A Candid Look Into Yeast Infections

What may arguably be the most commonly known yeast infection or form of candidiasis in the world today is thrush, which affects mostly female genitalia. (It is rare, though not impossible, for men to contract the disease.) But yeast infections actually do not limit themselves to either gender, and simply affect certain areas of the human body. Yeast infections are infections confined specifically to the skin or mucous-like membrane, caused in human beings by a genus of fungi called Candida. It appears in laboratory-cultured agar plates as […]

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Examining Yeast Infection Causes

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Candidiasis is the scientific name for yeast infection. Yeast is everywhere in our bodies particularly in our mouths, abdomen, under arms, nail beds or any part of our body that has skin folds. For women, yeast can usually be found under the breasts and the vagina. But if the yeast in our bodies reach more than the normal levels, that’s when yeast infection strikes. Yeast infection causes our bodies to produce too much yeast and is triggered by a fungus called Candida Albicans. This fungus likes to […]

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