Washblog

Diagnosis of yeast infection is mainly clinical, although occasionally it is necessary to rely on a direct examination of scales or a mycological culture. The treatment is based on the realization of early and accurate diagnosis of infection, correction of the enabling factors or underlying diseases, determining the type of infection and appropriate use of antifungal drugs.

Depending on the extent of the infection and the general state of the patient, a topical or systemic treatment is decided which can be used topically. The most frequently used treatments are systemic itraconazole or fluconazole.

It is a skin condition resulting from parasitism by fungi, plants that don't make the phenomenon of photosynthesis, a part of the group of the most common diseases that affect humans. It can be said that practically all men and women throughout their lives face infections some time.

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According to Linda Allen The agent of mucocutaneous candidiasis is Candida albicans and it has the following symptoms.

*     White plaques
*     Itching
*     Burning sensation

Possible Causes

Most Candida species are saprophytic and may form part of the skin flora, except for Candida albicans, which when in the skin is a primary causative agent of yeast infection.

Cutaneous Candidiasis

It quite often occurs in children and adults with thrush with small intertrigo. It can be shown as a painful inflammation of periungual rim, accompanied by minimal or purulent secretion as a thickening of the nail plate with transverse depressions and grooves.

Candidal Intertrigo

It is the most common clinical form. It can affect large folds like armpits, cleft, sub-mammary region, lateral side of the neck or small folds and spaces of hands, feet and retroauricular region. The skin is red, slightly edematous and on the surface may have vesicular-pustular elements. It is very typical to observe how you areas are bounded by a thin scaly ridge and lesions. The patients complain of intense itching and burning.