Increasingly, women are looking for yeast infection home cures.
In the modern world, where we have a drug for every ailment, it seems that our own immune system just cannot cope as it once did.
This is one of the main reasons for yeast infection.
Here you'll discover the underlying issues that need to be addressed for effective cures.
Microscopic flora called Candida albicans are the cause of your infection.
Usually they reside in your body quite naturally without causing you any harm.
But sometimes your body's good bacteria, which normally keeps them in check, can become compromised, allowing the flora to 'overgrow' into an infection.
This normally happens because of a lowered immune system, antibiotics overuse, poor diet, stress, and so on.
Normally women try to cure their infection with antifungal creams, pessaries, etc.
, that you get through a doctor's prescription, or, over-the-counter at the pharmacy.
These drug-based cures can be effective in the majority of yeast infection cases, but there is a sizable minority for which these 'cures' just don't work.
There could be 2 reasons for this directly linked to the drugs.
These are that the medications only attack the local symptoms but not the root cause(s), and, the Candida flora can become drug-resistant.
The outcome often for too many women -- perhaps like you? -- is that they suffer recurring infections that get harder and harder to cure.
So these women have to look to yeast infection home cures, that don't have the negatives of drug-based cures.
There are many such home cures out there, you just have to dig them out and try them until you find the one(s) that works for you.
But five of the most popular to start you off with are, raw garlic, plain yogurt, raw apple cider vinegar, honey and tea tree oil.
Of course, for effective long-lasting yeast infection cures, you also need to address the underlying conditions that gave rise to the 'overgrowth' in the first place.
You'll need to look at things like dietary and even lifestyle changes.