Infections are becoming harder to treat because the fungi are adapting to survive antifungal drugs – but this isn’t happening by chance.
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‘Make sure you always wear clean pants’ isn’t just something your mum used to say – keeping your underwear scrupulously clean could stop you from getting ill
One study found a zinc-containing gel stopped symptoms of thrush in the majority of women.
We’ve all heard of antibiotic resistance. The same thing is happening with other causes of infections in humans: fungi, viruses and parasites. This is making thrush and other infections hard to treat.
If symptoms of thrush persist despite treatment, you may have an entirely different condition that would not be helped by anti-fungal creams or tablets.
Vaginal discharge varies in consistency, texture, smell, taste and volume in the same woman from day to day, week to week, month to month and beyond.
While most women will have one or more episodes of uncomplicated and temporary thrush, some suffer from recurrent episodes. These can be shameful and often debilitating.
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Research Fellow in Women's Health at Monash University and Honorary Researcher, General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster
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Professor of Adolescent Health, Co-Head of the General Practice Clinical School, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University