Help with birth control, condoms, and yeast infections!?

I have luckily never had a yeast infection but I have read online that you can get an infection from condoms (from chemicals on the lubricant) and birth control (from changing pH levels). I was wondering if anyone has had to deal with this, and which brands of birth control or condoms work the best without causing these yeast infections. Also...since I have never had one, what are the symptoms and how do you treat it? I have heard about putting yogurt on a tampon but is that sanitary? Please help!Help with birth control, condoms, and yeast infections!?
if you have not had one, try not to worry about changing anything in hopes of not getting one. a few things you can do to prevent one is to pee after you have sex, keep clean, don't wear a menstrual pad/tampon for to long, drink cranberry juice, you can stick a soaping finger in your vagina to clean your self in the shower, don't douche (it gets rid of the good bacteria that prevent a infection), yogurt has live acidophiles which also has that good bacteria but should be eaten. do not put it on a tampon, the sugar in it can actually give food to the bad bacteria you don't want growing. symptoms include itching, white, cottage cheese discharge, foul smell. a pill or cream inserted into your vagina is how its treated. good luck.Help with birth control, condoms, and yeast infections!?
I'm on orthotiycycln and have had several yeast infections and bacterial infections. I don't think they birth control was causing it though. the symptoms are very similar so the first time you think you have an infection, you need to go be diagnosed by a Dr. That way you will learn how to recognize the difference in the symptoms.



Yeast infections can be treated with creams from the store, but bacterial infections needs antibodies.



If you are female, you will get several in your lifetime. Its just something us girls gotta deal with. NO FAIR! :)
You must be blonde...



Yeast infections grow in warm moist environments, whether you use condoms or the pill, or yank your own chain. Birth control has nothing to do with it. Actually, you can get an infection from your partner, if he had sex with a girl who had a yeast infection, and that is how it happens.



You cure them with anti-fungal vaginal creme from the drugstore, not with yogurt.



Most yeast infections will go away and stay away on their own, as long as you take good care of yourself.



A yeast infection should itch, burn, and cause a bread smell. You'll know it if you get one.



It is an athelete's foot infection in your vaj, and nothing more.
Don't ever do that to a tampon! That's ridiculous. Tampons already carry a risk of causing toxic shock syndrome (tss) with misuse.



Well it is possible for birth control to change the pH and cause normal flora to grow out of control but highly uncommon. Usually yeast infections result from douching, too much moisture, tight clothing, etc. The lubricant in condoms could contribute to the extra moisture - so make sure you wash and even bathe then dry properly after sexual encounter.



What happens is the yeast Candida, which is resident in the vagina and all over our bodies, becomes disrupted somehow and grow out of control. Too much yeast results in very uncomfortable itching, burning, possible painful urination, etc.



First thing first make sure you know it is not anything else besides a yeast infection lol. Yeast infections have similar symptoms to STD's.



Ways to treat it incl. eating yogurt and drinking buttermilk. This is actually very effective before the yeast infection even really starts. Some people do insert plain yogurt into the vagina but not with no tampon. You may have to get a script from the doc. or even just buy a kit at the local drug store.