Yeast infection or candidiasis, as it is known medically affects almost all women at some point in their lives.
Yeast infection treatment is available in various forms, ranging from natural home remedies to over-the-counter topical creams and suppositories and treatments by prescription.
While the latter is typically practiced for more severe cases, it is also used in women who suffer from more stubborn candidiasis, where other forms of treatment did not work for them in the past.
Natural home remedies for treatment of yeast infection include douching with cider vinegar or baking soda, applying topical tea tree oil cream, or homemade suppositories consisting of garlic, boric acid or yogurt.
In addition to these treatments, revising your diet can also help with avoiding future yeast infections.
Regardless of whether this is your first or one of many vaginal infections, it is always important to consult a physician to ensure that it is not some other form of infection.
With that said, it is important to understand the different treatments that can be purchased over-the-counter.
Typically, these products are antifungal drugs as yeast is a fungus.
Topical creams include clotrimazole, nystatin, fluconazole and ketoconazole.
There are oral treatments which are very effective, such as Diflucan.
There also exist medicated douches as well as suppositories.
Often, a topical cream is included in the package with suppositories, in order to soothe the discomfort of the itch involved with a yeast infection.
There are different types of suppository treatments: one-day, three-day, and seven-day.
Many women also suffer from recurring infections, which can be treated with other types of anti-fungal drugs.