This year I plan on being super transparent when it comes to what my content will be about.
My posts will not only be what society dictates as "appropriate" I will be posting about real issues that women like me and many others face.
So I'm excited for this to be my first post on the topic of women's health.
As you may already know I have diabetes, I also have PCOS and on occasion high blood pressure (but could be possibly white coat syndrome, who knows lol).
With being a Diabetic (because of PCOS & gestational diabetes caused by my PCOS. That's B!) I tend to get yeast infections like it's my day job. It's very frustrating when you think your doing great, and one day you decide to idk eat pasta (maybe an excessive amount) or not drink as much water as you usually drink (mind you only one day) and BAM! YOU GET A DANG YEAST INFECTION. What's crazy is you know how many women struggle with this?!?!
Did you know 3 out of 4 women get yeast infections in their life time. Now add in an underlying health condition that causes candida to form excessive amount of yeast in your stomach and you got some majot issues.
Also having a yeast infection can turn leathal if not treated, some form it only in their stomach and can go up into their throats causing their passage ways to close. I know i meant someone who told me her story!
I never knoew this until i heard the story and i realized how ill informed us women truly are.
** side note, if you ever have this type of yeast infection you need to rush to the hospital, it is a deathly condition that can cause you sever health issues.
This is a topic that is not spoken about, and many doctors to not give us information on how to help, prevent or even treat it. Whenever you go to the doctor they just give you a super high dose of antiobotics and then tell you to stop eating carbs. But its not just eating carbs that causes this.
Ofcourse there are over the counter medicines like monistat and what not, but i'd raher go a more natural route.
There are so many things that we eat that can give us yeast infections, such as dairy, cerain oils in our food, obviously rice, pasta, sugar is a huge factor in yeast infections as well.
When I learned about what a yeast infection was, I was on my second pregnancy and had developed it in my 3rd trimester. Mind you my gestational diabetes was through the roof, and I was preclamtic.
The stigma of yeast infections are crazy, I thought like any vaginal infection is was because you just didn't wash yourself properly (same with UTI) because as a Hispanic your always told if you have any issues down below "no te lavaste bien". So in my mind anything that happened there was my fault.
Well come to find out i was extremely wrong, it's all about your gut and health!!
Luckly we live in the modern age were we can find resources and connect with others who struggle with the same issues we face on a daily basis. Technology does make life easier in certain aspects, especial when it comes to research and learning about how to better our circumstances in the health department.
What has been working for me is learning to avoid certain foods like dairy and limit my carb intake. As well as taking probiotics on a daily basis, my diabetes medicine and drinking tons and tons of water.
When i do get a yeast infection (thanks holidays!!), i use boric acid suppositories and vaginal oils to heal with yeast that are all natural. I'd rather take a more holistic and natural route then having to go to the doctor and be priscribed vaginal cream (which dries you up and causes blisters!!) and water antibiotic they give me. Since i get them more than once a year, sometimes every 3 months, i'd rather go a more natural way.
This post is to help others who may be struggling or who may not know how to handle whats happening. It's not a forum to judge or say "just drink more water", because it doesn't matter how much water you drink, if you do have a health condition that can cause yeast infections easily, its bound to happen.
(down below i will give links to my go to products).
This new year lets have the conversations and suppot one another.
I'm always here to help, you can message me on Instagram @chrysalis.pip just let me know your from my blog post i get alot of bots and creepers trying to get in my dm's.
Here are some of go to products for yeast infections, UTI & Gut Health:
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My sister bought me this one, but I found this one on amazon:
I hope this post helps anyone who has been looking for some solutions!!
- Chrysalis Pipkin