Ever since you were a tiny little baby you have had microbiological species living in your body.
Your skin and your body has been a place where bacteria, mites, fungi and a host of other organisms have been living since then.
In fact your body has been harbouring yeast cells since as long as you can remember.
The yeast-like fungus that causes yeast infections, Candida, lives in every single person.
Candida is often passed on from a mother to a newborn baby during birth.
It lives on the human skin, in the mouth, in the intestinal track and, and in the vagina for women.
So it should really come as no surprise to you then that people get localized yeast infections in their mouth, thrush, or groin areas.
It is only when this healthy balance of microorganisms is disrupted that Candidiasis, and thus a yeast infection develops.
Yuck! So actually you can develop a yeast infection at almost any age.
You can be male or female and develop yeast infection; a yeast infection doesn't discriminate.
You are especially susceptible to a yeast infection are you having a weak immune system or if you ingest a lot of sugar.
Yeast feeds on sugar, so a person who has a diet rich in sugar will invariably develop a yeast infection.
You can stop eating sugar now and stop feeding your yeast infection.
Other indicators that you most likely have a yeast infection are if you have taken antibiotics, birth control pills or yeast infection drugs in the past.
Yeast infections must be combated naturally for them to be effectively eliminated, or restored to normal populations.
Drugs will actually make them more resilient and harder to fight off next time around which is why after people take yeast infection drugs they are most likely to have a reoccurring episode of yeast infection.