Yeast Infection - Too Many Posted: 10-27-03 12:45pm
Hey, practically every month I get them!!
What's the deal? Anyone ever had the same
problem?
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Suzy
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 530
Posted: 11-04-03 22:50pm
Have you taken a course of anti biotics
recently ? Anti biotics are a major cause
of yeast infections aswell as pregnancy
and other things. Try acidophilus bifidus
in tablet form, you can buy them from any
drug store without a prescription. They
are those live organisms that are in
yoghurt but in tablet form there are
millions of them. I took them and it
cleared up a problem yeast infection that
I had for months, it is now completely
gone.
Suzy
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nikki_caro
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 4921 Location: Right here at work!
Posted: 11-05-03 17:10pm
Hey suzy,
i have heard about the yogurt thing but
what do you do with it? I havent had one
but im curious about that...
Thanks!
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Suzy
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 530
Posted: 11-05-03 21:34pm
Hey nikki,
yeah, my doctor and my mum always told me
to eat lots of plain yoghurt when I had a
yeast infection because it contains live
organisms called acidophilus bifidus that
attack all the bad bacteria in your
digestive system that cause the yeast
infections. The doctor even told me to
soak a tampon in yoghurt and insert it.
Well I did that every time I got a yeast
infection and yeah it worked, but oh my
goodness, it really isn't such a nice
thing to have to do, not only is the
yoghurt on the tampon awful, but plain
yoghurt, eeww yuck. So luckily the
chemist lady told me you can actually buy
the acidophilus bifidus organisms from the
yoghurt, in tablet form. Each capsule
contains millions of these organisms and
they work sweet. I took them for 4 weeks,
by the end of the first week, the
infection was gone. So goodbye to the
days of yoghurt tampons. Lol
suzy
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nikki_caro
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 4921 Location: Right here at work!
Posted: 11-06-03 11:54am
Oh wow, I didnt know all that! Thanks. I
remember one time as a kid I was all
hungry so I saw the yogurt-plain and
thought it was vanilla and I tried it and
oh goodness! That stuff was so nasty! I
was like "oh gross! Who eats this kind of
stuff! Why is it in my fridge! This is
just sick!" lol I was all gagging cuz it
was nasty! Lol my sister was laughing at
me cuz she didnt try it.
Good to know!~
thanks!!!
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minerwater
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Oct 2003 Posts: 153 Location: Canada
Posted: 11-06-03 12:03pm
Thanks for the tip. That's
awesome..Hadn't a clue.
I may just give that a try!
I knew there must be a nautral way of
healing it.
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Lynsey
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Dec 2003 Posts: 3
? Posted: 12-03-03 12:54pm
Where do you find these tablets in the
drug store?
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classics
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Nov 2003 Posts: 1
Acidolphilus Probiotic Posted: 12-13-03 12:30pm
I have a bottle of gelcaps from nature's
bounty that say they are probiotic. What
is the difference between that and the
bifudus? Will the probiotic help a yeast
infection? Are there any websites that
sell the bifidus acidolphilus?
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saturn24
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Nov 2003 Posts: 205 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa
Posted: 12-15-03 00:07am
Couple of questions and a couple of
answers: first, have you been to the
doctor to make sure that it is a yeast
infection? There are other infections
that can have the same symptoms. And
there are infections that cause yeast
infections. Meaning, you can keep
getting rid of the yeast infection, but
the underlying infection can make it come
back again and again. Second, if it is
just a yeast infection there are a couple
of things that you can do.
Things to not do, or use:
do not use colored or scented toilet paper
or tampons
do not wear underwear with colored
crotches
do not take baths, only showers
and you can get the prescription pill for
yeast infections from your doctor if all
else fails. For people who get these
infections constantly the doctor will
usually give you a couple of pills. That
way, when you first start to feel the
symptoms you can take the pill and stop it
before it starts. I hope this helps.
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minerwater
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Oct 2003 Posts: 153 Location: Canada
Not a Yeast Infection Posted: 12-15-03 08:29am
What is funny is that I went to the gyno
and told the nurse my problems. She
looked at me and instantly said yes, you
have an infection. I was inflamed and my
cervix was bleeding because it was
sensative to the scraping for the pap
test.
Well, a few weeks later, I call in for my
test results and the nurse I normall have
(the one I had I never seen before) and
she said there were no bacterial cultures
in my tests. I'm free of std's. She says
that it could be from sex. I reported
lots of vaginal secreations and itchyness.
Very similar symptoms of a yeast
infection except that the consistancy
wasn't cottage cheese like. And the
bleeding she said can be from bc pills.
She says its not uncommon to be more
saseptable to bleeding. Even though it
was my first experience likethis.
The first nurse was a freakin fool. She
made me think the whole time I did infact
have an infection. You have to be
careful...Very careful of these health
practicianers.