Common Yeast Infection Symptoms
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The most important thing to know about
vaginal yeast infection symptoms is that they are
“nonspecific.” This means that it is not possible to use the
symptoms alone to make a diagnosis, because the symptoms can
be caused by organisms other than yeast. You’ll see why
that’s important later in this article.
The most common symptoms of a vaginal yeast infection (yeast
vaginitis) are:
Itching and burning in the vagina and vulva.
Soreness, swelling and pain around the vulva.
Pain during intercourse or urination.
Vaginal discharge. This discharge is not always
present, but if there is a discharge it will be odorless or smell
like baker’s yeast, and usually has a whitish, thick appearance.
It seems simple enough, doesn’t it? In fact, most
women who have these symptoms naturally assume they have a yeast
infection caused by our old friend Candida albicans, so they run
down to the drugstore for a non-prescription medication to make it
go away.
Unfortunately, studies have shown that as much as two-thirds of the
non-prescription medications sold for yeast infections are purchased
by women who don’t have a yeast infection.
That means if you diagnose your condition with the symptoms alone,
you could end up treating the wrong condition.
Treating yourself with antifungal medication when you don’t have a
yeast infection can be harmful for two important reasons:
1. The most obvious reason is that the microbe or parasite that you
really have won’t be cured by an antifungal medication, and it could
get worse if it isn’t treated. The symptoms of microbial infections
can disappear after a short time on their own, so you may think your
antifungal treatment worked even though the underlying infection is
still there. This matters a great deal for two reasons:
Because some common microbial infections can cause permanent damage
to your reproductive organs.
Because some common home remedies are able to force a microbial
infection up past the cervix where it can do the most harm.
2. The second reason has long-term health benefits, and it’s so
important that I tend to repeat it fairly often in my new book,
called Your Yeast Infection – Everything You Need to Know. Whenever
you use an antifungal medication when you don’t need to, your
resident yeast population can evolve (mutate) to deal with the
threat. This can make your yeast drug-resistant, and your next real
yeast infection will then be much more difficult to treat.
Effective medications for yeast infections are available without a
prescription, and many home remedies work just fine if the infection
is mild enough – so treating your infection yourself is a reasonable
thing to do. But diagnosing your infection based only on the common
yeast infection symptoms is not a good idea. Make an appointment
with your health professional, instead.
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