warmth of areas such as the vagina, the mouth, the bowels and the rectum. Yeast microbes are held in check by probiotics, favorable microorganisms, and have few negative effects in the healthy individual. Nevertheless, when infection sets in, they multiply fast.

Yeast infection can be quickened by particular conditions out of the ordinary. These conditions are typically determined by the subtype of the yeast infection. For example: antibiotics, pregnancy, contraceptive pills, or hormone replacement therapy may hasten yeast infection in the vagina, whereas insufficient personal hygiene can bring about yeast infection in males. The process may thus be the result of abnormal concentration of yeast microbes, above all in moist and warm areas of the surface of the body. However stress or an excess of weight can also push up the chance of yeast infection. In addition, weak immunity systems can be a cause in general of continuing yeast infections due to any subtype.

The data below concern yeast infections:

1. Three out of four women suffer a vaginal yeast infection, the most often observed, at least once in their life. As many as two out of five women have recurring or long duration yeast infections.

2. According to certain research, it is the age group of 21-30 that is most at risk from chronic yeast infection, and then the age group of 11-20.

3. Whether it’s physical or emotional, stress can debilitate your immune system and boost the danger to you of colds and herpes. This can favor yeast cultivation too.

4. Because the yeast microbe is most active in conditions of warmth and moisture, hot weather favors the occurrence of chronic yeast infection.

5. Yeast infections can also be brought on by particular foods such as yeast foods, refined carbohydrates, candy, dairy products (difficult to digest, lactose laden with chemicals for hormone growth as well as favoring mucus) and wines (glucose laden).

6. In research done in the last ten years of the twentieth century at New York’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center, it was observed that women having consumed a cup of yogurt on a daily basis for half a year could reduce the onset of chronic yeast infections by a factor of three. The theory however lacked sufficient data as only 13 women finished the study. Other research indicates that eating live strains of lactobacillus acidophilus either as supplements or as a yogurt can help to stop yeast infections.

7. Not only people, but dogs also can suffer from yeast infections. Indeed, for dogs suffering from different kinds of skin disease, yeast appears as a common factor.

The highest occurring subtypes of yeast infection 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 instances, yeast infections can attack other parts of the body. This may be indicative of serious imbalance internally of the body. However usually, yeast infections are without lasting consequence, easily remedied and do not lead to serious health conditions. In many cases, yeast infections will disappear after a time without requiring medication.

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 the root of almost all yeast infections, failure to sort out the internal problem that is responsible for the symptom of discharge, rash or other related to Candida, will not prevent these symptoms fro recurring after a while. Although chronic yeast infections can be treated using over the counter medication or a prescription at home, remember that virtually all such infections are an alarm signal of a severe internal problem that should be correctly treated. In addition, failure to treat the internal problems causing the yeast infection related symptoms could also lead to severe health complications.

Linda Allen is a health consultant and author of the #1 best-selling e-book Yeast Infection No More . To Learn More About Chronic Yeast Infection Visit: Yeast Infection