Thursday, October 2, 2008

Taking Antibiotics and Now I Have a Yeast Infection - Don't Worry

By Angela Jennings

Most people say the following: "I am taking antibiotics and now I have a yeast infection!" Don't worry by taking antibiotics to combat a common cold or a sinus infection WILL cause yeast infections. The reason being, antibiotics are designed to kill bacteria causing your cold or sinus infection.

It actually kills off too much GOOD bacteria in which are used to help fight yeast infections. Whenever you are taking antibiotics or know that you will be taking them within a few days, you need to immediately eat yogurt. Yogurt has plenty of the useful bacteria in it that was killed away by your antibiotics. Eating yogurt will prevent you from GETTING a yeast infection while taking antibiotics and is great cures for yeast infections.

Let's briefly recap what we learned about yogurt.

Why is yogurt so great? Some yogurts contain healthy bacteria known as L. acidophilus. It's this bacterium that helps to fight yeast infection symptoms, and in fact has the capability to stop them before they start. It's important that you're using yogurt that contains L. acidophilus so be sure to ONLY buy yogurt that states it contains this ingredient or says includes live cultures.

How does it work? The human body has tons of bacteria in it all the time. One bacterium that leads to yeast infections is Candida albicans. Yogurt helps to control Candida albicans, the bacteria that causes yeast infections. Using yogurt won't allow Candida to over populate and turn into a yeast infection. As you can see, how to prevent yeast infections can be found right in the comfort of your own home. The next time you develop a yeast infection due to antibiotics you can treat it with yogurt. Actually, there will never be a next time getting a yeast infection due to antibiotics because you will know how to treat it before it even happens.

Soon as the doctor writes you a prescription for your antibiotics and before you even go to pick it up from the drug store, you need to go to the grocery store and load up on yogurt. Eat plenty of yogurts before you even begin to use your antibiotics. This will definitely combat any antibiotics that destroy helpful bacteria in your body. Most people don't realize how bad antibiotics can be for you, but to get rid of sinus infections it is WISE to use them! So when you are using them, adding the helpful bacteria back into your body that the antibiotics are removing is one of the best ways to go.

This is the best cure for frequent yeast infections. Yeast infections are no fun and finding a cure should be the number one thing on your mind once you get one. When you get a yeast infection please don't take it lightly. It can be deadly and passed from one partner to another. Hold off from any type of sexual intercourse if you have a yeast infection. - 14130

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