Chronic Yeast Infection - Chronic Yeast Infection Prevention Tips You Need To Know

Chronic yeast infection is painful and uncomfortable yet many who suffer from it tend to treat the symptoms only rather than creating a strong foundation to keep it at bay.

One of the spin-offs is an affected quality of life yet by going back to the basics, you can easily keep this condition under control. Think long term with whatever approaches you adopt. This means you need to make the tough decision of altering your lifestyle to some extent and while this may seem drastic, ask yourself whether your chronic yeast infection is not already impacting your current lifestyle and how much better you would enjoy it if you could keep it from rearing "it's ugly head" on a more permanent basis. 

Diet And Habits

Let's take a look at your first step. Like with any problem, get to the source of it and find out what's aggravating it. One of the first things you need to be looking at is your diet.

Make a list of the foods you eat on a regular basis. Don't do this for just a day but over a period of one to two weeks. This will give you a good idea of which foods and drinks you seem to have regularly and which seem to coincide with a flare up.

Here's a list of some of the foods which you may consider removing from your diet:

- processed foods
- processed foods containing white flour, white rice and sugar
- foods which contain vinegar and molds
- consider alcohol intake

Yes, it may get you feeling like you may as well give up on life if you cannot enjoy the foods and drink you like but we are on a mission here and that's to keep your chronic yeast infection under control. The reason you want to cut down on the above is simply to cut the fuel supply to your infection and that means not presenting conditions in which Candida yeast can thrive in.

Yogurt Anyone?

As far as adding foods to your diet consider yogurt. While it's not "everyone's cup of tea" there is little question that it can have a positive effect on chronic yeast infections.

Yogurt contains the good bacteria acidophilus which acts in creating a good balance within your body. There needs to be a distinction made here as well in what type of yogurt you use. Processed style yogurt may be okay but you need to be thinking natural yogurt.

Acidophilus supplements are also available if you don't like yogurt. Speak to your doctor about this. You also need to sit down with him/her and discuss the findings you make with regard to your diet. This is a great way for the both of you to come up with a plan of attack and to get on top of the problem.