How does she get a yeast infection?

Answer 1

Short answer: poor nutrition and/or hygiene, often compounded by tight fitting clothing.

Longer answer:

A vaginal yeast infection can be caused by many things. The bottom line, it is bacteria growth.

Under normal healthy conditions good bacteria kill the bad bacteria and there is no infection. Anything that causes an imbalance to this can risk a yeast infection.

Imbalances can include:

1. Overuse of antibacterial soaps, this kills both the good and bad bacteria, the bad grows back faster

2. Poor nutrition, lack of probiotics and so on can lead to an imbalance of healthy bacteria

3. Lack of hygiene, cleaning the area daily with warm water and weekly with vinegar is typically enough for a healthy adult to prevent a yeast infection

4. Excessive sweating; what leads to armpit smells on one part of the body also leads to yeast infections in the other place, its all bacteria growth and needs to be cleaned regularly

5. tight fitting clothing or clothing with poor ventilation can lead to excess heat and moisture build up which encourages bacteria growth. Cotton and loose fitting clothing can increase air flow and help prevent yeast infection

6. Too much sugar in your diet can weaken the immune system and allow excess bacteria growth

Anything else that can cause sweat to stink can cause yeast infection, its basically just an overload of bacteria.