Hi. I'm Janet, and welcome to my site. I had been suffering from yeast infections for 10 years before I decided that there must be a better way. I just couldn't seem to stop getting infections. I was tired of having oozing white stuff drip out of my crotch and not being able to stand the itching.
The more I learned about the causes and treatment of yeast infections, the more I realized that the most common treatments were not that great in the long run, and in fact, can be harmful.
I just wanted to stop the itch, get rid of the yeast infection...and stop myself from getting anymore of them.
Here's the problem...the traditional treatment of yeast infections will actually cause you to have more of them, have worse symptoms, and make it harder to get rid of the infection.
Here's why over the counter is bad:
If you treat with over the counter (Monistat) medication, you will kill yeast. You will also leave yeast that is resistant to the medication. Why is this bad? Because the next time you get a yeast infection...it will be made up of these nastier resistant yeast, and you will not kill them by using Monistat again. Symptoms are worse, and you can't get rid of it. At this point more than 30% of yeast infections may be resistant to over the counter treatments. Which will lead you to the doctor to get a prescription for an antibiotic.
Here's why prescription is bad:
All of the drugs currently available can have really crumby side effects. The stronger the drug (more stuff it kills) the more likely that there are very serious side effects. Also...again, you're killing everything that can be killed with these drugs, leaving only what can't be killed...not only are you growing stronger yeast that will come back to haunt you later, but, you're also getting your body and its bacteria used to and resistant to these drugs. So, potentially, these could cause you to have drug resistant infections of other kinds in the future as well.
The Bottom Line:
3 out of 4 women will get yeast infections in their lifetime
Only 5% of these women will follow some kind of plan that avoids over the counter and prescription remedies and focuses on avoiding them in the first place. These women will not have yeast infections, and will not be growing super yeast and bacteria to attack them later.
There's lots of these programs on the web. Most of them are junk. I know, I've wasted my money and time.
I've found one comprehensive plan. The whole reason for this site is to help you to find it too. Check it out if you want to get rid of yeast infections for good. I hope you do.
