I have two yeast infections since I’ve been pregnant and I am now 34 weeeks but before I got pregnant, I’ve never had one before, why is that?”
One word: sugars. Yeast infections caused by an imbalance between the acid levels in your vagina and the usually friendly organisms that live there. During pregnancy, your body temperature is slightly elevated and your discharge contains more sugar, two factors that help the yeast to grow. That growing causes itching and irritation. Yes, it’s gross and annoying, but treated promptly a yeast infection doesn’t appear pose any harm to you or your baby, just discomfort for you.
If you think you have a yeast infection call your health care provider. They may want to see you in the office to confirm your self-diagnosis, or may recommend or prescribe a treatment over the phone (usually a seven-night course of terconazole cream and lots of probiotics.) To help avoid getting a third yeast infection, try consuming a serving of pro-biotic foods every day, like yogurt with live cultures. Cut the sugar and simple carbohydrates in your diet, wear cotton underwear and avoid long warm baths, wearing tight pants and thong underpants.
Shilva says
he didn’t believe that the eczema and behavioral issues are due to food allergies: I disagree, which is why I’m pushing for more testing.We eliminated some things from his diet for a time and then reintroduced them, and noted the reactions. It’s hard to do this, though, because I can’t always be sure just what he’s reacting to. So, because I know that eczema can be aggravated by wheat/gluten and dairy, I try to limit those foods as much as I can (though sometimes he gets something accidentally at church from folks not paying attention). I know he reacts strongly to artificial colors and chemical salts and sweeteners, so we do what we can to avoid processed stuff all together. I’m POSITIVE that he reacts to corn, though: last time I gave him some, he had horrible, violent tantrums, hit his head on the floor, screamed (not high-pitched keening, just tantrum-y screaming). That went on for about two days, then it was like a switch was flipped in his brain and he was back to his happy, mellow, affectionate self.So I’m 100% certain there are multiple food sensitivities, but I’m having trouble pin-pointing them all, and the first allergist wasn’t much of a help, IMO.I’ve talked to our Dr. about getting him tested for autism mostly due to the food reactions, but also his speech was a little delayed and she didn’t think it was necessary. A friend recommended I check into sensory-integration techniques to help him through tantrums, but he only gets really violent when he’s had a suspect food: otherwise, it’s more like he has these I’m not getting my way whiny tantrums that last less than 2 minutes. It used to be that he’d have 15-45 minute long violent screaming fits 5-6 times a day or more, depending on what we ate . . . until I started taking out potential allergens.So, I guess that’s why I was wondering about the Vitamin K shot, and the possibility of injury from any chemicals contained in that shot. As I’d mentioned he is also very sensitive to chemical food additives. MSG makes us all ill headaches, diarrhea and once he was given frozen yogurt sweetened with Splenda (without my knowledge or permission). That was the only new’ food he’d had for a while, and he ended up with a bumpy, flesh-colored rash that started on his trunk and spread outward over his arms/legs, hands/feet, and face over about 4 days. After the rash he peeled like crazy for a few more days. Dr said, basically, that kids get rashes sometimes. Keep him clean, give him some Benadryl, call us if he gets worse. :-/ My daughter got a sick headache from the same frozen yogurt, but no rash.So, like I said, I KNOW that we have multiple food issues. But, since he’s not testing positive for allergies (so far), and doesn’t have severe enough behavior issues that anyone wants to test him for any spectrum disorders, I’m sort of stuck. Because I know he’s extremely sensitive to chemicals I really wonder if he was injured by that Vit K shot, but I’m not really sure where to look for more information. All the docs we’ve been to except our family practice GP have told me that there’s nothing wrong. But you know how your mommy-senses kick in, and you just have this feeling? If he was perfectly healthy with no food allergies, why all these reactions to foods?