Re: YEAST INF.

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Mindy- The Diflucan will clear the infection (it's albicans). However,my advise is to start eating yogurt that contains live acidophilous (speelling?) cultures to get the flora back to normal. Kallimindy_4711 wrote: Hi everyone, I just heard back from my GYN and my culture indicated that I have candida albicans (?spell). Anyway, I was glad that it was not a non-albicans type of

yeast. I do feel much better being on the Diflucan. I am going to be sure to get a culture right away when I start having symptoms again. My problem is that my V area is always red, stinging and itchy. The way I can tell if I have a yeast inf. is the discharge and sometimes I can feel burning in my vagina, but not always, and also I sometimes gets swelling in my V area. Also, my V symptoms get much worse. Hopefully, the Diflucan will keep my recurrent inf. under control. I just hope they do not come back when I am done the course of Diflucan! Mindy

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Hi Kalli. Thanks for the response. I do eat about 2-3 yogurts a day and I make sure I buy the one containing live cultures. Also, I recently got an acidophillis supplement at the local Walmart. I take one a day. The yeast inf. make my V symptoms so much worse. I was actually doing very well prior to this recent inf. and now I am not doing very well with that issue.

Mindy> Hi everyone,> I just heard back from my GYN and my culture indicated that I have candida albicans (?spell). Anyway, I was glad that it was not a non-albicans type of yeast. I do feel much better being on the Diflucan. I am going to be sure to get a culture right away when I start having symptoms again. My problem is that my V area is always red, stinging and itchy. The way I can tell if I have a yeast inf. is the discharge and sometimes I can feel burning in my vagina, but not always, and also I sometimes gets swelling in my V area. Also, my V symptoms get much worse. Hopefully, the Diflucan will keep my recurrent inf. under control. I just hope they do not come back when I am done the course of Diflucan! > Mindy> > > > > > ---------------------------------> Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate> in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q & A.>

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Just a thought...a recent article was posted here about how antihistimines coupled with diflucan help with take care of symptoms better than diflucan alone for ladies with recurrent yeast. Just something to consider....antihistamines are available over-the-counter like benadryl, claritin, alavert, etc. Lindsey

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I agree with , yogurt has so much sugar that it feeds the yeast. You are better off taking an acidophillus tablet. I laugh when I read the ingredients on Yoplait. It has cornsyrup in it!

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I agree with , yogurt has so much sugar that it feeds the yeast. You are better off taking an acidophillus tablet. I laugh when I read the ingredients on Yoplait. It has cornsyrup in it!

susan

There are a few good brands of plain yogurt that have live acidophilus cultures

and none of the gelatin/sugar/other crap additives. Stoneyfield is one -- i think

they even add some inulin in. 's, i believe, is another. Another one that i loved in my former dairy days was Seven Stars, but i believe it's just regional (i'm in PA). Food co-ops/local health food stores tend to have some of the better local/regional ones. Or you can just make your own. Or just take the probiotics, which really IS more reliable.

Hollis

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According to the big brains here at Dartmouth, eating yogurt, or taking

probiotics will not do anything for your vaginal immune system or the

balance of flora.

1) The bacteria can not pass through your digestive tract walls into

your vagina.

2) The bacteria in yogurt and probiotics are the wrong strain of

bacteria. They do not contain the dna to allow the bacteria to attach

to the vaginal walls like our own bacteria. They are just not the same.

just a fyi.

dawn

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Dannon has a plain Yogurt with no additives. That is the one I use. Unless I

make my own which I do sometimes.

Eating plain yogurt an hour or so prior to and after taking some antibiotics can

prevent yeast infections. I do not have the impression that it will cure a

yeast infection, only that it will prevent one with certain antibiotics. I only

use antibiotics which are responsive to yogurt.

Ora

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According to the big brains here at Dartmouth, eating yogurt, or taking probiotics will not do anything for your vaginal immune system or the balance of flora.

1) The bacteria can not pass through your digestive tract walls into your vagina.

2) The bacteria in yogurt and probiotics are the wrong strain of bacteria. They do not contain the dna to allow the bacteria to attach to the vaginal walls like our own bacteria. They are just not the same.

just a fyi.

dawn

However, the two special strains that are used for Jarrow's Fem-dophilus are

supposedly ones that are targeted for (and somehow get to) the vagina.

I do know someone from the IC puzzle group who found it to be exceptionally

good for her long-term vaginal yeast problems. I've tried it and didn't see any

change to speak of. But i don't have serious vaginal yeast problems, so i probably wouldn't notice anything dramatic. . . .

Hollis

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Hollis,

what are the two strains?

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Hollis, what are the two strains?

C

Here's a link to information on fem-dophilus:

http://www.jarrow.com/product.php?prodid=391#

My bottle had an insert that went into a lot of detail about all the

research that's gone into putting this product together. It was

pretty impressive.

Hollis

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I'm happy somebody is at least studying this, but I can Dartmouth that using Danactive changed my life. Vaginal yeast stopped and I began to have a chance to heal finally.DustyZdamask@... wrote: According to the big brains here at Dartmouth, eating yogurt, or taking probiotics will not do anything for your vaginal immune system or the balance of flora. 1) The bacteria can not pass through your digestive tract walls into your vagina. 2) The bacteria in yogurt and probiotics are the wrong

strain of bacteria. They do not contain the dna to allow the bacteria to attach to the vaginal walls like our own bacteria. They are just not the same. just a fyi. dawn However, the two special strains that are used for Jarrow's Fem-dophilus are supposedly ones that are targeted for (and somehow get to) the vagina. I do know someone from the IC puzzle group who found it to be exceptionally good for her long-term vaginal yeast problems. I've tried it and didn't see any change to speak of. But i don't have serious vaginal yeast problems, so i probably wouldn't notice anything dramatic. . . . Hollis

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Acidophilous is a strain of Lactobacillus. Check out google for various strains and the areas they are useful for.Zdamask@... wrote: I agree with

, yogurt has so much sugar that it feeds the yeast. You are better off taking an acidophillus tablet. I laugh when I read the ingredients on Yoplait. It has cornsyrup in it! susan There are a few good brands of plain yogurt that have live acidophilus cultures and none of the gelatin/sugar/other crap additives. Stoneyfield is one -- i think they even add some inulin in. 's, i believe, is another. Another one that i loved in my former dairy days was Seven Stars, but i believe it's just regional (i'm in PA). Food co-ops/local health food stores tend to have some of the better local/regional ones. Or you can just make your own. Or just take the probiotics, which really IS more reliable. Hollis

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