Candida Albicans Stir Up Yeast Infections in Men and Women.
A yeast infection can occur to anyone and on or in any part of your body. Men, women, and children no matter their age can contract a yeast infection. The yeast, Candida, is responsible for yeast infections and there are over 20 species that live on human skin. Their ideal growing environment is in warm, moist areas making your insides and perfect. When Candida find a nice warm and moist area their population increases resulting in a yeast infection. The most common types of yeast infections are nail bed infections, vaginal infections, skin infections, diaper rash and mouth and throat infections.
Yeast infections for women are most commonly associated with vaginal yeast infections. Vaginal yeast infections can be particularly painful and its symptoms are burning, itching and discharge. Vaginal yeast infections for women can be caused by anything that may cause the vaginal environmental to alter even slightly. Menstruation, pregnancy, diabetes, sperm, steroids, and birth control can all cause vaginal yeast infections.
Individuals with weakened immune systems are also more likely to get a yeast infection. It is this type of yeast infection in which the body can’t fight that can cause death. When your immune system is weak form cancer treatment, steroids, AIDS and other diseases the yeast infection can occur anywhere in the body and infections that occur in the blood, brain, eye, kidney, heart, lungs, liver and spleen can be hard to overcome.
Up to 15% of all individuals with a weakened immune system get a systemic illness from yeast infections. In this case the yeast has somehow managed to access your blood stream, wither through cell breakdown, cuts, needle punctures, catheters or IV drips. The bacteria that normally would control or kill the yeast are not present as your current medical treatment, particularly those undergoing chemotherapy. Therefore your body has lost its natural defense against the yeast.
Thrush, otherwise know as an oral yeast infections is associated with have a thick, whit , lacy pattern on top of bright red patches. Scraping away the white patches may result in bleeding and quite a bit of pain. There is the danger of dehydration with thrush as it may become very painful to eat or drink.
Skin infections occur particularly in skin folds and for babies where the diaper is. This is because the skin covered by the diaper and folded tends to become moist and promotes yeast growth. It is important to keep skin dry and aerated. Skin yeast infections are usually red and have sharp scalloped edges and are mostly associated with itching and pain.
If you try a treatment for your yeast infection and it does not go away then you should consult your doctor immediately. For women suffering a vaginal yeast infection you should see your doctor if the yeast infection is recurring or if you notice discharge that last for more than a week. Oral thrush may need a prescription and if you or your child can’t take any liquid for 12 hours you should see a doctor immediately. Diaper rash and skin yeast infections can be treated with over the counter medication but natural treatments also readily exist. However if the rash doesn’t clear in a week or two you should see your doctor.
Those with weakened immune systems need to keep close watch of any symptoms particularly if they are already undergoing treatment for a yeast infection. You need to be vigilant and frequently consult your doctor to monitor your progress and stop any major issues from occurring.
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