 |
print the page |  |
email the page |  |
|
- What is candidiasis?
- Symptoms of candidiasis
- Causes of candidiasis
- Prevention of candidiasis
- Risk factors for candidiasis
- Complications of candidiasis
- When to see a doctor about candidiasis
- Diagnosis of candidiasis
- Conventional treatment of candidiasis
- Alternative/complementary treatment of candidiasis
- Living with candidiasis
- Caring for someone with candidiasis
Candidiasis can develop due to a number of reasons:
Antibiotics
One of the main reasons that causes candidiasis to develop in people (and especially in the vagina of women) is the overuse of antibiotics, especially prolonged use of antibiotics.
Antibiotics are used to prevent a bacterial infection from getting worse, but are also prescribed to people with a viral infection (flu), to prevent a more serious bacterial infection (pneumonia). The antibiotics kill off all the bacteria in the body - both the "bad" bacteria that are likely to cause infection and the "good" bacteria that are needed by the body for various process, especially in digestion and elimination. When too many of the "good" bacteria are killed, this could allow a proliferation of the candida albicans yeast to grow and cause symptoms associated with candidiasis.
Advertisement
Lowered immunity
People with lowered immunity are much more susceptible to developing candidiasis (or any other opportunistic condition) because their body is not able to fight the proliferation of the candida albicans yeast.
Lowered immunity means the the body's defence systems (and "good" bacteria) are in low supply, so when the candida albicans yeast starts to overgrow, the immune system (and "good" bacteria) are not able to reduce their proliferation and as a subsequence, candidiasis and all the symptoms associated with this condition occur.
Advertisement
Sections: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
< 2: symptoms 4: prevention >
