Thrush is candidiasis. To reduce the risk of candidiasis (that's what the name of thrush sounds like in medical language), you need to know about the factors provoking this fungal disease. In particular, the cause of a fungal infection can be hormonal disorders and restructuring, including in pregnant women, as well as sexually transmitted candidiasis, occurs due to inadequate hygiene or after taking a course of antibiotics.
Thrush and characteristic signs
As a rule, this disease is accompanied by burning or itching and white vaginal discharge, in addition, there is a specific sour smell.
A gynecologist accurately diagnoses the presence of candida on the basis of a swab taken.
It must be borne in mind that the treatment of the fungus is shown to both partners. That is, if a doctor prescribes a course of medication for a woman, then her husband or sexual partner should also be treated. He is usually recommended topical agents (ointments). In the case of treatment of only one of the partners, relapse is guaranteed.
Among the new modern drugs, single-capsule Flucostat or Diflucan (with the active ingredient fluconazole) are used, and suppositories containing nystatin in the vagina are often prescribed in parallel. Pharmaceuticals are prescribed by a doctor. During treatment, you need to refrain from intimate relationships.
Folk methods of treatment of thrush
Decoctions of herbs help to cope with local discomfort: two parts of calendula are taken for one part of chamomile (the unit of measurement is a tablespoon), poured with a liter of boiling water, insisted for 8 hours. The decoction for douching is ready.
- Oak bark, sage, chamomile each of these ingredients in a teaspoon, add nettle in a volume three times larger. Further according to the above described scheme. Douching 2 times a day.
- Yarrow with calendula in a tablespoon per liter of water, brew, filter. Such an infusion is used in parallel with a soda solution. A teaspoon of soda in a glass of boiled warm water. The frequency of douching is 2 times a day. First, water with soda, then herbal infusion. The course is 3-5 days.
- There is a very vigorous (very burning), but very effective option: a tampon with garlic juice. Juice is squeezed from one clove. They moisten a tampon and put it on overnight. Repeat every day before going to bed, removing in the morning. The minimum is a week, the maximum is two.
- An alternative way is douching with garlic water. A liter of hot boiled water is poured over two crushed cloves of garlic. Insist and use for douching. Helps on the 2-3rd day.
- Another method: mix herbs: lavender and string one part each, five parts of nettle root and two parts of oak bark. Dial a tablespoon of this mixture, pour a glass of boiling water. After cooling, add water to the volume of 3 glasses. Infusion used for local baths at night.
