What is a Thrush Infection or Candidiasis?

June 21st, 2009

What is a Thrush Infection or Candidiasis?

Many women consider it is absolutely harmless, and advertising of modern medical products as though even releases us from necessity to go to the gynecologist. Lovely ladies on the TV screen make to themselves the diagnosis and appoint course of treatment. “Three days, and thrush is gone! ” – they gossip around the tea table.

The thrush infection (in a scientifically way “candidiasis”) – really is not dangerous illness. If only not to concern it as in the above described way.

Unlike venereal diseases, the thrush infection (candidiasis) cause is not an infectious bacteria or microorganisms-parasites, but yeast fungi which are living in our organism since our birth moment. Getting on a skin of the newborn at the moment of its passage through birth canal, fungi are settled on whole organism very soon: they live on a skin and nails, mucous membranes of oral cavity, intestines, respiratory ways and genitals, and even in internal organs of the healthy person.

As well as pathogenic bacteria in a nasopharynx that from time to time leave from under control of immune system and cause colds, fungi of Candida during usual time live very peaceful. Watch their behavior, that is mean limit their reproduction, representatives of “good” micro flora of our organism – lactobacillus.

However it is enough for us to over-cool, get weaken as a result of illness (diabetes, diseases of a gastrointestinal path, hypovitaminosis), stress, overload or abuse of antibiotics and hormonal preparations, vaginal syringing or other nonsense then “peace neighbors” turn to impudent aggressors. With the speed fungi start to breed, becoming in a considerable quantity dangerous. At newborns and seriously ill patients, as a rule, candidiasis is developing in a mucous membrane of oral cavity. Women, whose hands a lot of and often are in water, usually have a candidiasis of nail platens. At children and corpulent people fungi of Candida, like a mould, can occupy skin folds in a groin, under breast and between fingers.

However for the majority of women notorious is vaginal form of candidiasis or thrush infection. Sharp, quickly accruing and becoming almost constant itching in crotch and a vagina usually becomes the first symptom. The nature has awarded the woman with a great number of the nervous terminations in this part of body, therefore thrush infection or vaginal candidiasis – the most intolerable and is delivering the greatest quantity of problems.

Then a white touch on a mucous membrane of vagina and grayish “curdled” discharges appear. However, discharges could be simply unnoticed, because all this strong itching calls for the strengthened measures of hygiene. Gynecologist can estimate an overall picture. Therefore it is not necessary to make the diagnosis independently, only on the basis of already familiar sensations. Especially it is not recommended to appoint treatment to themselves as it is done by vigorous ladies of television advertising.

In reality, “pure” vaginal thrush infection is not only variant. Militant fungi of Candida can get to a vagina on traditional for many diseases, sexually transmitted, way when sexual intercourse is not protected. And pretty often they are not alone, but with company of any other “allies” – trichomonads and bacteria causing serious venereal diseases.

If you do not want to miss them behind an itch and discharges, which are typical of relapse of the thrush infection (candidiasis), it is necessary to see your gynecologist and to make dab. Especially, if your conscience is not clear. However, your constant partner can also present to you the candidiasis, being a neutral disease carrier between two women.

But even if you are absolutely assured that your thrush infection – “home-brew”, and are successfully treated by yourself, it is recommended to transfer the next preventive visit to the gynecologist for earlier term. After all the candidiasis often is first sign of serious problems of all organism – from decrease in immunity to dysfunction ovaries, and it is much easier for treating at early stages.

Except quite clear anxiety on the health, the woman is tormented, as a rule, by purely physical sufferings. On the first place among them – an intolerable itch in crotch and a vagina about which we already spoke. Even if you have already begun treatment and disposal of illness not far off, day two-three, probably, the itch still will make your life miserable.

How to facilitate the fate?

Alas, the simplest way of it does not fit to you – doctors press for the terminations of a sexual life for some ten days. Harmful fungi as cockroaches, will temporarily emigrate on “living space” of your partner where will wait quietly (without delivering appreciable problems) during all course of treatment, and then again will celebrate returning in native home.

Wash up more often as it is possible, adding in water a spoon of baking soda. But do not use a solution of potassium permanganate and soap – at their frequent use occurs over drying of the mucous. After procedure it is possible to take advantage of talc or children powder – this will protect you from a pursuing itch for a while.

Exclude from a diet spicy and marinated products – everything that does urine too “caustic” and can provoke in addition an itch (already allergic origin). It is better to use fresh vegetables, fruit, sour-milk products, porridge. And in general it is more useful to health.

Refuse for a while long physical activities, plentiful feasts and long stay on heat – everything that leads to plentiful perspiration, fomenting and to irritation of a skin.

Change pads more often during your period – each 4-6 hours without dependence from quantity of discharges. Menstrual discharges – the suitable environment for reproduction of pathogenic bacteria, and the immune system these days is weakened. Better do not use tampons this time.

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2 Responses to “What is a Thrush Infection or Candidiasis?”

Kelli Garner Says:
September 30th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Thats very good to know… thanks
Chronic Yeast Infection Says:
October 13th, 2009 at 7:51 am
Very nice blog, I agree with most of what you are saying here.

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