But taking them can lead to a vaginal yeast infection.

A vaginal yeast infection does not lead to major health problems.

Certain factors increase the risk of getting a vaginal yeast infection.

The most common is a vaginal yeast infection during or after treatment.

You have some idea about how to prevent vaginal yeast infections.

About 75% of women develop at least one vaginal yeast infection during their lives, and almost half have two or more.

Women may have vaginal yeast infections from taking this medicine.

You have not had a diagnosed vaginal yeast infection before.

A mild vaginal yeast infection may go away without treatment.

The following actions can help prevent a vaginal yeast infection.

The mother of a newborn has a vaginal yeast infection.

Read about strategies that may help women prevent vaginal yeast infections.

If you have never been diagnosed with a vaginal yeast infection, see your doctor.

Sometimes women think they have a vaginal yeast infection when symptoms are caused by another problem instead.

I have treated a diagnosed vaginal yeast infection within the last 2 months.

This is the fourth time I've had symptoms of a vaginal yeast infection in the past year.

Vaginal yeast infections can go away on their own.

After taking antibiotics, I got a raging vaginal yeast infection.

It is not clear if vaginal yeast infections are transmitted sexually.

A: It's not clear whether vaginal yeast infections can be transferred during sexual intercourse.

Some of the common risk factors for vaginal yeast infection include:

There is no surgical treatment for vaginal yeast infection.

Vaginal yeast infections often clear up on their own without treatment, usually when menstruation begins.

Recurring vaginal yeast infections can be difficult to prevent or cure.

Although they can be bothersome, vaginal yeast infections are not usually serious, and treatment is simple.

Short-course topical formulations (i.e., single dose and regimens of 1-3 days) effectively treat uncomplicated candidal vulvovaginitis.

Women whose condition has previously been diagnosed with candidal vulvovaginitis are not necessarily more likely to be able to diagnose themselves; therefore, any woman whose symptoms persist after using an OTC preparation, or who has a recurrence of symptoms within 2 months, should be evaluated with office-based testing.

Checking through her notes, the doctor saw that she had been treated for vaginal thrush on several occasions.

Side effects may include vaginal thrush, sensitivity to sunlight and even depression or bowel problems.

I also checked her urine for sugar as she now had vaginal thrush although this was probably due to the antibiotics.

Internal application is used for oral or vaginal thrush (yeast infection).

Non-albican Candida are commonly found in complicated cases of vaginal thrush such that first line treatment is ineffective.

Some doctors feel that all women being treated for candidiasis should have this treatment, even if they have never suffered the symptoms of vaginal thrush.

But if you don't have treatment, vaginal thrush may trigger inflammation of the urethra (urethritis) in a male partner.

Previous Candida infections, such as recurrent vaginal thrush, are a strong clue, but they are not infallible.

Women patients with recurrent vaginal thrush should also have a course of nystatin pessaries while they are taking the nystatin powder.

You may have vaginal thrush or perhaps an 'anaerobic' vaginitis, a very common infection which can be caused by various microbes, not necessarily sexually transmitted.

It is also sold in Canada under the brand name Ecostatin as vaginal ovules to treat vaginal thrush.

More serious HIV-related illnesses that affect women particularly are gynaecological complications such as persistent vaginal thrush, pelvic inflammatory disease, cervical abnormalities and chronic menstrual irregularities.

Some males are able to diagnose vaginal thrush in their wives or girl-friends within seconds of the start of sexual intercourse because of the immediate reaction that is set up.

Yogurt has been mistakenly cited as a treatment for vaginal thrush (a survey published in the Medical Journal of Australia in 2003, entitled ""Not thrush again!"

The symptoms of vaginal thrush include vulval itching, vulval soreness and irritation, pain or discomfort during sexual intercourse (superficial dyspareunia), pain or discomfort during urination (dysuria) and vaginal discharge, which is usually odourless.