Vaginal yeast infections are the LBDs of lady diseases; they’re everywhere, they're basically the same even if they look slightly different, and pretty much every woman has had one at some point or ...
If you've ever had a yeast infection, you're definitely not alone. Experts estimate that three out of four women will have one at some point in their lives. A majority of these cases, however, despite ...
A vaginal yeast infection is an overgrowth of fungus in the vagina that causes symptoms like itchiness, soreness, and discharge. Also known as vaginal candidiasis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, or ...
A vaginal yeast infection is an infection caused by yeast (a type of fungus). Vaginal yeast infection is sometimes referred to as yeast vaginitis or candidal vaginitis. Over 90% of vaginal yeast ...
It’s pretty much a given that no woman wants to deal with a vaginal yeast infection. But unfortunately, they can and do happen way more often than you’d like (which would be never). Most women will ...
While the symptoms above are more common in yeast infections, "bleeding is also possible, as anything that irritates the tissue of the vulva, vagina, and cervix can lead to bleeding," Dr. Adegoke says ...
When you go through menopause, your menstrual periods stop and your ovaries stop making hormones, including estrogen. This leads to changes in the female reproductive system. For some women, these ...
Regardless, Alyssa Dweck, MD, a board-certified OB/GYN in New York, tells me the go-to diagnosis for most women with unexplained funky nethers tends to be "yeast infection." This, she says, is often a ...