Curing Yeast Infections - Do Creams Really Help?
If you have suffered with a vaginal yeast infection (and 75% of women do) then you will have tried to cure it using one of the many proprietary creams that are available for curing yeast infections. Did it work? I mean, did it really work, so that your problem never came back again? I thought not.
Many of these creams will get rid of the external signs of the yeast infection but, because they do nothing for the underlying problem, the cure is not permanent.
I have never suffered with this myself - I don't have those bits. I do, however, have a similar problem, also caused by yeast/fungus growth. That problem is athlete's foot. This also can be "cured" using creams and powders but still keeps coming back.
It became so bad at one point that I went to see the doctor about it. He commented on the dampness of my feet and pointed out that if I had fought in WW1 I would most certainly have suffered with trench foot. It is not always reassuring to know that things could be much worse!
Anyway, he prescribed some antibiotics to treat the athlete's foot, but warned me that the spores of the fungus would survive this and, as soon as the conditions were right again, it would return. He was correct. The course of antibiotics lasted for three months and the problem was much better. As soon as I stopped taking them, though, the athlete's foot started again.
I had noticed this before when on holiday. I spent two weeks never wearing socks or shoes and my feet felt and looked 100% better. As soon as I returned to my normal routine, the athlete's foot returned.
What does this have to do with curing yeast infections? Well it is all about environment. The cream will kill of the yeast in the immediate area, but the yeast is always in your system. When you stop using the cream, if the appropriate environment is still there for the yeast to flourish, it will.
Many of these creams will get rid of the external signs of the yeast infection but, because they do nothing for the underlying problem, the cure is not permanent.
I have never suffered with this myself - I don't have those bits. I do, however, have a similar problem, also caused by yeast/fungus growth. That problem is athlete's foot. This also can be "cured" using creams and powders but still keeps coming back.
It became so bad at one point that I went to see the doctor about it. He commented on the dampness of my feet and pointed out that if I had fought in WW1 I would most certainly have suffered with trench foot. It is not always reassuring to know that things could be much worse!
Anyway, he prescribed some antibiotics to treat the athlete's foot, but warned me that the spores of the fungus would survive this and, as soon as the conditions were right again, it would return. He was correct. The course of antibiotics lasted for three months and the problem was much better. As soon as I stopped taking them, though, the athlete's foot started again.
I had noticed this before when on holiday. I spent two weeks never wearing socks or shoes and my feet felt and looked 100% better. As soon as I returned to my normal routine, the athlete's foot returned.
What does this have to do with curing yeast infections? Well it is all about environment. The cream will kill of the yeast in the immediate area, but the yeast is always in your system. When you stop using the cream, if the appropriate environment is still there for the yeast to flourish, it will.