Discharge from the vagina
Treatment
Yeast is not dangerous, but it is best to treat yeast in a pregnant woman before the
birth, or the baby can get thrush (see page 290). Yeast can often be cured using
natural remedies.
Natural remedies for yeast infection
Mix vinegar or yogurt in a pan of clean warm water.
The woman should sit in this liquid 2 times a day
until she feels better.
or she can also try making this mix:
Mix 3 tablespoons of vinegar with 1 liter (quart) of
boiled cool water.
Soak a piece of clean
cotton wool in this mixture
and insert the cotton into
the vagina every night for
3 nights. Remove the
cotton each morning.
If natural remedies do not work, try one of these medicines:
To treat yeast infection
soak a clean piece of cotton in gentian violet 1%:
• insert the cotton ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� into the vagina, every night for
3 nights. Remove the cotton
each morning.
or
• put one 200 mg miconazole insert �������������������������������������� high in the vagina,
each night for 3 nights
or
• put one 100,000 Units nystatin insert ��������������������������������� high in the vagina,
each night for 14 nights
or
• insert 1 full applicator of clotrimazole 1% cream ������ into the vagina,
each night for 7 nights
Prevention
Wearing loose clothing and underclothes made of cotton, rather than polyester or
nylon, lets air around the genitals. This helps prevent yeast. Wash or change the
underclothes often. Do not put soap in the vagina when bathing. Do not douche.
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