How to treat a yeast infection during pregnancy

How to treat a yeast infection during pregnancy
 Like any other disease that develops during pregnancy, thrush is dangerous for both the expectant mother and for the unborn baby. Therefore, despite the fact that many people mistakenly believe thrush natural and quite harmless companion pregnancy, it is necessary to treat it.
 Most often, the occurrence of thrush in pregnancy is due to increase the level of female hormones, to create the most favorable conditions for this disease. However, the reasons for its occurrence may be other factors such as the weakening of immunity, vitamin deficiencies, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract or urogenital system, taking certain medications.

Symptoms of thrush in pregnancy

Thrush is not only negatively affect the course of pregnancy, but also gives the expectant mother a lot of discomfort, such as:

• the swelling of the external genitalia;
• intolerable itching in the vulva, worse after water treatment and at night;
• the occurrence of heavy cheesy discharge from the vagina with an unpleasant sour smell.

Treatment of thrush in pregnancy

Everyone knows that taking most medications during childbearing strictly contraindicated. Since then, cure yeast infection during pregnancy? In fact, there are some absolutely safe ways to get rid of this disease.

Due to the fact that thrush is on the list of diseases, sexually transmitted infections, treatment should take place not only a pregnant woman, but also the father of the unborn child.

First - cleaning the external genitalia soda solution, a decoction of oak bark, calendula, chamomile. This method is very rezultativen and discomfort associated with thrush, disappear after the first procedure. Only here the effect of washing away is not very long.

The second way - this medication inside. The safest drugs for the treatment of yeast infections in pregnant women are "Nystatin" and "Pimafucin" - non-toxic antifungal drugs with sufficient efficiency.

Acceptance of such systemic medications used to treat thrush as "levorin", "Fluconazole", "Diflucan" and "Nizoral" is contraindicated in pregnant women.

A third method - use of vaginal suppositories, pills and creams, is the most preferred in pregnancy. Considered the safest candle "Nystatin", as well as candles and cream "Pimafucin."

Absolutely all drugs to treat thrush during pregnancy should appoint a specialist on the basis of the individual characteristics of the expectant mother. Self-medication can not only aggravate the condition of women, but also adversely affect the development of the unborn baby.

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