How can I avoid a yeast infection while taking an antibiotic?
Question by hi: How can I avoid a yeast infection while taking an antibiotic?
I am very sick with a sinus infection and my doctor prescribed me an antibiotic. The problem is I really don’t want to deal with a yeast infection. So what can i do to avoid getting a yeast infection and still take the antibiotics?
Best answer:
Answer by Mary Bijoux
Basically the reason you have a yeast infection is because there’s an imbalance in your body. A healthy person has a balance between the yeast in their body and the good bacteria in their body.
Too much yeast, you have a yeast infection. Too much bacteria, you have a bacterial infection.
So, when you have a yeast infection you essentially have too much yeast in your body relative to the good bacteria. The natural way to treat it and bring back that balance is to starve the yeast and introduce more good bacteria into your body.
Oh and BTW – That’s why you often get relief from using the over the counter meds temporarily, and then the yeast infection comes back. The creams aren’t changing the source of the problem. They are just killing the yeast they come in contact with, and not balancing the yeast/bacteria in your body and actually sometimes end up making things a lot worse.
Oh BTW2 – That’s also why many times you’ll get a yeast infection after using antibiotics. Antibiotics kill all the bacteria in your body, the good and the bad. When that happens the balance between the yeast and good bacteria is off, and once again and you get a yeast infection.
Things you can add to your diet (to help promote good bacteria) 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
Things you should remove from your diet (to starve the yeast) are all sodas, sugars, fruit, fermented foods, foods containing white flour, alcohol (especially beer), antacids and any product that has yeast or mold
Changing your diet will definitely get you on the road to balancing the yeast and good bacteria, but what I would also recommend is to use a homeopathic solution to help naturally speed up the process.
I always feel if there’s a natural way to do something, then it’s best to avoid the chemicals. I would look for an natural product, that can be taken orally to promote re-growth of the good bacteria in your body.
There are a few out there, I think they are probably all pretty good. One that I have used and was very effective for me was yeastrol. Best of Luck!
Hope this helps and best of luck! 
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Walgreens sells Azo Yeast pills. I take them whenever i am on antibiotics. you can take up to 3 a day and you can even take them on a regular basis to prevent a yeast infection. they work.
You can buy “probiotics” in the vitamin aisle of most stores and you can buy yogurt with “live & active cultures”.
I’m sure people will offer plenty of superstitions, but the real answer is there isn’t anything you can do.
Your body is full of bacteria and fungus, which compete with each other. This is called your flora. Normally, your immune system and the competition between them keeps everything under control. This competition is important.
When you take an antibiotic, you can kill the bacteria, leaving the fungus only in competition with your immune system, so a fungal infection can take hold. Yeast is a specific kind of fungus.
Since the yeast in the yeast infection are already in your body, you can’t stop them by washing. Excessive washing (douching), in fact, will disturb the battle between the bateria and fungus, and will likely make things worse.
You can be prepared with a medicine that will attack the yeast. I wish there were a better answer.
take garlic pills or eat about 2-4 pieces of garlic bread a day, the garlic kills the yeast infection.
Yogurt – Any kind of yogurt – Works wonders for preventing yeast infections. This isn’t “superstition” as proposed above me – It is a doctor recommended preventative solution.
Lots of yogurt! Whenever i get prescribed antibiotics i ALWAYS get yeast infections, my dr told me that before hand and while your taking it just eat lots of yogurt..if you end up getting one anyway..there is this miracle pill you can take..actually its like 3 pills..but your “infection” will be gone asap! My dentist prescribed my antibiotics after i had some work done..and that medicine gave me the worst yeast infection..so she called me in that other prescription to stop it..and it worked..hope this helped!
Well first off I’d say next time you have a sinus infection take a look at a neti pot. It’s natural, extremely effective (although when I had a sinus infection it took almost a week for the build up in my sinuses to come out. It looks freaky but trust me it’s worth using!
Now on to yeast infections.
Basically the reason you have a yeast infection is because there’s an imbalance in your body. A healthy person has a balance between the yeast in their body and the good bacteria in their body.
Too much yeast, you have a yeast infection. Too much bacteria, you have a bacterial infection.
So, when you have a yeast infection you essentially have too much yeast in your body relative to the good bacteria. The natural way to treat it and bring back that balance is to starve the yeast and introduce more good bacteria into your body.
Oh and BTW – That’s why you often get relief from using the over the counter meds temporarily, and then the yeast infection comes back. The creams aren’t changing the source of the problem. They are just killing the yeast they come in contact with, and not balancing the yeast/bacteria in your body and actually sometimes end up making things a lot worse.
Oh BTW2 – That’s also why many times you’ll get a yeast infection after using antibiotics. Antibiotics kill all the bacteria in your body, the good and the bad. When that happens the balance between the yeast and good bacteria is off, and once again and you get a yeast infection.
Things you can add to your diet (to help promote good bacteria) 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
Things you should remove from your diet (to starve the yeast) are all sodas, sugars, fruit, fermented foods, foods containing white flour, alcohol (especially beer), antacids and any product that has yeast or mold
Changing your diet will definitely get you on the road to balancing the yeast and good bacteria, but what I would also recommend is to use a homeopathic solution to help naturally speed up the process.
I always feel if there’s a natural way to do something, then it’s best to avoid the chemicals. I would look for an natural product, that can be taken orally to promote re-growth of the good bacteria in your body.
There are a few out there, I think they are probably all pretty good. One that I have used and was very effective for me was is yeastrol.
Best of Luck!
Hope this helps and best of luck! 🙂
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most of the treatments that you have been using only provide a temporary cure. The reason for this is that they treat the symptoms and not the root cause of the infection. So the main cause of the problem is left untreated waiting for the right conditions to flare up again.
natural cures work with your body. They have no chemical additives and thus the risk of side effects are very little to none. The truth is, after using over the counter and even doctor’s prescribed meds, your body will get accustomed to them and after a while they will have no effect on your condition.
irst of all, yeast infection is caused by an overgrowth of a fungus known as Candida Albicans, which is always present on our skin, mouth, intestines and around the vaginal area. A small amount of this fungus poses no problem as it is kept in check by our body’s immune system.
1. Add yogurt in your daily diet. Yogurt contains good bacteria (lactico-bacillus) that can help fight yeast infection.
2. Before you take a shower, fill up your bath tub, pour in a cup of vinegar and soak in for 15 minutes. Vinegar has the property to kill fungus and bacterial infections that cause skin rashes.
3. Take a few drops of tea tree oil in a tampon. Then place the tampon on the infected area. Let the tampon stay for twenty minutes or so. Then remove the tampon gently. Do this twice a day (once in the morning and once in the evening before bed time). Tea tree oil is very good for the skin and has anti-fungal properties that act against yeast infection.
As you can see from the above natural remedies that yeast infection can indeed be cured naturally. Therefore is you are looking for a natural cure for yeast infection, try the above remedies for fast relief of symptoms.
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Good luck and i wish you all the best