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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Unpleasantness

They really do need to raise Candidiasis awareness. You wouldn't want this to happen to you:

In immunocompetent persons, candidiasis is usually a very localized infection of the skin or mucosal membranes [1]:

Candidiasis is a very common cause of vaginal irritation, or vaginitis, and can also occur on the male genitals. In immunocompromised patients, the Candida infection can affect the esophagus with the potential of becoming systemic, causing a much more serious condition, a fungemia called candidemia. [4] [3]

Children, mostly between the ages of 3 and 9 years, can be affected by chronic mouth yeast infections, normally seen around the mouth as white patches. However, this is not a common condition.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast_infection

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