Vaginal thrush is an irritation of the vagina that affects more than half of women at some point in their life.
It causes itching, soreness, irritation and a white thick discharge. It can be very unpleasant and uncomfortable. The causes of thrush are not very well understood and often the culprit is an underlying problem, which needs to be rectified in order to achieve freedom from it. This is certainly the case if one experiences recurring problems and only through changing their lifestyle and eating habits will they be able to achieve total freedom.
If you have a yeast infection then the best point of call is to go to the Doctors. Treatment will usually consist of a pessary or cream. A pessary is a pill that you insert into the vagina. The cream is used in a similar way. This type of treatment can also be purchased over the counter without a prescription but if you have never had vaginal thrush it is worth being checked by a Doctor to make sure it is what you have and not something else. Creams and pessaries are not advised for women under 16 years of age and in this instance they will be offered oral medication.
Oral medication is another option available. Whether this is prescribed will depend on your circumstances, as it can affect the contraceptive pill among other things. Oral medication is not given to pregnant or breastfeeding women.
Creams, pessaries and oral medication are the most commonly prescribed treatments for thrush. These treatments will treat the symptoms of the problem but do not guarantee a cure, as it doesn’t treat the underlying symptoms. For women who experience an “out of the blue” yeast infection, this can be a great way to clear it up. An “out of the blue” thrush yeast infection is one where a women just gets one with no obvious reason as to why. This is common because the causes of yeast infections are not properly understood or known and can vary from person to person. What we do know is contributory factors but generally it isn’t something that can give a one-size-fits-all cause.
One theory is that a high fat diet can cause a thrush infection. Fat is hard for the body to digest and thus stays in the blood stream for a long time. As a result anything that can be digested much more quickly, i.e. sugar, gets blocked and stuck in the blood stream by the fat. Having high blood sugar is dangerous, so Candida brings your sugar level down to a safe level and multiplies. Having high fat foods now and then isn’t the problem and this mechanism is perfectly normal. It is when one eats high fat all the time that is when the problem arises as the sugar in the blood stays high and needs constant attention from the Candida.
In this case another treatment possibility would be to change one’s diet. There are yeast free diet plans but these usually blame sugar as the culprit, when it seems that fat really is instead. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, reducing stress levels is the best way to go against fighting yeast for good and a great treatment for thrush incorporated with medication.