How is vaginal candida recognized? What are the most common symptoms?
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Candida benedetta candida: fungal infection which can affect the mucous membranes of the whole body, the Candida albicans, or better known as vaginal candida, has very annoying symptoms.
Known mostly to us sissies, the candidiasis (the name "Candida albicans" indicates the fungus that causes the so-called candida) occurs in the form of a vaginal infection, but it can also affect the mouth (thrush) and skin (patches that appear with sun exposure) and in some cases causes urethritis. But how to recognize vaginal candida? What are the most common symptoms?
What must be said is that in every form of candidiasis there is the presence of intestinal candida. This type of mushroom, that is, It "takes home" in the intestine generally shortly after birth: in fact, candida is a yeast that in some respects lives in symbiosis with the organism, participating in the digestion of sugars, even if it is above all an organism that feeds on dead organic matter. Colonies of candida would therefore be present on the mucous membranes (oropharynx, gastrointestinal tract, vagina) of 80% of healthy individuals.
How to recognize vaginal candida and the most common symptoms
Well, anyone who suffers from it or has suffered from it at least once in their life knows that candida manifests itself in a beating drum, first of all with a intense itching. Following, some vaginal secretions suggest that the time has come to talk to the gynecologist.
Considering that Candida Albicans is a fungus that has its own ideal habitat right in the vaginal mucosa, it is clear that in the acute phase of an inflammation or a mycosis, manifests itself with itching, burning, redness of the mucous membranes (up to affecting the area perianal) and white, often foul-smelling, curdled-looking discharge.
Among the symptoms, they are also often present dysuria (difficulty urinating) e dyspareunia (pain during sexual intercourse). While in rarer cases linear ulcers appear at the perineal level.
In 'manon the other hand, there may be an erythema of the balano-preputial sulcus with itching and burning, while urinary tract infections are rarer.
In general, a check by a specialized doctor is enough to diagnose candida, also resorting to colposcopy. Cultivation in the laboratory can also be useful, especially in the most severe cases.
Causes of Candida
Candida vulvo-vaginitis are very common especially in pregnancy and during treatments estroprogestinici. It happens, however, that the colonies of these mushrooms multiply with certain foods such as foods rich in sugars, dairy products and foods rich in yeast. Candidiasis can easily develop even with prolonged use of antibiotics and during psychophysical stresses that lower the immune system (such as HIV infection). Even prolonged use of certain Medicines, like the birth control pill for example, it can alter the bacterial flora. Also, don't forget that it's a nuisance easily sexually transmitted and to take, therefore, the right precautions of the case.
Intimate hygiene is also important: avoid too aggressive and chemical detergents and use natural products that keep the acidity of the mucous membranes unaltered. Also watch out for an "abuse" of vaginal douches, which can eliminate the natural humidity that protects them from attacks by bacteria and fungi, use white cotton underwear and do not wear too tight clothing in the groin area for too long.
Germana Carillo
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