Men are Less Likely to Seek Treatment for Yeast Infections

“Men are less likely to seek treatment for yeast infections” says Doctor Vaughan of the Hamilton East Medical Centre in New Zealand. He believes this is a common problem with men all over the world, “they tend to neglect their health”.

Mr Boud of Tauranga, New Zealand confirms Dr Vaughans comments, “I suffered for more than 20 years with a yeast infection and ignored it. I was embarrassed to seek help”.

This is one reason why Beau Keith of Waikato, New Zealand has started a new website designed to educate men on yeast infections, the symptoms and treatments. He says, “this is the first website I have seen that caters for men. Most websites that deal with yeast infections are catered for women with a little piece about men. But men need a website that is just for them, they don’t want to look at womens’ problems, they just want to know what affects them”.

The website, he says “is made by men for men” and he encourages men to check it out immediately saying, “most men may not even realise they have a yeast infection. My only symptoms were headaches, aching muscles and fatigue”.

A recent study performed at the department of Laboratory Medicine at the Hainan Medical College in China found that oral yeast rates and species composition were similar between male and female participants (Mycopathologia. 2007 Aug;164(2):65-72.) showing yeast infections can be a problem not only for women.

Dr Vaughan says yeast are a common and natural flora of the body (both men and women) but become an infection when they multiply out of control. He states that a change in body pH is the main reason and this can be caused through a reduction of the body’s immune system through medication such as chemotherapy or stress.
Beau Keith also suggests that many men may have yeast infections caused through the consumption of products containing yeast such as alcohol and in particular beer since “many men all over the world enjoy a beer or two”

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