Yeast infection, also know in the medical term as Candidiasis, is a fungal infection which can be caused by any Candida species, most common one is Candida Albicans. The fungus lives almost everywhere, including in your body.

Usually, the immune system keeps yeast under control, but when the balance is being disturbed, it starts to overgrow and cause an infection.

There are several types of yeast infections, some types of yeast infections are superficial, appear in anybody and are easy to cure, yet some types of yeast infections are life-threatening and usually appear in AIDS, cancer and transplant patients.

Even children can suffer from types of yeast infections; in fact, you may even be surprised to know that due to several researches it was found that children between the ages 3-9 are among the most popular victims of the different types of yeast infections.

Yeast infections are more common in women than in men, in fact, Over 70% of women develop at least one type of yeast infection during their life and over 40% of women have had more than one type of infection.

Men can even go through life not knowing they have a yeast infection, because their sexual organs anatomy is different than women and is exterior, where as in women it’s interior.

Different Types of Yeast Infections Affect Different Parts of the Body in Different Ways:

Thrush causes white patches in the mouth, esophagitis is thrush that spreads to the esophagus, the tube that takes food from the mouth to the stomach and can make it hard or painful to swallow, skin yeast infection causes itching and rashes, yeast infections in the bloodstream can be life-threatening and women can get vaginal yeast infection which is causing itching, pain and discharge.

Yeast Infection Treatment

• Yeast Infection Treatment

Types of Yeast Infections

• Men Yeast Infection
• Oral Yeast Infections
• Skin Yeast Infections
• Vaginal Yeast Infection
• Children Yeast Infection
• Pregnant Yeast Infection
• Systemic Yeast Infection