Yeast Infection Review (101) - Lecture 5

When a woman gets pregnant, this is the best time in her life because its dream of every woman to have a baby. The pregnancy has excited her to the highest level. This is also the time when she is most prone to catch yeast infection. This infection does not affect her baby but makes her uncomfortable. The level of sugar is increased in the secretions during pregnancy. This increased level of sugar becomes the diet for yeast to grow on it.

If this infection is not cured on time then it could have its bad effects on the new born baby. During delivery, this bacterium will go in the mouth of the baby, which will have its long lasting effects on the baby. During pregnancy, the body is going through many hormonal changes which are unavoidable, so there is a chance of being attacked by yeast infection. It is better to take precautions and cure the disease on time, then to bear the pain.

Doctors will prescribe you a number of ointments and oral medicines but will not inform you the side effects they will leave in your body, which might have its bad effects on the baby as well. These virginal creams and antibiotics have a harmful ingredient called ‘boric acid’, used in rat and roach extermination and are harmful for the body. Therefore, this is not a good suggestion to cure yeast infection during pregnancy.

There are a number of natural ways of fighting against this problem but the question that arises here is these tips are good for the health of a pregnant women and her baby? The answer is, ‘No’. One must be very careful in trying out these natural ingredients for the cure of yeast infection during pregnancy.

No doubt, there are some natural ingredients like, apple cider vinegar, yogurts and garlic but one need to use it on regular basis in order to see its effects. Even then these ingredients are considered to just weaken the Candida infection and it attacks again on the body.

A pregnant lady should be very cautious of the natural ingredient, olive leaf extract. Although, this is a detox but it has more harmful effects. This ingredient needs an active secretion out of kidneys, leaving them to weaken slowly and one might suffer from fever, chills and muscular pains.

It is important to diagnose Candida yeast infections before you get its treatment done during pregnancy. There are several other fungal diseases which have the symptoms like one have in yeast infection but the treatment is different for both these diseases.

 If the yeast infection is insidious then your doctor will prescribe a product which will give you relief from the pain you are going through this disease. These products are harmless and there is very less chance of passing this disease to your baby.

Most reasonable cure of this problem during pregnancy is a homeopathic Candida yeast treatment which is not harmful for the mother and the developing baby as well.