Causes of thrush in women, how is this disease treated

Thrush is a disease caused by yeast fungi, which has become very active recently. The genital organs are most often affected (“vulvovaginal candidiasis” in women, “urogenital” in men), but can occur in the form of inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth or intestines. This disease is easy to diagnose, for the first time it is quite simple to treat. But if you do it wrong, she can quickly recur.

Causes of thrush in women

The fungus Candida, which causes the disease, can actually dwell on the skin and mucous membranes in a small amount, it multiplies more actively with an increase in sugar in the blood, it is affected by the hormonal background of the woman and the purity of the sexual organs (and mouth) of the sexual partner. But the illness itself does not appear. The most common causes of thrush in women:

• recent use of antibiotics, although it may occur while taking these drugs;
• a change in the balance of female hormones due to the use of contraceptives in tablets;
• decreased immunity due to pregnancy, serious illness, undergoing anticancer treatment, very severe stress, HIV infection;
• oral-genital contacts with fungal carriers;
• sex with a man with urogenital candidiasis;
• diabetes.

Wearing tight underwear, insufficient observance of the rules of intimate hygiene, love of sweets, hypothermia can aggravate the course of thrush, but they are not its cause.

How is thrush manifested?

The main manifestations of thrush in women: discharge of white (less often - greenish or cream) color, they are plentiful, thick (“curdled”), with an unpleasant odor, intensify before menstruation and after sex.

Severe itching or burning sensations in the genital area are also noted. Sometimes, because of this, it hurts to urinate (urine enters the inflamed external genital organs) and have sex. What is thrush? How to treat the disease? The gynecologist will give answers to these and other questions after examining and examining your smear. And all because:

• the causes of thrush in women are not only Candida fungi, which are quite easy to kill (they learned how to develop protective enzymes for themselves), there are other fungi of this kind that are much more difficult to cope with;
• thrush can go "paired" with a bacterial or other vaginal disease;
• you may have concomitant diseases or complications of thrush, which the doctor considers during treatment.

How can you cure thrush?

Modern pharmaceuticals have come up with many drugs, both for topical use (in the form of suppositories, gels, tablets or ointments), and for general ones (in the form of solutions for infusions and tablets).

Proper treatment should be prescribed depending on the cause of the occurrence of thrush in women (that is, determining which particular subspecies of the fungus caused it and what this microflora is sensitive to). To do this, you need not only to pass a regular smear, but also to sow the vaginal discharge on a nutrient medium with the definition of drugs that will destroy the selected microbe (this is called "bacteriological culture with the definition of sensitivity to antibiotics").

Usually, treatment of thrush begins with the use of local agents: Clotrimazole (Candide-Gel), Miconazole, Terconazole, Nystatin. During pregnancy, Pimafucin is used.

Preparations for systemic use in thrush include: “Fluconazole”, “Nystatin”, “Nizoral”, “Itraconazole”.