Category: Candida Crusher FAQ Videos

Hi there, Eric Bakker, naturopath, author of Candida Crusher with another female FAQ.

Can douching cause yeast infections?

I don’t think it can. I’ve read some reports on the internet that women who douche frequently that had an association with that and recurring yeast infections, but I think it all depends how you douche and what you do the douching with. If you do it properly with tea tree oil or apple cider vinegar, you shouldn’t really find this to be a cause of yeast infections.

I’ve written extensively on this in Chapter 5 of my book. There are many different types of vaginal cleansing protocols and douches you can read in Chapter 5 and also in Chapter 4; I’ve written extensively about this.

So douching shouldn’t really cause yeast infections as such. And if you find they don’t go away, then you need to get checked out. If in doubt; check it out. You’re doing something wrong.

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

Hi, Eric Bakker, naturopath, author of Candida Crusher with another female FAQ.

Is a vaginal yeast infection caused by bacteria?

No, a yeast infection is caused by yeast and not bacteria. There’s a clear difference between them both. So bacterial infections generally cause a condition called bacterial vaginosis. Candida albicans causes a condition called a vaginal yeast infection or thrush. So there’s a clear distinction between them both.

Yeast infections are reasonably normally occurring in many women to a very minor degree where they don’t really provide strong symptoms. And quite a high degree of women have Candida albicans normally in the tissues in that part of the body. Some have more; some have less, but when it becomes a problem is when it’s overgrowing; it over proliferates.

Bacteria are usually kept in check in that area, and there are bacteria that live in that part of the body, too. Corynebacterium, for example, are quite commonly found in vaginal tissue in the lining there of the vagina. And they don’t usually cause a problem. Lactobacillus species are in there as well, beneficial bacteria. Other bacteria, however, are associated with vaginosis and particularly BV, or bacterial vaginosis. I’ve spoken about this previously. It causes more of a gray, profuse, watery, a fishy briny sort of discharge; whereas the vaginal infection is a different infection altogether. Both can create an itch, and a vaginal itch is more incessant and can drive you crazy compared to the bacterial vaginosis.

Getting checked out is important here, so go to your gynecologist or doctor and ask to be swabbed and checked out, so you know what you’re dealing with then you can treat it accordingly.

You can read a lot more about these conditions in my book, Candida Crusher, particularly Chapter 5 on chronic vaginal infections. In Chapter 3 under diagnosis, I go into great detail more so about the different types of vaginal infections and inflammations. You can read a lot more about this. I talk about the medical treatments in my book, the natural treatments, and give you lots of solutions on how to deal with this problem. So be sure to get a copy and have a good read there.

So vaginal yeast infection is caused by yeast and not bacteria, so I hope that answers your question. Thank you.

Hi there, Eric Bakker again with another FAQ regarding yeast infections.

Are there any health conditions that increase my chances of contracting a yeast infection?

Well the main one I’m thinking about is diabetes. And I’ve spoken about diabetes on previous videos. Diabetes can predispose you toward yeast infections because being a diabetic with poorly controlled blood sugar can mean that you’ve got a high urinary output of glucose. And of course as we know, sugar feeds a yeast infection, and that can certainly provoke a vaginal yeast infection. So be sure to get the urine checked out for glucose and to get regular blood monitoring done. High levels of blood sugar can predispose you to yeast infections in different parts of your body. You might need some blood testing, some glucose tolerance testing or some blood testing to see how stable your blood sugar is may be a good idea.

Having a poor immunity can predispose you to a yeast infection by increasing your susceptibility and lowering your resistance. I’ve spoken about this on other videos as well. So by having a strong immune system, it will make you more bullet proof against the yeast infection.

Take for example somebody with Hepatitis or who is HIV positive, they have a much easier chance of getting a yeast infection because it increases susceptibility. But also people who develop glandular fever or have recurring coughs or colds or poor adrenal health, they, too, can be more prone toward yeast infections.

Same with thyroid patients, patients with hyper or hypothyroidism may have compromised immunity, predisposing them. People I see with nutritional deficiencies, a vitamin D deficiency, iodine deficiency; iodine and iron, both those elements can predispose you toward a yeast infection.

So as you see, there are many different reasons or conditions you can have which can predispose you toward a yeast infection. If in doubt, be sure to go to your naturopath or integrated doctor and get checked out.

You can read a lot more about these topics and more in my book, Candida Crusher. Be sure to do my online survey on yeastinfection.org, that will give you a good idea what direction you’re heading into.

So I hope that answers your question. Thank you.