As long as your yeast infection is not complicated, you can treat it with either a prescription or over-the-counter antifungal yeast infection treatment, which has a success rate of about 80% to 90%.

Thrush symptoms Thrush is a yeast infection caused by an overgrowth of the fungus Candida albicans, commonly affecting the vagina or mouth. "Vaginal thrush means it is occurring in the vaginal ...

About 3 out of every 4 women will get at least one vaginal yeast infection at some point in their lives. These infections are very common, and most are easy to treat with antifungal medicines.

In a 2002 study on which Dr. Sobel was a co-author, women who thought they had a yeast infection and had gone to a drugstore to purchase an over-the-counter treatment were tested to see if they ...

A yeast infection is "a fungal infection that causes irritation, discharge and intense itchiness of the vagina and the vulva — the tissues at the vaginal opening," according to the Mayo Clinic ...

Vaginal Yeast Infection Symptoms Common symptoms of a vaginal yeast infection include itching and soreness around your vulva or vagina. Vaginal discharge is common, but not everyone experiences it.

If you’ve ever had a yeast infection (and research shows that 75% of us have), you’re all too familiar with the telltale symptoms like itching, burning and discharge.

A recurrent yeast infection could be a sign that the infection wasn't initially treated properly the first time around. "Sometimes a woman may have a yeast infection caused by a rarer type of ...

Rebecca A. Drummond receives funding from the Medical Research Council. Around half a billion women experience a vaginal yeast infection (thrush) every year – with around 140 million women ...