Having a yeast infection is uncomfortable and embarrassing for anyone who has it, man, woman or child. The causes can be complex and it is not always an easy task to identify how it happened. However to build a better defense against it as with other threats to your health, you need information which this article provides.
A yeast infection is a fungal infection from the Candida strain. Symptoms vary from adult to adult and child to child. It can be uncomfortable or even painful and is something adults are often relevant to visit a doctor about because they have a sense of shame about it. Babies who live in wet diapers too much are prone, and can also get Thrush, an oral yeast infection, from feeding utensils such as bottle.
When a yeast infection infects a man’s penis (penile yeast infection) there are several symptoms. Itching which can be tolerable to intolerable, pain, lesions and blisters along the shaft, difficulty performing sexually and problems when he urinates. The man is infected usually because he has had sex with an infected female partner. If the woman has a vaginal yeast infection there is yeast in her opening and as the man penetrates this yeast can enter the opening at the head of his penis. From there it moves to the urethra.
Women have the misfortune to be at a much higher risk of yeast infections particularly to the vagina where the environment of warm, wet and dark is perfect for the yeast to grow. Women face a lot of hormonal changes, whether it is her period each month, on birth control pills, going through the menopause, or pregnancy. These hormonal changes make a woman more likely to get a yeast infection. Clothing is an important factor too. Women have a tendency to wear tight, synthetic underwear and tight clothing. The material does not allow air to circulate around the vagina and so keeps it wet down there.
When you believe you have a yeast infection, male or female, you need to stop having sex unless you are using a condom. Otherwise you are infecting your partner and even if you are treating yourself, the yeast is being passed back and forth between you so you are never clear of it. It just becomes a nasty yeast cycle. Also if you are not exclusive to each other you are passing on the infection to other unfortunate sexual partners.