Causes of thrush in adults

Adult Thrush

Adult thrush, which is known otherwise as Candidiasis, is an infection that is caused by any of the Candida species. Adult thrush attacks organs such as skin and genitals, and it can be treated quite easily in some cases, while in others it can even be life-threatening. Cases of life-threatening conditions that are caused by thrush mostly occur in patients who suffer from AIDS or cancer.

Causes of Adult Thrush

Candida has the naturally habitat in our body and in normal circumstances, it lives there without any consequences to our body. According to the studies that dealt with this topic, 20 % of Candida albicans is located in a healthy woman’s vagina. A lot of people can be thrush carriers and transfer thrush to others. Thrush symptoms can appear due to the use of some irritants such as certain soaps, and things intended to intimate hygiene. If you use antibiotics, they can kill good bacteria that fight against thrush. Some conditions present good environment to thrush development and such conditions include HIV/AIDS, mononucleosis, cancer treatments, the use of steroids, stress, and others. It is more likely for thrush to develop in woman’s vagina, and men are predisposed to yeast infection.

Candida is the shortened name used to describe a class of fungi that includes more than 150 species of yeast. In healthy individuals, Candida exists harmlessly in mucus membranes such as your ears, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, mouth, nose, reproductive organs, sinuses, skin, stool and vagina, etc. It is known as your “beneficial flora” and has a useful purpose in the body. When an imbalance in the normal flora occurs, it causes an overgrowth of Candida albicans.

Oral candidiasis is one of the common fungal infection, affecting the oral mucosa. These lesions are caused by the yeast Candida albicans. Candida albicans are one of the components of normal oral microflora and around 30% to 50% people carry this organism.
There are many types of Candida species, which are seen in the oral cavity. Species of oral Candida are: C. albicans, C. glabrata, C. guillermondii, C. krusei, C. parapsilosis, C. pseudotropicalis, C. stellatoidea, C. tropicalis.
Impaired salivary gland function can predispose to oral candidiasis. Antimicrobial proteins in the saliva such as lactoferrin, sialoperoxidase, lysozyme, histidine-rich polypeptides and specific anti-candida antibodies, interact with the oral mucosa and prevent overgrowth of candida. Drugs such as inhaled steroids have been shown to increase the risk of oral candidiasis by possibly suppressing cellular immunity and phagocytosis.
Extremes of life predispose to infection because of reduced immunity. Drugs such as broad spectrum antibiotics alter the local oral flora creating a suitable environment for candida to proliferate. Immunosuppressive drugs such as the antineoplastic agents have been shown in several studies to predispose to oral candidiasis by altering the oral flora, disrupting the mucosal surface and altering the character of the saliva.
Other factors are smoking, diabetes, Cushing's syndrome, immunosuppressive conditions such as HIV infection, malignancies such as leukemia and nutritional deficiencies – vitamin B deficiencies have been particularly implicated.

Yeast-free diets, or people, are both impossible to come by. They can only be totally avoided in the diet by eating solely fresh dairy, meat, fish and peeled fresh fruits and vegetables. From a practical standpoint, this is neither feasible nor necessary. Total elimination of yeast from the body is also neither feasible nor desirable, considering that yeasts are beneficial to the body when a proper balance exists. Treatment of candida overgrowth does not seek the eradication of candida from the diet or the person, but rather a restoration of the proper and balanced ecological relationship between man and yeast.

✓ Fact confirmed: Oral candidiasis: An overview Arun Singh, Renuka Verma, Aditi Murari, and Ashutosh Agrawal; 2014 Sep

Thrush Symptoms

Symptoms that appear when thrush is present in our body include itching, a sensation of burning and soreness. In the case of vaginal thrush, a whitish discharge appears, and in men, a red patchy sore near the head of penis appears. However, men can carry a thrush infection and yet they don’t need to have any of the mentioned symptoms.

Treatment of Adult Thrush

If you have a thrush, it is not recommended to use over-the-counter medicines, as they have only momentarily influence and don’t kill the infection completely. In clinics, thrush is cured with antimycotics, which are basically anti-fungal drugs. In most cases, thrush is normally controlled in our body and other drugs are not necessary. If thrush that has once been treated appears again, it can’t be cured with anti-fungal creams. Anti-fungal creams are not effective if thrush is reoccurring.

In order to stop the infection from reoccurring, you need to solve the problem in its root. Yeastrol is a natural cure that has given excellent results in thrush curing. A lot of people who are satisfied with results in thrush treatment with Yeastrol are witnesses of its good influence on fight against thrush.