How to cure a yeast infection during pregnancy?
Monday, January 25th, 2010 at
12:39 am
What can I take specific answers please!
FYI I did not give thumbs down! I dont know who did! I’ll give everyone thumbs up! Thanks everyone for the great answers! Hopefully I can get some relief SOON!
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Candida albicans is the microscopic fungus which is responsible for thrush. While this organism ordinarily lives in the intestinal tract of men and women, nearly one out of three women have candida albicans present in their vagina. This can become a problem when its numbers outgrow the good bacteria – it’s a battle of the good bacteria with the bad bacteria and the side with the most ‘soldiers’ wins.
During pregnancy, the vagina becomes rich in a form of glucose named ‘glycogen’, which feeds the growth of Candida albicans. It’s believed the higher levels of glycogen occurs due to increased oestrogen levels and reduced acidity in the vagina. This is why a pregnant woman is ten times more likely to get thrush than normal – instead of being a nice cosy home for thrush, the vagina is now a five star hotel!
Other things which can kill good pro-biotic bacteria include:
* Anti-biotics
* Birth Control Pills
* Steroidal/hormonal drugs
* Fluoride
* Chlorine
* Coffee/Tea/Carbonated Drinks
* Synthetic vitamins
* Radiation
* Stress
* Additives
* Pesticides
* Fertilisers
The best way to prevent thrust is to take a regular pro-biotic. There are many pro-biotic preparations on the market, usually in powder form found at your health food store or at the chemist. They store the pro-biotic ‘acidophilus’ in the fridge being a live bacteria – you will likely need to ask for it as it won’t be on the shelf. However the one of the best pro-biotic product to take is Fast-Tract – it contains not only one or two strains of pro-biotics but thirteen different ones – a much better product by far! Fast-Tract is not fast-tracked in faecal matter like some other commercially made pro-biotic products. The bacteria are produced from fruit and vegetables and they have been able to acheive a massive 265 million CFU’s (colony forming units) per ml of liquid – and it doesn’t taste that bad at all!
Of course, if you think you have thrush, be sure to let your carer know. You may be prescribed a medication in the form of pessaries or creams which are safe to use during pregnancy – oral forms of medications are generally not recommended in pregnancy. Don’t buy any other medications unless you have spoken to your carer first as some are not safe to use.
Many care-givers won’t worry about a diagnois of thrush and are often dismissive, even with heavy growth of candida because it’s considered harmless – but it’s very uncomfortable if you are the person who has it. So you will need to be quite insistent if you want treatment prescribed.
Just because one type/brand of treatment doesn’t work e.g. Canasten, it doesn’t mean another like Nilstat won’t work. Try them all because they have slightly different constituents.
If you are in your first trimester, your carer will be least likely to want to prescribe you something for thrush. Here are some suggestions below if you cannot take any medication:
* Get onto a probiotic as soon as you can – this will help the actual problem of a bacterial inbalance and will get to work right away. The good bacteria will begin to grow and out-number the bad bacteria.
* Natural live yogurt contains a pro-biotic called acidophilus. However, the level of pro-biotics in yoghurt is quite low, so it can take a little more time to help, which can be frustrating especially if itching is a problem. You can eat the yoghurt as much as you like, some women swear by inserting some plain natural yoghurt into their vagina. You can soak a tampon in natural yoghurt, (differentiate just unsweetened from true natural yoghurt) and insert into the vagina for 2 hours, then change for new one.
* Avoid underwear that is tight or contains materials like lycra and other fabric which reduces air circulation – cotton is best. Avoid underwear wherever possible – not a good idea though if you are going to work and wearking a skirt! Around the home and overnight is a good start.
* Avoid tight jeans or trousers where possible – opt for skirts if you can.
* Candida albicans thrive in moist, warm environments so try to avoid long, hot baths.
* Good old Gentian Violet in an aqua or water Base is still extremely effective for vag thrush (just messy & ‘out there’ being bright purple) especially good for nipples & babies mouths as it is very liquid and soaks into all the crevices in the tissues which a gel like Daktarin cannot.
* Douching isn’t recommended in pregnancy even though it’s effective whilst non-pregnant
* Try avoiding yeast – lot of women swear that yeast in their diet increases the growth of candida. It’s often present in iron tonic supplements so check list of ingredients when taking these.
* High levels of sugar in diets seems to be a very common culprit, look to amending the diet primarily.
I went to my DR, she gave me a cream to use before bed for 7 days. It was gone in 3.
ETA:
How do I get a thumb’s down for stating a fact? I had a yeast infection while pregnant, I went to my DR, she gave me a cream. How does that equal a thumb’s down?
Eat lots of yogurt! Drink lots of water, and wear cotton panties, or no panties til it clears.
call your dr and they can give you a tablet. It’s called Diflucan and it works great. You take 1 and in about 48-72 hours the yeast is gone.
Plain yogurt. Eat a lot of it. This may sound crazy but you can dip a tampon into plain yogurt and insert it for no more then 2 hrs at a time. You can do this twice a day for a few days.
i got a tablet which i entered into my vagina and it went away within 24 hours..
WHATS WITH ALL DA THUMBS DOWN!!
my dr told me to use the EXTERNAL only yest infection medicine
really a tampon in yogurt ?? O.o … that’s a new one xD
i had one when i was around 10-12 wks. my doctor told me to go to the drug store and get some monistat 7 and to use it faithfully for the entire 7 days.. also don’t be allarmed if you start to spot a little pink, it scared me to death when i started the cream, but the doctor told me it was perfectly normal, when you are pregnant your cervix becomes very tender and can get easily irritated, then when you have a yeast infection on top of that it irritates it even more and can cause a little bit of pink like spotting. he was right because i only noticed it one time when i wiped, and then it was gone.. good luck with the rest of pregnancy. and congrats…
I kept getting yeast infections quite abit throughout my pregnancy… i believe the how to get rid of it is abit personal but what i had done it was gone within a few days… email me and i’ll let you know