Sex Yeast Infection Facts
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A yeast infection is an overgrowth of fungus. This fungus is one of the many micro-organisms that live on the body and when it is monitored by the good bacteria and a healthy immune system, it is harmless. But if those control factors are weakened or destroyed the fungus will grow very quickly and a yeast infection will happen. Yeast infections will affect a person where it is warm and damp, places like under folds of skin in the obese, the vagina for women, the penis for men, under arms, the anus, and the mouth. You can also get internal intestinal yeast infection which in rare severe case can become a systemic infection that can cause a lot of harm to the body and can even be fatal.
When looking at sex yeast infection facts we are mainly concerned with oral yeast infections (Thrush) or genital yeast infections. Here are some sex yeast infection facts to consider:
- A yeast infection is not classed as an STI or STD but it can be passed on during sexual intercourse and during oral sex.
- Men can get yeast infections too so if having unprotected sex with a female partner who has a vaginal yeast infection, it is possible, though the odds are low, to get a penile yeast infection. 12 to 15% of men get a penile yeast infection this way. If both do not get treated properly this can become a cycle of reinfecting each other.
- Throat yeast infection is not a common form, but one of its causes is oral sex with an infected partner. If a woman gives a man oral sex and he has a penile yeast infection, or a man gives a woman oral sex and she has a vaginal yeast infection, they can get either or both Thrush and a throat yeast infection.
- Sometimes if not using lubricant and a woman is too dry when having sex and some damage is done to the vaginal tissue this can allow an infection to occur.
- Some condoms come with lubricants and or spermicides that can actually upset the chemical balance in the vagina and cause or aggravate a yeast infection.
- Birth control pills can be a causing factor in yeast infections in women as they change the hormonal balance.
The ideal solution is to abstain from any sexual act until you have successfully treated your infection, or until your partner has successfully treated themselves.
Of course it is possible that the symptoms you are observing is actually an STD and not yeast infection. It is very common for this mistake to be made when people self diagnose – about 2/3 of people incorrectly believe they have a yeast infection when it is something else. Visit your doctor for their professional opinion to talk over any sex yeast infection facts that you may have questions about and to discuss treatment options.
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