Many of you will have had a run in with a yeast infection and are understandably reluctant to repeat the experience.
Like most bad things in life, the easiest way of treating it is to avoid it in the first place, so how do we go about preventing yeast infections?
1. Give Them Air!
Yeast infections are caused by the fungus Candida Albicans. Like most fungi, the Candida variety loves tight fitting clothing. Unfortunately sexy nylon lingerie is a particular favorite as are those clingy lycra shorts! Now I know, cotton is sooo ‘grandma’ and no where near as sexy as nylon, but it is great for keeping the area dry and allowing your skin to breathe which is a must for preventing yeast infections. So save the sexy lingerie for special occasions and take to wearing loose fitting clothing that let’s the air in.
2. Keep Clean.
Candida hate soap and yes, I know that you are a clean person, you shower everyday, use soap and all that, but have a think about the places that you clean the best and the places that may get more of a dusting, like between your toes, under your breasts and around your crotch…..
3. Dry Thoroughly.
Preventing yeast infections may also be as simple as ensuring that you dry yourself properly. So after you have had a good wash, use that towel just as thoroughly and make sure that all of you gets dried – yes even between your toes!
4. Keep Fresh.
Along the same lines of keeping clean and dry, make sure that you change out of wet, sweaty or dirty clothes quickly. If you use sanitary pads change them regularly, not just when they are ‘full’.
5. Keep Friendly Bacteria
Sometimes one of the best ways of preventing yeast infections just comes down to not using antibacterial or anti-fungal creams, ointments or soaps. Many friendly bacteria live on and within us and they are an important part of our defence. By using antibiotics, douches and anti-bacterial soaps we not only kill off the bad guys, but we wipe out the good guys too. So use a mild soap or skin wash, try to avoid taking antibiotics for an extended time and keep away from scented douches or pads that affect the pH balance of the area.
6. Watch Out For Transfer
OK, so you’ve done all this and you still end up with a yeast infection – the toes are a real goody for it! – No matter where the Candida outbreak is, it is highly contagious so the best thing to do is to treat that infection while concentrating on containing it, preventing yeast infections elsewhere on your body or on anyone else. 
Take particular care when drying yourself and when dressing.
As an example, let’s pretend that you’ve caught Tinea.
(That’s a yeast infection in your toe)
Have a think about how wash yourself, do you do your feet first, last, or somewhere in the middle?
What about when you dry?
How do you get dressed? If you put your undies on before your socks where does the yeast infection in your toes end up?
How do you get undressed?
Socks or undies off first?
What about the towels and cloths that you have used on your feet? One way of preventing yeast infections from spreading is to have separate cloths for infected and non-infected areas.
Do you wash your hands after handling your toes or any cloth that has been used on your toes?
Likewise when someone close to you has an infection. Do you use the same cloth? Their slippers occasionally? Preventing yeast infections in others may even be as simple as not using the same bathmat.
Sometimes you will still end up with a yeast infection no matter how hard you’ve tried. Girls in particular find preventing yeast infections hard work because their hormone levels change so often.
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