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
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Content: Taking antibiotics can also cause an overgrowth of yeast. That’s because antibiotics kill the healthy bacteria in your body that normally keep the yeast in balance. What are the risk factors for yeast infection? Anyone can get a yeast infection. Those at higher risk for it include: Infants
People who wear dentures
People taking antibiotics
People getting cancer treatment
People with other health conditions, such as HIV or diabetes
What are the symptoms of a yeast infection? The symptoms of a yeast infection depend on where it is located in the body. The chart below shows the most common symptoms of a yeast infection. But yours may be slightly different. Location
Symptoms
Skin folds or navel
Rash with redness and skin breakdown
Patches that ooze clear fluid
Pimples
Itching or burning
Vagina
White or yellow discharge from the vagina
Itching
Redness in the external area of the vagina
Burning
Penis
Redness on the underside of the penis
Scaling on the underside of the penis
Painful rash on the underside of the penis
Mouth (thrush)
White patches on the tongue and inside of the cheeks
Redness or soreness
Difficulty swallowing may mean you have yeast in your esophagus
Corners of the mouth (angular cheilitis)
Cracks and/or tiny cuts at the corners of the mouth
Nail beds
Swelling
Pain
Pus
White or yellow nail that separates from the nail bed
The symptoms of a yeast infection may look like other skin conditions.