If you've ever had a yeast infection, you know that it's not something you want to go through again. The good news is that you can do a lot to keep the healthy bacteria below your waist at a normal level, like wearing cotton undies, loose fitting pants, and avoiding douching altogether.
Staying dry down there is crucial in order to avoid the annoyance of a yeast infection, but that can be tough if you're a sexually active person. Natural lubrication that your body makes isn't going to affect your lady business, but if you use a personal lubricant that contains glycerin, for many women, that's a yeast infection waiting to happen, so make sure your lube is glycerin-free! Also, if you don't use condoms and your man does his business inside of you, make sure to use the bathroom after sex to help release some of the semen.
There's something else to think about when it comes to sex and yeast infections so read more.
Hormonal birth control can cause yeast infections for some women, so if you're prone, try Monophasic birth control, where the same dosage is delivered daily, which can help curb an infection. If that doesn't work, you may benefit from experimenting with other forms of BC until you find the right one for your body. Another thing to note is that pregnancy can cause a yeast infection. Now I'm not saying having an infection means you're preggers, but it could be one of the early signs.
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1Eat yogurt and take acidophilus every single day!!
2I know this sounds sort of gross, but years ago I had a kidney infection that actually wound me up in the hospital. As I was leaving, a very kind RN told me that one way to help prevent yeast, bladder and kidney infections is to pee standing up. Men have the benefit of ALWAYS standing, so their bladders empty completely. Because women sit to pee a small amount of urine (Okay, this topic wins for grossest ever!) remains in the bladder which breeds bacteria which in turn can cause the infections. Ever since then, when I take my shower in the morning I pee standing up (And obviously scrub down the shower afterwards) and I have no had a single yeast, bladder or kidney infection since then. I don't know that that's the reason, but I also don't know that it isn't.
3For me every time I started my placebo BC pill (either yasmin or yaz) I would get a yeast infection. But as soon as I just skipped taking the placebo pill and did nothing for those days I didn't get the ill-fated infection. I don't know why that happened to me, but it did. Perhaps there was no causation but there sure as hell was correlation.
4I have also read that excessive sugar and bleached starches in the diet contributes to yeast infections. I noticed when I reduced my white bread intake and sugar intake I stopped getting them.
5ThePerfectScore: If I'm not mistaken, the placebo pill is often just a sugar pill and if we combine that with the fact that excess sugar can be a factor in yeast infections, we may just have a correlation...
6My g/f gets a yeast infection 3/4 times that we are active. SHE claims that it's because I'm 'too big' for her (she is 'tiny').
I have heard sugar and starch can cause it. Can ONE NIGHT of erotic foods (white starch, heavy sugar, alcohol) make a difference?
I have also heard a co-relation between oral sex (saliva in the vagina) or saliva as a lubricant can cause yeast infections.
She SWEARS that this has never happened with previous lovers.
What do YOU think?
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