Everyone can suffer from a yeast infection, men and women and children too. Why you get one is probably one of the first things you want to find out as with that knowledge you can prevent it from happening again. There are different causes for different people but this article looks at some of them so that better informed people can avoid the uncomfortable and embarrassing condition.
A yeast infection is a fungal infection from the Candida strain. Symptoms vary from adult to adult and child to child. It can be uncomfortable or even painful and is something adults are often relevant to visit a doctor about because they have a sense of shame about it. Babies who live in wet diapers too much are prone, and can also get Thrush, an oral yeast infection, from feeding utensils such as bottle.
When a yeast infection infects a man’s penis (penile yeast infection) there are several symptoms. Itching which can be tolerable to intolerable, pain, lesions and blisters along the shaft, difficulty performing sexually and problems when he urinates. The man is infected usually because he has had sex with an infected female partner. If the woman has a vaginal yeast infection there is yeast in her opening and as the man penetrates this yeast can enter the opening at the head of his penis. From there it moves to the urethra.
The most common yeast infection is that of the vagina. Yeast loves dark, wet and warm places to live and grow and the vagina is a perfect environment for it. Causes can vary for women. Sometimes it may be hormone levels fluctuating due to pregnancy, menopause or even birth control pills which lead to yeast levels rising. There are other things that help the yeast stay around such as the wearing of synthetic tight underwear which keeps it wet down there, as the material is not breathable and does not allow air flow.
It is very important to wear condoms if you believe you or your sexual partner has a yeast infection as it can be passed on during sex. If only one of you is taking a treatment and you have unprotected sex you can just pass it back and forth between you creating an undesirable cycle. If you have more than one sexual partner it is even more important to practice safe sex.
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