Thrush is known medically as candidiasis because Candida albicans is the microscopic fungus which is responsible for thrush. While this organism ordinarily lives in the intestinal tract of men and women, nearly one out of three women have Candida albicans present in their vagina. This can become a problem when its numbers outgrow the good bacteria – it’s a battle of the good microbes with the bad microbes and the rival with the most survival attributes wins.
During pregnancy, the vagina becomes rich in a form of sugar named ‘glycogen’, which feeds the growth of Candida albicans. It’s believed the higher levels of glycogen occurs due to increased oestrogen levels and reduced acidity in the vagina. This is why a pregnant woman is ten times more likely to get thrush than normal – instead of being a nice cosy home for thrush, the vagina is now a five star hotel!
Other things which can kill good pro-biotic bacteria include:
Antibiotics
Birth Control Pills
Steroidal/hormonal drugs
Fluoride
Chlorine
Coffee/Tea/Carbonated Drinks
Synthetic vitamins
Radiation
Stress
Additives
Pesticides
Fertilisers
A high acid diet can also cause havoc with good bacteria in your body and allow bad bacteria to thrive. Switch to more alkaline foods in an alkaline diet – you’ll feel so much better with so many aspects of your health, from good bacteria, to energy and less headaches.
Thrush is not a sexually transmitted infection (STI)
Thrush is not a sexually transmitted infection (STI) because many people already have small amounts of the candida fungus in their bodies. The fungus does not usually cause any harm because the body's immune system keeps it under control.
However, anything that weakens your immune system, such as an illness, like depression, or antibiotic medication, may cause the candida fungus to multiply, increasing your likelihood of developing thrush.
(http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/en/sitecore/content/ExternalLinks/NHS%20Choices%20-%20Pregnancy%20and%20thrush)
I first learnt how to manage thrush in pregnancy from a great rival of mine. He was a Senior Registrar ( Chief Resident ) and the rivalry was over the beautiful female medicos. I don't recall having learnt any other thing through him. You see
a little knowledge is dangerous.
"A little learning is a dang'rous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again."
The full text of Alexander Popes poem is so long and beautiful that I can't resist copying and pasting some of it.
And drinking largely sobers us again.
Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts,
In fearless youth we tempt the heights of Arts,
While from the bounded level of our mind
Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind;
But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise
New distant scenes of endless science rise!
So pleas'd at first the towering Alps we try,
Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky,
Th' eternal snows appear already past,
And the first clouds and mountains seem the last;
But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey
The full text can be found at http://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Essay_on_Criticism
For me Medicine with all its branches is the Pierian spring. drinking deep means a lifetime of study. I had a lot to learn when I challenged the senior doctor about contact tracing and treatment for fungal trush in pregnancy. My interpreter was just making the same mistake I made several years ago.
She has got a rival for her husbands number one but we will not spend scarce resources chasing after immunocompetent persons. She also has a rival living in her uterus and this was the cause of her problem. She will get better after she is delivered of the products of conception. She had got the condition in the past and got some herbal treatments which did not help her until after the birth of her first child. In pregnancy the products of conception are actually foreign body whose tolerance can only be achieved by a slight immunosupression. We all have rivals but she has one too many.
.
Concluded
During pregnancy, the vagina becomes rich in a form of sugar named ‘glycogen’, which feeds the growth of Candida albicans. It’s believed the higher levels of glycogen occurs due to increased oestrogen levels and reduced acidity in the vagina. This is why a pregnant woman is ten times more likely to get thrush than normal – instead of being a nice cosy home for thrush, the vagina is now a five star hotel!
Other things which can kill good pro-biotic bacteria include:
Antibiotics
Birth Control Pills
Steroidal/hormonal drugs
Fluoride
Chlorine
Coffee/Tea/Carbonated Drinks
Synthetic vitamins
Radiation
Stress
Additives
Pesticides
Fertilisers
A high acid diet can also cause havoc with good bacteria in your body and allow bad bacteria to thrive. Switch to more alkaline foods in an alkaline diet – you’ll feel so much better with so many aspects of your health, from good bacteria, to energy and less headaches.
Thrush is not a sexually transmitted infection (STI)
Thrush is not a sexually transmitted infection (STI) because many people already have small amounts of the candida fungus in their bodies. The fungus does not usually cause any harm because the body's immune system keeps it under control.
However, anything that weakens your immune system, such as an illness, like depression, or antibiotic medication, may cause the candida fungus to multiply, increasing your likelihood of developing thrush.
(http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/en/sitecore/content/ExternalLinks/NHS%20Choices%20-%20Pregnancy%20and%20thrush)
I first learnt how to manage thrush in pregnancy from a great rival of mine. He was a Senior Registrar ( Chief Resident ) and the rivalry was over the beautiful female medicos. I don't recall having learnt any other thing through him. You see
a little knowledge is dangerous.
"A little learning is a dang'rous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again."
The full text of Alexander Popes poem is so long and beautiful that I can't resist copying and pasting some of it.
And drinking largely sobers us again.
Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts,
In fearless youth we tempt the heights of Arts,
While from the bounded level of our mind
Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind;
But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise
New distant scenes of endless science rise!
So pleas'd at first the towering Alps we try,
Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky,
Th' eternal snows appear already past,
And the first clouds and mountains seem the last;
But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey
The full text can be found at http://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Essay_on_Criticism
For me Medicine with all its branches is the Pierian spring. drinking deep means a lifetime of study. I had a lot to learn when I challenged the senior doctor about contact tracing and treatment for fungal trush in pregnancy. My interpreter was just making the same mistake I made several years ago.
She has got a rival for her husbands number one but we will not spend scarce resources chasing after immunocompetent persons. She also has a rival living in her uterus and this was the cause of her problem. She will get better after she is delivered of the products of conception. She had got the condition in the past and got some herbal treatments which did not help her until after the birth of her first child. In pregnancy the products of conception are actually foreign body whose tolerance can only be achieved by a slight immunosupression. We all have rivals but she has one too many.
.
Concluded
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