2007-02-23 05:12:57 · 12 answers · asked by Mandy 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Assuming you don't have diabetes, take immunosuppressants, or suffer from any of the other ailments that can provoke frequent yeast infections, I'd say look at your lifestyle.
1. Make sure you actually have a yeast infection, and not bacterial vaginosis. If you're treating with OTC meds, you might just be driving it back without actually killing it off. See a doctor and get cultures taken
2. Get your man checked out by the doctor too... he may have an asymptomatic case, and be reinfecting you.
3. If you don't have a steady man... use sensible sexual health precautions, like condoms. And don't sleep with grimy guys.
4. Eat yogurt that says "live and active cultures" on the label every day. Frequent yogurt eaters supposedly have fewer yeast infections.
6. Keep your genital area clean. Use a gentle, pH balanced soap with no fragrances, and pat dry with a very clean towel immediately after exiting the shower.
7. Buy a fragrance-free laundry detergent for your underwear, which should be all-cotton. Double-rinse your underwear if you want to use a fragranced detergent.
8. NO DOUCHING unless prescribed by a doctor
9. Wipe from the front to the back after a bowel movement
2007-02-23 05:24:32 · answer #1 · answered by MissA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use to get yeast inf. often also. Eat yogurt regularly, and wash with antibacterial, non-perfume soaps. Feminine products like Summer's Eve and douching will also cause yeast infections. The spermicide in condoms gives me yeast inf. also. You can find condoms without spermicide. The best way to get rid of the yeast inf. is Diflucan - if your yeast inf. is bad enough, it can take up to two doses. You can get this from your gyno. or PCP. I have tried at home products like Monostat, but these would not make the yeast inf. completely go away, and the itching cream would make it worse. I use to get yeast infections about once every 3 - 5 months, but I have not had one in 7 years! I work in a doctor's office, and I have given some of our patients the same advise, and it seems to work well for them too! Good Luck!
Also, another tip to help prevent yeast infections
-after you shower, dry with a clean, dry towel
-put the blow dryer on the cool setting, and dry yourself off
with the blow dryer. Yeast can not grow in a clean, dry place!
2007-02-23 05:45:31 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After reading all of the information given above, I have very little to add other than my personal experience.
I feel your pain. I used to get a yeast infection every single month, right before my period. It turned out that if I cut chocolate and other sweets out of my diet while I was PMSing, I didn't get the infection.
It's been over three years now, and I'm still yeast-free...simply by changing my diet when I PMS.
Good luck!
2007-02-23 05:42:50 · answer #3 · answered by Meg M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeast infections can be caused by eating a lot of sugar. If you eat sweets very often, that can cause an imbalance of yeast in your system. Cutting back on this helps. Also, eating yogurt every day helps. I've also heard pouring vinegar in your bath water and soaking in it helps.
If all else fails, you should see your doctor. He can prescribe Diflucan for you, which is a pill and should easily rid you of it.
2007-02-23 05:23:32 · answer #4 · answered by queenB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antibiotics cause candida yeast to build in your system. Candida causes yeast infections. If you have ever been on antibiotics in your life, you have candida yeast. Go to your health store and get a candida cleanse. This can be as simple as taking some pills, or drinking tea. Your diet may need to be switched around. But seriously, even though you think you are perfectly healthy, you may not have a healthy gut. Clean it and you'll be fine!
2007-02-23 05:34:22 · answer #5 · answered by Starlyn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are some steps women can take to make yeast infections less likely:
Wear loose, natural-fiber clothing and underwear with a cotton crotch.
Limit wearing of panty hose, tights, leggings, nylon underwear, and tight jeans.
Don't use deodorant tampons and feminine deodorant sprays, especially if you feel an infection beginning.
Dry off quickly and thoroughly after bathing and swimming--don't stay in a wet swimsuit for hours.
It's better not to have sex in your teens, but if you're sexually active, always use a latex condom
2007-02-23 05:24:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Change your diet to include a lot of yogurt with active cultures. Toss out the undies and wear some nice granny-panties for awhile. In the future, make sure that you wear undies with all cotton crotches and make sure that you are buying pantyhose with cotton crotches. Skip the hose and wear pants if you can until the yeast infection clears up. Ditch the bedroom toys, they may be infected. Glass ones etc can be cleaned and sterilized. Have your guy checked out and if you are having trouble keeping them away, check it out with a doctor, there are conditions that make it easy for the vagina to get infected and there may be no other symptoms. Stay away from bubble baths etc, in favor of showers as the soak can ntorduce yeast or allow soap etc to change the pH of your groin area and increase the likelyhood of infection.
2007-02-23 05:22:31 · answer #7 · answered by Huggles-the-wise 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to get them all the time when I was younger but as I've gotten older they kinda quit. I rarely get one now but I've heard eating yougurt every day helps keep them away.
2007-02-23 05:20:20 · answer #8 · answered by countrytodamax 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont take baths only showers always make sure your partner is clean and use plain yogurt
2007-02-23 05:53:08 · answer #9 · answered by pup 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a tablet that blasts the infection but you need to get it from your GP
2007-02-23 05:28:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋