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Re: yeast infections

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:15:47 -0500 (CDT)

At Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Christine wrote: >
>What are some of the factors that can cause an onset of a yeast
>infection? I just found out I have one and want to avoid whatever it was
>that I could have done.

If I knew the answer to that question, I would be so rich that I wouldn't be practicing medicine any more. It is more common in diabetics, pregnant women, women on birth control pills, women who douche, women who are in the last 2 weeks of their cycle. The yeast are normally in the vagina in a small number. When something changes conditions in the vagina(more sugar from sugar in the urine of diabetics) then the yeast grows more rapidly and takes over and causes problems.

RDB 

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG


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