by Sammi » Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:32 pm
Sounds like you are doing all the right things. Keep with the slecial wash for now and in the future make sure you only wash with non-perfumed soap or gel like simple or femfresh (I hate that name!) sensitive. Also don't talc your bits.
My mum had a hard time whe she was on long term antibiotics after surgery. She found that bio yoghurt helped but you can also get these gels sachets for your 'bits.' They help re-balance all the bacteria inside your lady bits. You actually always have yeast/candida living in your lady bit but it's only when it has the opportunity to overgrow it becomes a problem and causes thrush. There is lots of good bacteria inside your lady bits which compete for space and nutrients and actively prevent candida from growing too fast. If your lady bits have lost some of it's good bacteria by over washing, antibiotics etc you can get these gel sachets specially designed to boost the growth of the good bacteria. Once the levels are back in balance
you will find the candida starts to die and you will get back to normal.
I don't like to assume, but if you are having sex, make sure your partner isn't re-infecting you each time. Men often have less symptoms than girls or don't even believe they get thrush!
If neither of these help. Then recurrent thrush infections can actually be a sign of a problem with your immune system. It becomes over active and causes all sorts of problems, and thrush is an early symptom. This is even more likely if you already have eczema or hayfever (for some reason!).
Basically, you cant cure thrush without combating the cause. There is ALWAYS a cause, but as it quickly clears up they never identify the cause. However, what ever is causing your thrush is STILL causing it. Hope that helps a bit and you get things sorted soon x
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