What Causes Yeast Infections?

When looking  for a solution to any unwanted condition it makes sense to understand what actually started the problem in the first place and what may still be causing it.  In this instance learning about what causes yeast infections will help to appreciate the condition and lead you to the right choice of treatment.

The first thing to note is that with yeast infection, as with most chronic health problems there are almost always several different causes that each contribute, to varying degrees, and when left to persist can lead to serious long term health issues.  If you think this applies to you then may be it’s the time to really get to grips with the situation, understand why this has happened and begin to to the right course of treatments to erase yeast infection from your body and your life for ever.

Yeast infection causes can be divided into primary and secondary categories as below, but before looking through those it’s important to know that the infection causing yeast fungus known as candida albicans lives naturally in the body already and has positive functions inside the digestive tract/system.  In the right balance candida albicans is not a problem.  It is when the environment in which it exists changes detrimentally that the fungus is allowed to thrive, multiply and proliferate that the problem arises and the symptoms of yeast infection occur.  Left untreated they become more severe and serious.

By changing the environment (i.e. your body chemistry) back to it’s natural state you can eradicate the yeast infection for good and that is the very essence of the Yeast Infection No More Holistic Program.

Primary Factors Causing Yeast Infection

• Poor Diet (high in refined sugar-rich food, processed food, high in toxins.  Low in fresh produce, vitamins, fibre and minerals)
• Toxins in bowels, kidneys, vascular and lymphatic system
• Relatively weaker immune system
• Imbalance in acidity (acid-alkaline ratio) and relatively low levels of digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid produced by pancreas and stomach
  
• Reduced amount of pro-biotic ‘friendly’ bacteria

With the above conditions in place candida has an optimum environment for it to thrive and multiply and become a significant problem.  The candida transforms into a fungal form and the typical yeast infection symptoms become apparent.

Secondary Factors Causing Yeast Infection

• Lifestyle factors such as low quality rest and relaxation
• Long term lack of sleep / poor quality sleep
• Stress
• Poor hygeine
• Out of balance hormonal system (example: because of menstruation or taking the contraceptive pill)
• Taking antibiotics and other prescribed medicine (can kill ‘friendly’ bacteria)
• Taking steroids
• Taking the contraceptive pill, affecting hormonal balance and body chemistry, and the bodies ability to process sugar.  If there is excessive sugar in the body due to impaired ability to metabolise it then there is more ‘food’ for the candida to survive, thrive and multiply.
• Wearing tight/synthetic clothing
• Allergies
• Diabetes

You can see that the what causes yeast infections is actually is fairly complex and not as straighforward as some people think.  It is because of this, and because of the failure of conventional yeast infection treatments, that the Yeast Infection No More Holistic Program was developed as this addresses the fundamental root causes of the condition, changing the body back to a more natural state and enhancing your general health and wellbeing.