Disease Database Drug Database Alt. Candidiasis is an infection caused by a yeast fungus.
Healthy women have a small amount of yeast in their vagina.
When this yeast grows too much, it becomes an infection. Yeast normally lives inside the mouth, the vagina and on the skin around the scrotum, penis, labia and upper thighs. Women may have thick, white, curdy, odourless, vaginal discharge. Women are usually treated with anti-fungal suppositories or cream. The medicated cream or suppositories are inserted into the vagina at bedtime for 3 to 7 nights.