Symptoms of a Vaginal Yeast Infection

¾ of women will develop vaginal yeast infection symptoms at least once in their lifetime. 50 % of women will develop a vaginal yeast infection more than once, and 25% will get a chronic vaginal candidiasis, which is characterized by a permanent presence of candida in the body and frequent relapses (at least 3-4 times a year). That is the statistic and there is nothing you can do about it. Actually, you can change the statistic by taking care of your body, and eliminating the Candida yeast for good out of your vagina, like you did with your old boyfriends.
Knowing the symptoms of a vaginal yeast infection is important for two reasons: you can misdiagnose a STD (sexually transmitted disease) on the other hand when you’ll have a vaginal yeast infection; you’ll know you are having it and will treat it the right way. Leaving an yeast infection untreated is dangerous: don’t even dream it will go away by itself, no, in the environment the vagina has, yeasts feel like in heaven: it is moist, dark and pretty much sugar to eat.
So, I decided to put together a list of vaginal yeast infection symptoms. It is not mandatory you’ll have all of them and it is not guaranteed you don’t have an STD. To find out the difference check other than yeasts types of vaginal infections.
So, here is the list:

- Itching sensation in the vagina or on the vulva

- Unusual vaginal discharge. This can be white, yellow or clear, thick and chunky or thin and watery. Mostly it is cheesy.

- Pain during sex (sigh of vaginal inflammation)

- An unusual odor that may smell like fermented food for example beer

- Irritation in your vagina

- Redness or a rash on the vagina and vulva

- Burning sensation within the vagina and on the vulva

- Pain while urinating (sign of urinary infection)

A simple to perform test will be quite useful to determine ether you have or have not a vaginal yeast infection. It is based on a pH measurement of your vaginal discharge. Normally, vaginal pH is between 3.8 and 4.2. It corresponds to an acid environment. In case of vaginal yeast infection pH will rise to 4.5 and higher, indicating the alkalinization (becoming more alkaline) of the vaginal environment.
If you’ll test your vaginal pH by put some of the vaginal discharge on it, you will know the pH of your vagina by comparing the color to the color indicated on the box: normally it is bright yellow for Litmus paper. Changing pH to 4.5 will be a clear symptom of vaginal yeast infection.