Chlorophyll and Yeast Infections
Chlorophyll infection, which occurs in plants, is referred to as "cholorosis." Yeast infections occur in humans, most commonly in the vagina of a woman, and are fungal. Causes of chlorophyll infections in plants can sometimes be fungal, but there are a number of other causes.
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Chlorophyll Infection
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Chlorosis is defined as "loss of greenness through chlorophyll deficiency: a yellowing or whitening of a plant's leaves and stems caused by a lack of chlorophyll." Infection can occur, resulting in sickness in the leaves, as a result of viruses, bacterial and fungal infections, or sap-sucking insects.
Chlrophyll is the green pigment found in all plants, algae, and cyanobacteria.
Treatment for Chlorophyll Infection
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Treatment for plants can include iron, manganese, or zinc supplements, in addition to the use of fungicides or insecticides to destroy sap-sucking insects.
(Chlorosis in humans is not an infection but is a type of anemia and has been referred to as "green sickness," which also can be addressed through iron supplements.)
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Yeast Infection
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Yeast infection most often occurs in women and is a type of vaginitis that results in inflammation of the vagina, irritation, intense itchiness, and vaginal discharge. It is not a venereal disease although it can be transmitted through sexual intercourse. It affects your vagina and the vulva, the tissues at the opening to your vagina.
Males can also develop yeast infections in their genital organs although this condition is much less common than in females.
The Mayo Clinic states that yeast infections occur "when certain internal or external factors change the normal environment of the vagina and trigger an overgrowth of a microscopic fungus--often C.
albicans."
Treatment for Yeast Infection
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Treatment for yeast infection includes over-the-counter topical anti-fungal creams or suppositories.
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References
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