Could baby wipes be used to prevent yeast infections?
I’m a teenage girl && I wanted to know if using baby wipes after oral sex will prevent yeast infections from showing up, Please help, I really need to know if this helps or not && if there are any type of pills that can get rid of yeast infections that are affordable.
The baby wipes won’t help, and may even aggravate the situation further. If you are certain it’s a yeast infection (because bacterial vaginosis is very similar and is often caused by oral sex), many of the dollar stores sell yeast infection creams for as little as $5.00. Also, avoid douching and only wash your external areas with warm water and soap (Dove for sensitive skin is good). Until this clears up completely, avoid sex. The human mouth is full of yeasts and bacteria, and you need to heal completely before resuming sexual activities.
To help you decide if it’s a yeast infection or bacterial infection, here are symptoms:
Yeast Infections:
- Itching / burning
- No odor
- White discharge (sometimes clumpy)
Bacterial Infections:
- Itching / burning
- Fishy or foul smelling odor
- Discharge may vary from watery, to white to yellow/green
If you have (or can borrow) a few dollars, Vagisil makes a pH test kit. It can be bought at major pharmacies. http://www.vagisilkit.com/kit2/index.shtml
It will tell you within about 2 minutes if it’s yeast, or bacteria. It’s important that you find out which one you have, b/c the treatments are very different.
Again, if you discover that it is yeast, buy a cheap box of yeast infection cream from Walmart, or your local dollar store. Doctors can also prescribe a pill for yeast (Diflucan) that provides a cure within about 24 hours.
If it’s bacterial, you will need to see your gyn and get a prescription for Flagyl (a pill used to treat bacterial vaginitis).
To help you figure out what’s going on, check out this website http://www.theVbook.com. It lists the symptoms of both yeast and bacterial infections.
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for sure and they prevent pregnancy
No that won’t help, that might make things worse.
All you need to do is wear cotton underwear and don’t wear clothing that is too tight below the waist, avoid having too much sugar, high fat foods and drinking too much alcohol. Dilfulcan pills can help heal a yeast infection. There are also over the counter treatments like Monostat and Canestin that can help cure a yeast infection they are not too expensive at wal-mart.
Yeast infections aren’t that easy to permanently get rid of, and I’m not too sure baby wipes would do the trick.
Many products can temporarily relieve the symptoms, but a long term treatment approach will be your best bet to completely elliminate it.
One of the more popular and effective homeopathic solutions is yeastrol. It’s very effective at treating vaginal, penile and oral yeast infections.
What you can also do to speed your recovery is to change you diet in a way that will starve the yeast organisms (Candida).
Things that you should remove from your diet are all sodas, sugars, fruit, fermented foods, foods containing white flour, alcohol (especially beer), antacids and any product that has yeast or mold.
Things to add to your diet are live yogurt cultures (or take Acidophilus), plenty of water, fresh vegetables, lots of protein rich foods, whey protein, raw garlic, nuts, seeds, oils, millet, rice and oat brans
Another thing to keep in mind is that both you and your partner should consider the diet change/yeastrol treatment as you can be passing the infection back and forth between you.
Hope this helps and best of luck!
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