Title: Yeast Infection | Johns Hopkins Medicine
Headings: Yeast Infection
Yeast Infection
What is a yeast infection?
What causes a yeast infection?
What are the risk factors for yeast infection?
What are the symptoms of a yeast infection?
How is yeast infection diagnosed?
How is yeast infection treated?
Can a yeast infection be prevented?
When should I call my healthcare provider?
Key points about yeast infection
Next steps

Content: Wear cotton underwear to help to prevent a vaginal or genital yeast infection. If you are a woman and get vaginal yeast infections often, you may want to take probiotics. Keep areas where skin rubs up against skin dry and try to reduce friction. When should I call my healthcare provider? If you get symptoms of infection, such as warm, reddened skin or drainage, tell your healthcare provider. A secondary bacterial infection can happen, so monitor for spreading redness, or swelling, or pain. Key points about yeast infection
Yeast infection is caused by yeast on the skin or mucous membranes. The symptoms of a yeast infection depend on where it happens on your body. Common symptoms are a rash, white discharge, or itching. Yeast infections are treated with medicated ointments or other anti-yeast (antifungal) preparations.