Recently, on television and on the Internet, you can see many advertisements that urge women to get rid of thrush once and for all. What kind of ailment is this? What causes thrush? And how to “resist” it? It is these issues that will be considered in this article.
Thrush (candidiasis colpitis) is a fungal disease that occurs in 80 out of 100 women. Moreover, almost every woman who has experienced thrush can not completely get rid of it. Finding out what causes thrush, for a start it should be understood that the cause of the manifestation of this disease is Candida fungus. By itself, it is harmless and takes part in metabolic processes along with other microorganisms. However, under the influence of some factors, this fungus can become aggressive and bring a lot of trouble.
The main reasons for which there is a thrush in women, most often becomes a violation in the vagina of microflora. At the same time, microflora can be disturbed as a result of dirt, non-observance of the necessary intimate hygiene, use of other people's towels. Regardless of what causes the thrush, it develops most and aggravates during the hot season, because it is heat that most provokes the development and growth of bacteria and fungi. Thrush can also occur as a side effect in any other diseases of a woman. In such cases, the treatment of thrush should be carried out simultaneously with the treatment of the disease that caused its development. The reason why thrush occurs is a weakened immune system or simply pregnancy, as well as the use of antibiotics or contraceptives.
In order to avoid this disease, it is important to know not only why the thrush appears, but also how it can be infected. The answer to this question is simple: given that this is a fungal disease, infection can occur through sexual or domestic transmission. Household infection can occur with a rare change in underwear, when washing the linen of a healthy person along with the linen of an infected person. It is possible to transmit fungi that cause the disease process by contact through water (bathing with the carrier of infection in one bath, river, pool).
Sexually, you can get thrush after an intimate relationship with a man. It is interesting that men are only carriers of this disease, i.e. most often they do not even observe the manifestations of thrush at home.
The best treatment is prevention. Thrush, like any other disease, is easier to prevent than to cure. To do this, observe the most basic rules. It should be washed thoroughly in the morning and in the evening, underwear should be changed every day, when wiping, use a separate towel for the genitals. It is better to wash with chlorine-containing powders, linen should be ironed if possible. After swimming in public places, it is best to carry out preventive douching with herbs. Condoms or any other barrier measures should be used during sexual intercourse. You can also use special spermicidal lubricants, disinfecting bacteria. Well, and probably the main rule is a timely visit to the gynecologist (all women should undergo an examination once every six months).
If the thrush has already appeared, then, “discarding” prevention, we must take up treatment. Today there is already a huge variety of effective drugs, including vaginal suppositories and oral tablets. Often, along with pills and suppositories, the doctor prescribes douching with astringent anti-inflammatory decoctions. At the same time, you can take oak bark, celandine, a string, chamomile as a basis for douching, or you can just buy a gynecological collection in a pharmacy that is designed specifically for these purposes.