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Summary: Yeast is normal in a person's body, but yeast infections result from an overproduction of yeast that can come from antibiotic treatments or hormone replacement. Find out how cortisone medications can cause yeast infections with help from a licensed RN in this free video on yeast infections.
Kayti Brosnan has been a licensed RN in the state of Texas since 2003. She has worked in a variety of sub-specialties and roles as a nurse, including CIMC/CPCU, telemetry,...read more
"Hi, my name is Kayti Brosnan. I'm a registered nurse here in Austin, Texas and today I'm going to talk about some of the causes of yeast infections. So yeast is normal for our body. We have, our most common one is Candida or Candida Albicans, and this is usually found in our intestines and our genitalia and our mouth. And this is normal, we need this in our body. What is not normal is when there's an over production of yeast. So sometimes we have our normal bacteria in our body. The most normal one in our gut being lactobacillus acidophilus. And so when that comes down the yeast comes up. And in women in particular, there's an over production of yeast in the vagina. Some of the causes of this can be antibiotic treatment, hormone replacement, so if you're going through menopause or you're doing some fertility, sometimes you're on estrogen replacement and this can cause an offset of the yeast. Other causes are prednisone and sort of cortisone medication or if your immune is suppressed. So if you're taking medication for HIV Aids, any sort of chemotherapy and also if you have a chronic immunosuppressive disease like diabetes, that can also cause the offset of the yeast. So these things are some of the things that help cause the balance to be off in your body. And that's it."
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