INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Fungal - Tinea/Ringworm, Thrush, Vaginal Candidiasis
Thrush
Thrush is a fungal (yeast) infection that can grow in your mouth, throat and other parts of your body. With oral thrush (oral candidiasis), you may develop white, raised, cottage cheese-like lesions (spots) on your tongue and cheeks. Thrush can quickly become irritated and cause mouth pain and redness.
Thrush happens when there's an overgrowth of Candida, a type of fungus. Another name for thrush in your mouth or throat is oropharyngeal candidiasis.
Vaginal yeast infection
A vaginal yeast infection is a type of fungal infection. Your body contains a kind of yeast called candida, which causes vaginal yeast infections. Yeast is a type of fungus, and candida is a specific type of yeast. When this yeast is in balance within your body, there are no problems. But when the yeast is out of balance, it rapidly grows, and you can get a yeast infection. A yeast infection causes burning, itching, redness in your vulva (the outside parts of your vagina) and changes to your vaginal discharge. A yeast infection isn't a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Other names for a vaginal yeast infection include vulvovaginal candidiasis or vaginal candidiasis. A vaginal yeast infection is a type of vaginitis, a condition where the vagina is swollen, painful and possibly infected. There are several types of vaginitis — each with similar symptoms — but vaginal yeast infections are one of the most common.
Causes
Thrush
Most people have small amounts of the Candida fungus in their mouth, digestive tract and skin. When illnesses, stress or medications disturb this balance, the fungus grows out of control and causes thrush.
While thrush can affect anyone, some people are more at risk, including:
Babies under 1 month old.
Toddlers.
Adults aged 65 or over.
People with weakened immune systems (where symptoms are harder to control).
Vaginal yeast infection
Certain factors can increase your risk of getting a vaginal yeast infection. Some of those are:
Using antibiotics, birth control pills or certain steroids.
Being pregnant.
Having a health condition that weakens your immune system.
Having unmanaged diabetes.
Certain lifestyle risk factors also increase your risk of a vaginal yeast infection, such as:
Sitting in a wet bathing suit.
Not changing out of sweaty clothes.
Wearing scented tampons or using vaginal deodorant.
Symptoms
Thrush
Thrush usually develops suddenly. A common sign is the presence of creamy white, slightly raised lesions in your mouth— usually on your tongue or inner cheeks. You may also have lesions on the roof of your mouth, gums, tonsils or back of your throat.
Other symptoms may include:
Redness and soreness inside and at the corners of your mouth.
Loss of sense of taste (ageusia).
Cottony feeling in your mouth.
The lesions can hurt and may bleed a little when you scrape them or brush your teeth. In severe cases, the lesions can spread into your esophagus and cause:
Pain or difficulty swallowing.
A feeling that food gets stuck in your throat or mid-chest area.
Fever, if the infection spreads beyond your esophagus.
Thrush can spread to other parts of your body, including your lungs, liver and skin. This happens more often in people with cancer, HIV or other conditions that weaken the immune system.
Vaginal yeast infection
There are several tell-tale signs of a vaginal yeast infection. These symptoms can include:
An itchy or burning sensation in your vagina and vulva.
A thick, white vaginal discharge with the consistency of cottage cheese.
Redness and swelling of your vagina and vulva.
Small cuts or tiny cracks in the skin of your vulva because of fragile skin in the area.
A burning feeling when you pee.
Treatments
Thrush
Thrush being a fungal infection in body gets cured easily by acute medications in Homoeopathy. Be it oral thrush or vaginal candidiasis it can be cured by homeopathy. It also helps in healing the whole area where fungal infection had grown.
Few medications which help in such patients are bacillinum, teucricum, calendula etc.
Vaginal yeast infection
It is a fungal infection occurring in females. The infection can easily be treated with Homoeopathy. Acute medicines in Homoeopathy really well on such infections and prevents it to spread further.
Few homoeopathic medications which help in such patients are helonoias, calcarea carbonica, kreosote etc.
