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Your pH Balance and Yeast Infections

Changes in the pH balance can trigger yeast to switch to its infectious form.

For instance, douching can change the vaginal pH balance enough to start a yeast infection.

Since douching may also spread bacterial infections upwards into the uterus and fallopian tubes, most doctors recommend that you avoid douching. When you’re itching and sore, douching seems like a reasonable way to “clean yourself out,” but it’s not a good idea.

Some illnesses, such as diabetes, can also upset the pH balance.

To learn more about the causes of yeast infections, please see the following articles:

• Important Risk Factors Leading to Yeast Infections
• Antibiotics and Yeast Infections
• Why Sugar and White Flour Can Cause Yeast Infections
• Yeast Infections Caused by Cuts and Scrapes
• Yeast Infection Causes - Hormone Changes
• Steroids and Yeast Infection
• Yeast Infections - Personal Products that Can Cause Yeast Infections
• Yeast Infections and Sex
• Compromised Immune Systems and Candida Infections
• Yeast Infections Caused by Drug-Resistant Candida in Hospitals
• Yeast Infections Caused by Sharing Dirty Needles
• Warm Wet Conditions Can Cause Yeast Infections
• Yeast Infections and Obesity
• Diabetes and Yeast Infections
• Yeast Infections and AIDS, Leukemia and Thyroid Disorders
• Yeast Infections - The Risk of Yeast Infections When You Sit Too Long
• Are Yeast Infections Contagious?

Important: The information presented on this page and other pages on this site is based upon the opinions of the author, and on the author's interpretation of published reports and articles. It is not intended to replace your relationship with a qualified health care professional, and is not intended as medical advice. 

The author encourages you to make your own health care decisions based upon knowledge of the issues of nutrition and health, and in partnership with a qualified health care professional.

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