Do you feel itchiness around your lower abdomen, under the breast, beneath skin folds, and even in your private parts? You might be suffering from a yeast infection. Scratching the area alleviates the itchy feeling but after just awhile the itching and scratching cycle will begin again.

Microscopic fungi or yeast that increases at alarming rates once it has settled in the folds of your skin leaving you itching and scratching. The uncomfortable and irritating feeling leaves you nothing less like a dog with fleas. Plus the smell can be very off putting to loved ones.

There are a lot of home treatments as well as medicines and creams that can help eliminate this infestation but the most puzzling phenomena is that it keeps coming back. You will also discover that after using the same treatment that it will eventually have no effect in future infections. You try other treatments, creams and medicines which will stop and eliminate the infection for that time but after awhile the problem will recur. If this repeats four times within the year, then what you definitely have is a recurring yeast infection.

There are numerous causes of recurring yeast infections including the use of tight stockings or clothes, lack of personal hygiene, insufficient water intake and/or a lack of vitamins and minerals. Basically, it recurs if we allow the covered areas of the body to become persistently wet or moist. Wearing tight clothing or stockings prevents the skin from breathing. Ventilation or air passage between the folds of skin becomes limited. Perspiration and moisture will set in. To put a stop to the conditions where yeast builds, you can help prevent the further recurrence of the infection. The use of cornstarch powder helps absorb moisture; changing into clean and dry clothes when needed; having small towels or wash cloths to wipe ones perspiration; and, for women the use of panty-liners is greatly recommended.

The increased potential of having recurring yeast infection as one ages is natural for the body’s immune system is compromised by the very fact of that the body is aging and thus has decreased levels of nutrients, vitamins and minerals. The solution is simple, live healthy but you have to eat the correct healthy foods rich in vitamins and minerals, drink lots of water and take the necessary supplements. Without the right combination of foods and conditions, it will be hard to stop the recurring yeast infection plague.