About Skin Yeast Infections
Skin yeast infections can occur under the arms, along the inner thigh, under the breasts, under excess fatty folds, in the crease of the buttocks, under finger nails, under toe nails, and in the webs of fingers and toes. The rash looks similar to a diaper rash on a baby. Soft white patches in the mouth can also signal yeast infections.
Humidity, tight clothing, poor hygiene, topical steroids, and other skin diseases can contribute to skin yeast infections.
Using antifungal creams of the "azole" family of medicines is the usual treatment for skin yeast infections. An antifungal cream can be safely mixed with a hydrocortisone cream to combat the itching. Washing and drying daily and using powder to absorb moisture, plus wearing cotton clothing to cover the areas more likely to obtain the yeast infection will help recovery and lessen the chance for a return of the infection.
Yeast lives on our skin, invisible to the naked eye unless it causes an infection. The red, itchy, scaly rash will develop in warm, moist areas.
Although there is no rule that intercourse should not be allowed during treatment, it would usually be uncomfortable depending on the location of the infection and is preferably delayed so that the medication can achieve the full effects without interference.
Yeast infections don't choose certain countries, certain sexes, or certain ethnicities. People of all sexes, ages, race, and from all over the world can contract a yeast infection. It is not considered a sexually transmitted disease. However, there have been instances where a person has passed it on to another person through direct contact. There have also been exceptions when men have developed topical itching and rash following intercourse with an infected partner.
The yeast infection has an embarrassing effect on our skin and is not a pretty sight, but certainly nothing one should be ashamed of. It's no worse than having ringworm, another type of skin fungal infection. You don't get the yeast infection just by touching the area. If you have a cut and a low immune system, you are more at risk for developing an infection of any kind through direct contact. Because yeast must multiply to cause an infection, it is not usual for a skin yeast infection to be passed along to someone else. Someone else's yeast mixing with your own yeast would not normally be a reason for contracting the infection.
Yeast is generally nothing to be afraid of. It isn't a bad fungus and only causes problems when it becomes out of control. The yeast on the skin can be cleared up with the proper medications, taking care to keep the skin clean and dry, and getting to the root of the problem that caused the infection. There may be dietary reasons that caused you to be allergic
to the yeast.
If you find that your skin yeast infections are coming back frequently, you might try changing your diet to see if certain foods are causing the problems. Keeping a food diary, experimenting one type of food at a time and giving time for a reaction to occur should pinpoint the problem if it is caused by food allergy. The first foods to remove would be any foods containing yeast products.
