Most infections are treatable. These types have minimal complications such as redness, itching and discomfort. Some time complication may be severe or fatal if left untreated in certain populations. In immunocompetent persons, Yeast Infection is normally a very localized infection of the skin or mucosal membranes, including the oral cavity (thrush), the pharynx or esophagus, the gastrointestinal tract, the urinary bladder, or the genitalia (vagina, penis).
Candida infection is a very common cause of vaginal irritation, or vaginitis, and can also occur on the male genitals. In immunocompromised patients, It can affect the esophagus with the potential of becoming systemic, causing a much more serious condition, a fungemia called candidemia.
Children, mostly between the ages of 3 and 9 years of age, can be affected by chronic mouth yeast infections, normally seen around the mouth as white patches. However, this is not a common condition.
Symptoms of Candidiasis:
It may vary depending on the area affected.
Infection of the vagina or vulva may cause severe itching, burning, soreness, irritation, and a whitish or whitish-gray cottage cheese-like discharge, often with a curd-like appearance. These symptoms are also present in the more common bacterial vaginosis.
According to a Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, published in 2002, only 33% of women who were self-treating for a yeast infection actually had a yeast infection, while most had either bacterial vaginosis or a mixed-type infection.
Symptoms of infection of the male genitalia include red patchy sores near the head of the penis or on the foreskin, severe itching, or a burning sensation. Candidiasis of the penis can also have a white discharge, although uncommon. However, having no symptoms at all is common, and a more severe form of the symptoms may emerge later.
The medical treatments for this infection may stop working or make your candidiasis even worse because the yeast will eventually develop a resistance to the medicines. Moreover, most drugs cause nasty side effects. There are holistic health approach concepts, which upholds that all aspects of people’s needs, psychological, physical and social should be taken into account and seen as a whole.
It is possible that one can cure infection if they make their selves responsible for their own recovery. Click the link below, you get a complete step-by-step holistic solution to yeast infection you could follow to prevent the re-occurrence of yeast infection and maintain a Candida-free environment.
