I've heard rumors about what to do to prevent them, like wear cotton underwear, don't wear spandex, and eat yogurt. Woman Dear Healthy Woman, It is great that you are thinking about what you can do to prevent yourself from getting a yeast infection. Alice is a big proponent of prevention. If, however, you did, by chance, get a yeast infection, she wants to assure you that yeast infections are not the worst thing in the world.
Yeast infections are treatable.
Yeast may be uncomfortable, but it is not awful. Yeast is a normal inhabitant of the body, but ,under certain conditions, it can reproduce more than normal, causing infections. The classic symptoms of yeast include intense itching and white, cottage cheese-like vaginal discharge. If those symptoms are not happening, it is probably not yeast. However, it may be a different infection.