Yeast Infection FAQ

Yeast Infection Symptoms

Sarah Summer Yeast Infection Image The fungus which causes a yeast infection is known as Candida albicans.  This fungus often attacks warm moist areas in the body such as the mouth or vagina.  Candida albicans is responsible for thrush in addition to yeast infections.  The symptoms that arise from an infection of Candida albicans will depend largely on where the infection occurs.

The most common symptoms of yeast infections and thrush often include:

  • Vaginal Discharge, often similar in color and consistency to cottage cheese
  • Foul Vaginal Odor
  • Aggrevated Arthirits
  • Aggreveated PMS
  • Genearal fatigue and tiredness
  • Muscle soreness and aches
  • Knee joint pain and/or inflammation
  • Weakened immune system function
  • Impotence
  • Itching and irritation
  • Redness and discoloration of the skin
  • Urinary tract maladies
  • Lowered self esteem and general embarrassment
  • Respiratory diseases and infection
  • Painful sexual disorders
  • Oral bleeding and soreness in the mouth

Of these symptoms, the presence of milky white vaginal lesions are often the best sign that a vaginal yeast infection has occurred. The milky white, cottage cheese like discharge that can occur along with the lesions of Candida albicans is an even more powerful indication of a yeast infection. If you have either of these two symptoms of yeast infection, you probably have no need to indict any other health malady for the painful vaginitis you are experiencing.

Understanding Yeast Infection Symptoms

Yeast Infection Picture Many yeast infection symptoms are directly a result of the location of the yeast. An overgrowth of yeast in the vagina leads to an episode of yeast infection induced vaginitis. Yeast in the intestines can cause various symptoms; but most commonly is the source of yeast infections in other areas of the body. Yeast Infections in the mouth cause thrush, a painful oral health malady many babies and nursing mothers experience.

Small amounts of yeast are never enough to produce the painful symptoms of yeast infections listed above. Prolonged, unchecked systematic growth of a yeast infection finally comes to a head with these symptoms. Waiting for the manifestation of multiple yeast infection symptoms before treating a yeast infection can lead to an arduous battle with recurrent yeast infections. Once yeast fungi have made deep inroads into the body, yeast fungi can be very difficult to remove by any traditional means. As Sarah Summer explains, her situation had progressed to this point; despite her best efforts.