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It is Candida species that causes yeast infections, or candidiasis. There are more than 100 naturally occurring species, but only 24 of them are recognized as true causes of yeast infection. The most abundant species is Candida albicans, then Candida glabrata, Candida krusei, Candida tropicalis, and Candida parapsilosis. Strangely enough, the main cause of yeast infection is not yeast organisms, although these are usually present in small amounts in most areas of the body. For healthy individuals, it is the beneficial gastrointestinal bacterial flora that protects the intestines from the multiplication of Candida. Candida is usually kept under control when the natural equilibrium between Candida and the gastrointestinal bacterial flora exists. When this usual equilibrium is impacted, Candida species can reproduce rapidly and provoke a multitude of symptoms of yeast infection. Several internal considerations, several external items and their interacting relationship create a candidiasis environment. Yeast infection, like many other health diseases that recur, is the product of multiple factors. Candida overgrowth is favored by contributions from internal factors that provoke yeast multiplication, such as inherited traits (which we do not control) and lifestyle and psychological factors. Internal causes of yeast infection include: poor choices in diet (i. e. sugar rich products, white flour products, refined carbohydrates, caffeine, alcohol and other yeast fostering foods), fragile immune system and reduction in friendly probiotic bacteria. Several more external factors and situations also lead to candida multiplication with infection. The yeast infection environment comes about because of these factors and associated co-factors internally. The main external agents of candidiasis in women are: (1) douching or using female hygiene sprays; (2) wearing tight garments or clothes made from synthetic fibers; (3) the use of toilet paper that is perfumed or colored, deodorant tampons, sanitary towels or bubble bath. The main external agents of oral thrush are: (1) being treated with badly disinfected medical equipment destined for multiuse; (2) wearing orthodontic appliances or dentures that have a bad fit; (3) putting dirty objects into one's mouth (above all for babies). The principal external agents of baby yeast infection (diaper rash) are: (1) skin folds from obesity, with moisture and friction due to limited air circulation; (2) allergy reactions caused by the dye in training pants and disposable diapers, along with wipes, lotions and creams; (3) lipid-stripping soaps rendering the skin more permeable and more at risk for diaper dermatitis; (4) increase in skin contact with urine and feces because of insufficient changes of diapers. The external agents of male yeast infection are: (1) neglect of personal hygiene; (2) use of glycerin based lubricants or colored or perfumed soaps; (3) sexual intercourse with a partner suffering from yeast infection. The external reasons of paronychia (nail bed infections) are: (1) soaking hands in water for a long time (this means that bacteria and yeasts easily invade and multiply in the space under the nail as the nail plate can be lifted up off the nail bed); (2) use of clothing and shoes that prevent air from circulating. Although the external agents of yeast infection are well documented, the fundamental contributing factors are less so. With medicine in developed countries focused on dealing with the manifestation of candida in the parts that are infected, conventional yeast infection treatments are for the short term. The alternative is holistic medicine which looks at the body as a whole and aims to establish an internal balance, reinforcing the immune system and improving mental stability. The holistic program, based on specific supplements of herbs and vitamins, follows a full group of dietary principles and protocols to control Candida and thus addresses the internal as well as the external contributing aspects, to eliminate the basic causes of yeast infection, the multitude of handicapping symptoms and its recurrence.
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