tinkerbell
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Thanks for sharing to answer my query.
I wonder if it's (very slightly) correlated to shaving off pubic hair. One of my friends made a very convincing argument that pubic hair aids in proper aeration, so when I was bored I performed my own experiment and am of the opinion that pubic hair does, very slighty, increase vulva contentedness by allowing for a little bit more air circulation.
(I know it's probably not related, but in what other thread would I share this information?)
No I don't beleive shaving/waxing has much to do with it beyond leaving the area exposed to more cloths... which can carry germs. It's more about bio-chem, so soaps, clothing soap power, hygien..... etc.
A lot of fungal infections are diaetary related. Basically your inner flora changes chemistry, so diet, poor hygien, hot weather, nylon pants, being run down, having a sexual partner that doesn't practice good sexual hygine - ie rubbing the wrong area then having sex - there are loads of causes but ultimately it's body chemistry.
Other symptoms not mentioned, are very white thick discharge that is abnormal, itch/irritation. Often women who get cyctitus have had yeast infections that have transfered.
Many women have fungal infections without kowing, also if you have them often/perminantly, it can be a very an early indicator of pre-diabetes condition of insulin resistance. Too much sugar in your diet can have this effect
As for natrual remedies, yogurt, bifidus (?sp) also is good, there are bound to be nuts and dried fruit that promote possitive flora growth. If it is a particularly full on infection, or you get them often it may be better not to go natrual.
I beleive that when guys get yeast infections it can be enormously painful to some.