Thrush appears due to the yeast-like fungus Candida albicans (Candida white), which is conditionally considered a pathogenic microorganism. According to statistics, every third woman struggles with such a disease as thrush or candidiasis. Moreover, many women face this problem more than once.
Candida white participates in metabolic processes, and this fungus can be found completely in any woman, usually in the vagina, as well as on the skin, in the intestine or in the mouth. But under the influence of some factors it becomes more angry and more aggressive, therefore it brings big problems. How to protect yourself from thrush? How to prevent its appearance or get rid of it? Doctors, advertisements and girlfriends give a lot of advice, but the pain does not disappear anywhere. Yes, and do you even understand how and how were you going to fight?
Myth number 1. All kinds of discharge and signs of inflammation are thrush.
It is necessary to know that the selection will have a different character. First of all, it is necessary to remember normal normal discharges, which appear depending on the phase of the menstrual cycle. They do not smell and color. With thrush, as a rule, the selection of cheesy or are similar to cream, thick, gray, white, and sometimes greenish. Such secretions also do not have a characteristic odor.
How then to find out this disease? Symptomatic symptoms can be a more or less burning feeling or itching. Women who are allergic to Candida can suffer from itching stronger. When intimacy is close, burning can bring discomfort. However, if you notice yourself in such signs - this does not mean that you have thrush. Other infections can also have such symptoms. Only the tests help in the fact that you have thrush.
Myth number 2. The milkwoman can be detected only by using DNA diagnostics. Other methods are not as effective, and are already old.
PCR (DNA-diagnosis) for the identification of candidiasis does not fit. With the help of such a diagnosis, only DNA of microorganisms can be detected, in addition, this method can reveal the least possible amount of fungus. But this does not mean that you have a yeast infection: it has already been mentioned above that the organisms of each of the fairer sex have this fungus. Pridiagnostics of thrush should be determined not by the presence of Candida, but by the amount of colonial fungus. Fungal cultures and smear microscopy are the main methods for detecting a mammal. For this, the doctor must take a swab from the vagina and examine it under a microscope. If you are infected with a fungus, then the fungal cells are noticeable fairly well in the smear. After this, seed the Candida on special media, and then calculate the number of grown colonies. If a woman is determined that the colonies have grown more than normal, then the development of candidiasis is diagnosed. This method of determining thrush is not only more effective than DNA diagnosis, but it is also much cheaper.
Myth number 3. Determine the form of the fungus Candida nonsense, they are all the same.
Thrush can be treated without results because also not all types of fungus can be cured by certain drugs. If for a long time a woman treats a thrush, but can not get rid of it, then it should be done by determining the species Candida.
Myth number 4. The most important causes of thrush are the use of sweets and the wearing of tight underwear.
The main reason for the development of the milk is primarily a change in the hormonal background of the body that occurs during pregnancy (namely, the future mothers are most affected by thrush), diabetes mellitus, the intake of contraceptive hormonal drugs and other drugs, and the diseases of the thyroid gland. Candida can go into a dangerous parasitic state, when a woman is treated for a long time with antibiotics, because this reduces immunity and leads to dysbiosis. If a woman wears tight clothes, then this does not affect the appearance of the milkweed. However, it can only contribute. It should be noted that synthetic narrow linen keeps the heat very poorly, therefore, when a woman wears it in the winter, it is supercooled. To develop candidiasis may be weak immunity and re-cooling. But excessive consumption of sweets, too, can only develop the disease, especially in the case when thrush is a chronic disease.
Myth number 5. Excellent prevention of candidiasis - the use of a special means of intimate hygiene.
In a normal state, the acidic environment of the vagina is a powerful obstacle to the penetration and development of infections. To form such a barrier, lactic acid bacteria are involved.
Antibacterial soap and gel for intimate hygiene can not figure out where the good bacteria are, and where the bad, so get rid of everyone. With the help of syringing it is possible to break and wash the normal microflora in the vagina. When the vagina is left without an ideal environment, Candida fungi begin to develop. Therefore, suppressing female immunity with a disease is quite easy. The vagina is an organ that can be cleaned independently, so it is not necessary to remove it. Moreover, for hygienic procedures, a conventional water supply is needed, no more.
I must say that daily pads can also contribute to the development of thrush. In addition to the abnormal discharge, the fungus appears on the pad, which is the ideal temperature and ideal medium that is created by our body, for the development of Candida.No need to give up gaskets forever, just change them more often.
Myth number 6. If you once turned to a doctor and received recommendations for treatment, now you can use them all the time.
Several times you will be able to help one way to fight the fungus, but the time will come when this method will become ineffective. Candida has the ability to become accustomed to certain drugs, as a result, treatment will cease to produce an effect.
Myth number 7. The best and most effective preparations for thrush should be taken only once.
All drugs intended for the treatment of candidiasis are divided into oral medications (tablets) and topical preparations (ointments, suppositories). You need to choose a medicine depending on the degree of development of the milk, the individual tolerability of the drug and the type of fungus. Moreover, only a specialist doctor should select the medicine. Of course, it is very convenient to use the drug to treat the fungus only once. However, do not forget that you must eliminate not the disease, but the cause of its appearance. The thrush must be treated in a comprehensive way, so you need to destroy not only the pathogen, but also prevent its reappearance.
Myth number 8. Both sex partners need treatment for thrush.
Before to force to be treated the sexual partner, it is necessary to make the necessary analyzes to learn whether there is neugrubok. If you do not find candidiasis, then you do not need to treat it, because there is nothing.
Myth number 9. You can get rid of yeast infection at home with an uro-therapy apparatus such as "Uro-Biofon".
Such devices can not be treated in any case. Do not believe in commercials, because such drugs are not antimicrobial. Be sure to go to a doctor so that he can assess the situation and prescribe you a treatment that really helps.
Myth number 10. Chronic thrush can not be cured.
In fact, chronic candidiasis can be stopped, only this will require more patience, effort and time. With a good, comprehensive treatment, you can cure thrush forever. Moreover, further prevention measures will help prevent the appearance of the fungus again.
Myth number 11. Thrush is a disease transmitted only through sexual contact.
Not necessarily. Even virgins can have an urogenital candidiasis. Symptoms start to appear because of serious diseases against a background of reduced immunity, with the intake of antibiotics and hormonal imbalance.
Myth number 12. Thrush does not need treatment - it itself passes.
This approach is fundamentally wrong. If you do not take any measures, then the thrush itself will not go anywhere. She can only turn from an acute illness to a chronic one. In some cases, there are complications, for example, cystitis or urethritis.
For pregnant women thrush is doubly dangerous, because it can provoke premature birth, interruption of pregnancy, intrauterine infection of the fetus, and after the appearance of the baby, leading to endometritis. Therefore, it is necessary to fight with thrush in any case.