Category: Candida Crusher FAQ Videos

Eric Bakker, naturopath, author of Candida Crusher with another frequently asked question.

Can my bladder infection cause a yeast infection as well?

Well, it’s not really likely that a bladder infection, which is generally bacterial, will cause a yeast infection, which is usually fungal. They can occur simultaneously, though. And a bladder infection may predispose you toward an immune weakness, which could increase your susceptibility to a vaginal yeast infection. So it could be indirectly linked to it. It certainly could. I certainly have seen females with a bladder infection and a vaginal yeast infection occurring at the same time; quite painful and uncomfortable and I’ve certainly seen it.

Having a bladder infection may make you take an antibiotic like trimethoprim, for example, or another antibiotic for several days, which can increase your susceptibility to getting a vaginal yeast infection. So that’s how they can be linked up.

I’m going to do other videos on bladder infections. So when you have a bladder infection, drink plenty of water and look at my other information you’ll find in my book, Candida Crusher, regarding bladder infections. There are some good hints and tips in the book, and you’ll find some videos on what to do for bacterial infections involving the bladder, in particular.

So I hope that answers your questions. Thanks for the question.

Hi there, Erik Bakker, naturopath, author of Candida Crusher; another question which I get asked from time to time.

Is vaginitis a form of yeast infection?

Yeast infection is a form of vaginitis, so vaginitis generally means, the hallmark symptoms of vaginitis usually are irritation of the female genital area. And they can include symptoms like vaginal discharge, inflammation or pain, redness, swelling of labia, that’s quite a common one, or the perianal area can be affected as well. You can have dysuria or painful urination. It can be quite a common one. Dyspareunia or painful intercourse, and also a foul vaginal odor can be associated with vaginitis. So those are the common signs and symptoms of vaginitis.

The main type of vaginitis really would be atrophic vaginitis or senile vaginitis, which is a thinning of the lining of the vaginal wall. This will come generally due to low estrogen, which is really what women go through after the menopause, and that can cause pain with intercourse and that can predispose you toward a yeast infection or irritation or redness. So that’s quite a common one.

The second one will be bacterial vaginosis, which is really caused by a bacterial overgrowth in the vagina. And patients usually have less of the beneficial bacteria in that case, and are more prone to also getting a transmission of bacteria through the rectal area through to the vaginal area. So it’s important to wipe from front to back rather than the other way around, and to be careful with sexual relations.

So bacterial vaginosis can give you more of a profuse, watery, gray discharge with quite a foul fishy smelling odor as opposed to vaginal yeast infection, which is not really a profuse gray discharge; it’s white and doesn’t smell quite as foul as the bacterial vaginosis does.

Trichomoniasis or Trich is a different kind of a vaginitis. It’s usually a sexually transmitted single cell protozoan parasite or called Trichomoniasis vaginalis. So it can affect other parts of the urogenital tract of the female as well, and also the urethra can be affected.

So those are three key ones. We spoke about the atrophic vaginitis. We spoke about the bacterial vaginosis, and now we just spoke about the Trich, and the fourth one is Candida albicans; the fourth type of vaginitis.

So Candida albicans is a yeast-like fungal organism that causes thrush, and it’s found normally in small amounts in the gut and it’s normally kept in check by beneficial bacteria. But it can also occur in the vaginal area and cause a lot of itch and sort of white discharge and severe irritation and burning in many cases.

So I hope that explains a bit about vaginitis. The Candida albicans is certainly a form of vaginitis. So I hope that answers your question. Thank you.

Hi there, Erik Bakker, naturopath, author of Candida Crusher with another question I get asked from time to time.

Is my yeast infection causing a fever?

So a good question. Yeast infections don’t really cause fevers as such, but they can cause a lot of different immune dysfunctions. I do commonly find, particularly in males and some females, too, but I’ve found it most in males. They can get a lot sweating and feeling flushed and hot, and this will often be associated with fermentation in the gut.

So when you think of fermentation, you’ve basically got yeast and sugar generating a lot of gas and that can create body odor and heat as well. Heat can be a byproduct from fermentation or warmth. And I can certainly associate sweating and smelly body odor with fermentation and a yeast infection as well.

So if you’ve got bloating, gas, sweet cravings, and armpits and groin that smell, feet that smell, and a strong sweet craving, you could have a lot of gas going on here and fermentation. And I certainly associate that with a yeast infection.

Fevers may come about through immune dysfunction on other pathways as well. Generally, I wouldn’t associate a strong fever with a yeast infection, but I’m sure that there could be some link between them both indirectly. I haven’t really researched that to any great degree, but there could well be a link. But I would associate heat more with fermentation.

So I hope that answers your question. Thanks for your question.