Also called: Also called: Candidiasis, Moniliasis
Candida is the scientific name for yeast. It is a fungus that lives almost everywhere, including in your body. Usually, your immune system keeps yeast under control. If you are sick or taking antibiotics, it can multiply and cause an infection.
Yeast infections affect different parts of the body in different ways:
- Thrush is a yeast infection that causes white patches in your mouth
- Esophagitis is thrush that spreads to your esophagus, the tube that takes food from your mouth to your stomach. Esophagitis can make it hard or painful to swallow
- Women can get vaginal yeast infections, causing itchiness, pain and discharge
- Yeast infections of the skin cause itching and rashes
- Yeast infections in your bloodstream can be life-threatening
Antifungal medicines eliminate yeast infections in most people. If you have a weak immune system, treatment might be more difficult.
- Yeast Infection (Candidiasis)(Logical Images) - http://www.visualdxhealth.com/adult/candidiasis.htm
- Vaginal Yeast Infections: Do Home Remedies Work?(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/vaginal-yeast-infection/AN01308/METHOD=print
- Candidiasis(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/candidiasis_gi.html
- Oral Thrush(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/oral-thrush/DS00408/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print
- Tinea Versicolor(American Academy of Dermatology) - http://www.aad.org/public/publications/pamphlets/common_tinea.html
- Vaginal Yeast Infection(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/vaginalYeast/
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Vaginal Yeast Infections(National Women's Health Information Center) - http://womenshealth.gov/faq/vaginal-yeast-infections.cfm
Also available in Spanish http://womenshealth.gov/espanol/preguntas/yeast.htm
- Vaginitis(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/vaginitis/
- Burning Mouth Syndrome(National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research) - http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/OralHealth/Topics/Burning/BurningMouthSyndrome.htm
- Thrush (Oral Candidiasis) in Adults(Logical Images) - http://www.visualdxhealth.com/adult/oralCandidiasisThrush.htm
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Candidiasis(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Candidiasis%22
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Candidiasis, Oral(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Candidiasis,+Oral%22
- Article: Evolving role of early antifungals in the adult intensive care... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19325484&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Usefulness of the "Candida score" for discriminating between Candida colonization... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19325481&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Epidemiology, management, and risk factors for death of invasive Candida... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19325476&tool=MedlinePlus
- Yeast Infections -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=candidiasis[majr]+OR+candida+albicans[majr]+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+(review[pt]+OR+guideline[pt]+OR+clinical+trial[pt]+OR+jsubsetk[text]+OR+jsubsetaim[text]+OR+jsubsetn[text]+OR+patient+education+handout[pt])+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
- National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/
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Oral Thrush(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/newborn/basics/thrush.html
Also available in Spanish http://kidshealth.org/parent/en_espanol/padres/thrush_esp.html
- Thrush (Oral Candidiasis) in Children(Logical Images) - http://www.visualdxhealth.com/child/oralCandidiasisThrush.htm
- Vaginal Yeast Infections(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/fungal/yeast_infections.html
- Male Yeast Infection: Can I Get It from My Girlfriend?(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/male-yeast-infection/HO00172/METHOD=print
- Fungal Infections - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/fungalinfections.html
- Female Reproductive System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/femalereproductivesystem.html
- Infections - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infections.html
- Mouth and Teeth - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mouthandteeth.html
The primary NIH organization for research on Yeast Infections is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/