Yogurt for yeast infection?!


Question: I've heard that dipping a tampon in plain yogurt (I know it has to be unsweetened and have active cultures) and inserting it can help with a yeast infection - but I have also heard the opposite, has anyone acctually tried this, and what were the results?


Answers: I've heard that dipping a tampon in plain yogurt (I know it has to be unsweetened and have active cultures) and inserting it can help with a yeast infection - but I have also heard the opposite, has anyone acctually tried this, and what were the results?

It didn't work for me -- (I tried using the garlic clove as well). If it's that you don't want to take monistat or diflucan, try taking probiotics orally -- they are available at any health food store and have more active cultures than just yogurt. You should also take a shower morning and night using a gentle, non-fragrance soap. Blow dry your vagina on the "cool setting" -- it's weird, I know, but it helps keep it dry which is what yeast hates. Wear only cotton underwear (or no undies at all, if possible) avoid tight pants and opt for skirts when you can. Also cut sugar and bread out of your diet and drink lots of water until the yeast infection goes away. Yeast feeds on sugar, so cutting it out of your diet will "starve" the yeast and the water will help flush out any toxins in your system.

Do not douche, even with vinegar and water !!!! It could push the infection into your uterus and cause Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.

Good luck!

All you have to do is eat the yogurt. One a day. No more yeast inf.

I haven't done it but if it's a bacterial infection the yogurt will make it grow and it would be a bad day for your vagina.

ew that sounds kinda gross. I would just eat the yoghurt daily, as a matter of fact I was just reading about acidophilus yoghurt for heartburn. But yeah, just eat it.

Gynecologists do not recommend it.

For a homeopathic cure, yes it does help! Also, douching with apple cider vingar once a day for 3 days, or inserting a clove of garlic into the vagina overnight can help. it sounds gross...but once upon a time, there was no Monistat, and these were the cures people used!

This is not good advise. The goal here is to reintroduce the "good" bacteria into the vagina. Eating yogurt is helpful in doing this without putting it in your vagina. Tampons pose risk, though very small, if used inconsistently with package directions. Unless you are having a period, do not use a tampon for anything.

You don't put the yogurt in your vagina. you eat the yogurt, one a day until it's gone. It also helps with thrush which is the same thing as a yeast infection only in your mouth.

I don't think it would kill you. Try it

do nottt dip a tampon in yogurt please!
just pour it on the infected area - my mom used to do it for me when i was little and it worked wonders!





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