Candida Yeast Infection Symptoms And Diagnosis
If you’re young, not sexually active, and you’ve never
experienced candida yeast infection symptoms, you may not realize that
you have, in fact, contracted this common and pesky women’s condition.
Once you’ve had this kind of vaginal infection, you’ll know rapidly and
precisely when you’re experiencing another. This condition is also
generically referred to as “vaginitis,” but so are other vaginal
infections such as trichomonas and bacterial infections.
If you’re a “first-timer,” you’ll most likely have a mother and maybe
older sisters, or even close female friends that have already met
candida up close and personal. Candida yeast infection symptoms aren’t
going to leave without treatment. In fact, the symptoms will get worse
the longer you leave the infection untreated. If you are not sure, ask
someone whom you trust and aren’t embarrassed to discuss such feminine
matters with. Chances are that they may have experienced it before and
may be able to tell you if you are experiencing candida yeast infection
symptoms.
The candida yeast infection symptoms include itching and burning of the
outer vaginal area, redness and inflammation of the labia, and a heavy,
odorous vaginal discharge. If you pay no attention to these “red flag”
symptoms, the infection may move to your urethra resulting in one of the
most dreaded “female” diseases, the agonizingly painful urinary tract
infection. You may be able to disregard the candida yeast infection
symptoms and expect it goes away on its own, but you will never ignore a
urinary tract infection caused by the yeast infection! The bloody urine,
the continuous feeling of needing to urinate, and the unbearable pain
upon urination will send you flying to your medical doctor. Luckily,
while you’re being treated for the urinary tract infection your
physician will also treat the original candida yeast infection symptoms
that caused this mess to start with.
It may be very uncomfortable, but your gynecologist will require to do a
pelvic assessment for you to confirm his/her diagnosis is correct. This
isn’t a great time for a pelvic assessment since your vaginal area is
already painful, but keep in your mind that a gynecologist is a
specialist; he/she won’t do anything needless to cause you more
uneasiness.
As a final point, to properly recognize candida yeast infection
symptoms, your gynecologist will need a urine and blood sample to
discard more severe, even life-threatening conditions like cancer,
chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomonas, genital herpes, genital warts, and
syphilis.
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