Thrush

How to treat these common discomforts.

Because sometimes that itch-you-have-to-scratch down there is your body’s way of waving a big red flag.

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Thrush is a vaginal infection caused by an excess of candida albicans, a fungal yeast which normally inhabits the intestines. Symptoms include intense burning, itching, and a discharge. Anything which disturbs the normal balance of “good” bacteria in the gut can trigger it, including stress, antibiotics, spermicides, synthetic oestrogens, such as those in the contraceptive […]