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COMMON VAGINAL INFECTIONS #1 CANDIDA

Last week, I wrote about the care and feeding of a healthy vaginal microbiome, the “normal” bacterial melange living peaceably “down there”.

There are, however, troublemakers, decided annoyances, sometimes stubborn hangers-on, never severe enough to be, say, a line item on your death certificate or the final sentence on your obituary reading, “Contributions may be made in her name to the American Candida Association.” Still, life would be easier without vaginal infections. The troublemakers: Candida, Bacterial Vaginosis, Trichomonas, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea.

CANDIDA (a/k/a “Yeast Infections”): These single-cell organisms have always been in our bodies since the dawn of time. For theater buffs, the musical, “Yeast Nation”, in which actors played singing candida buds opened in both London and New York. The show did poorly.

Candida resides in our intestines, vaginas, and surfaces of the skin. Candida overgrowth is kept in check by our good microbiome bacteria, but sometimes, and usually, inadvertently, we do something to upset the delicate balance and allow candida to take the forefront. The commonest culprit is antibiotics we gobble like M&M’s, which kill off the good bacteria and allow candida to flourish. The main symptom of a vaginal yeast infection is easy to recognize: vaginal itching (often quite intense), irritation, and a thick white discharge described as ‘cottage-cheese'. Some women get these during pregnancy, others when on birth control pills and corticosteroids. Diabetics are especially prone to yeast infections as yeast have an undeniable sweet tooth.

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