Yeast infection is nasty, painful and bothersome. The fact is yeast, a fungus, is commonly found on human skin and in most areas of the human bodies. It is very common for yeast to be present in living creatures. The type of yeast found in and on the human body is known as Candida.
But do all the women who have yeast present in their vaginal region have yeast infections? No, not necessarily. Statistics reveals that somewhere between 25% to 50% of healthy women will have yeast in the vaginal areas but will not be infected. But when inflammation occurs in the vaginal region that usually means that the Candida fungus is plentiful, growing and an infection has been established.
What are some of the causes of yeast infection? The infection is related to either an increase in volume in the vagina of the already present yeast fungus or to new yeast being introduced in the vaginal areas. Commonly this occurs when good bacteria, that is the type that protects the body, is killed by antibiotics. This can happen when a woman is taking antibiotics to eliminate a sinus, urinary, respiratory or other infection or if she is undergoing treatment that includes immunosuppressive drugs.
