what is yeast infection?

Answer 1

It's when your yeast has in some way been injured and has an infection. Hence the often-heard question "Does my yeast look infected?"

Answer 2

A yeast infection is a normal infection that woman get and it is inside the VAGINA.

Answer 3

vaginal yeast infections are nasty and annoying, but for most wimmin most of the time, they aren't debilitating or life-threatening. so what's the big deal? well, to my mind, the conventional treatment of vaginal yeast infections is a nutshell of what's wrong with the way our society deals with wimmin's health issues. most of us treat a yeast infection by running to the drugstore, handing $20 to our corporate masters, and walking around miserable for days with disgusting slime dribbling down between our legs, not even sure if what we have is really a yeast infection. simple information on prevention and alternative treatments is ridiculously hard to find, in part because there's little profit in it and in part because men don't suffer from vaginal yeast infections. i'm hoping to help fill that gap, and to make a small contribution to the larger goal of helping wimmin take control of our bodies.

wimmin also need to learn more about vaginal yeast infections, because there may be a problem brewing. here's the deal. a few years ago, the US government changed the rules so we didn't need prescriptions anymore to get ointments for yeast infections, and the drug companies started bombarding us with hype about their yeast infection products. suddenly everyone was hyper-aware of yeast infections. wimmin started assuming that every vulvar or vaginal itch they had was due to a yeast infection, and started filling their crotches full of powerful antifungal creams. but sometimes it wasn't really a yeast infection. the problem is that when you expose your naturally-occuring vaginal yeast to these drugs, some of the yeast may be resistant. only the resistant ones thrive and multiply. then, next time you get a yeast infection, you've got a crotch full of drug -resistant yeast, and you can't just run to the pharmacy and shell out $20 for a cure; you have to go to a doctor and get something much stronger. as much as 25-30% of yeast infections may now be resistant to over-the-counter treatments. bad, bad news, particularly for wimmin who have other health problems in addition to yeast. remember how penicillin used to be a miracle antibiotic, and then farmers started including it in cattle and chicken feed and people stopped finishing their prescriptions and every bacterium became resistant and now penicillin is a joke and can't kill anything? the same thing is happening with drugs for yeast infections. so i figure the more we know about yeast infections, the better we're able to make intelligent decisions about treatments and prevention.

having said that, a word on what i am not trying to do here. this page focuses on symptoms, causes, and treatments for vaginal yeast infections in wimmin who are not immune compromised. i have only a smidge of information on genital yeast infections in men, almost nothing on yeast infections in women with HIV, and no information at all on systemic yeast infections. also, my information on the page is primarily aimed at wimmin living in the US, although most of the comments about causes and home remedies should be relevant for wimmin living in any industrialized country.

Answer 4

a yeast infection is when your vagina doesn't agree to something. It causes a fungus to grow....usually called yeast. It makes you itch your vagina really bad. Sometimes it comes out of your vagina. It looks really yucky. Normally, the docs put you on antibacterial meds. Hope this helps

Answer 5

Definition: Candidiasis, commonly called yeast infection or thrush, is a fungal infection

Your ENTIRE answer can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast_infection

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Here ya go, this is very helpful:
http://women.webmd.com/tc/Vaginal-Yeast-Infections-Topic-Overview

Answer 8

infection caused from drinking too much beer

Answer 9

Its something you gotta look out for when eating out

Answer 10

bacteria imbalance