i want to know what candidiasis is all about, if it is a sexually transmitted diseases or not. i also want to know the symptoms of a person with candidiasis and finally the cure for the disesase

I’ve been noticing bumps on my body for about a week. I thought it was from my scratching from withdrawal from kicking heroin, but it’s been getting worse, I don’t want to go to the doctor if it’s going to go away on it’s own because I have no money nor insurance. But I’m miserable and need someones advise.

Is periodic recurrance of itch & symptoms of Herpes common to all kinds of Herpes or just the Simplex?

I have spent the last several years with constant nasal and chest congestion with chronic headaches and earaches. All of the sudden about 6 days ago I got a severe headache with ear pressure and it hasn’t gone away since. The pain and pressure is constant. I’ve had a doc tell me that my headaches were probably caused by chronic candidiasis, but this sudden flare makes me think there’s something else wrong. I need some relief!

or the most common bacteria of it..i just need a SCIENTIFIC NAME TO USE..like the genus and species or w/e..

Hi, I was on extremely high doses of both steroids and antibiotics for asthma/sinus infection, and now I’ve been off both for about 3/7 days (off steroids for 3, off antibiotics for a week), but I’m pretty sure that what I’ve had is a yeast infection for a week or so. I was itchy down there, but now it stings, burns, is very red, and still itchy. I have my period as well, so I haven’t noticed any sort of discharge, but I’ve gotten yeast infections before without any discharge. My problem is that I’ve always taken Diflucan, which clears it up within 2 days, and when I took it 3 days ago, it started to feel better but now the feeling is back and worse than ever. It kind of stings when I urinate too (not like a UTI feeling, but it stings on the OUTSIDE). Can that all be just a very persistant yeast infection? Also, can hormones contribute to it too? My hormones have been a mess since the steroids. Thank you so much and sorry for the gross topic!

i had this intense itch, redness n whitish-yellowish discharge a few months ago, after a few days it subsided. i hope that it would eventually go away, but after months, the whitish-slightly yellowish discharge still remains, though the itching only occurs when the discharge accumulate too much in my underwear. otherwise, minimal itching, the swelling is not there too. i think it has gotten quite mild, but i wanted it to disappear completely.

after i went to see a gynae, he told me it’s most probably vaginal candidiasis and gave me a 150mg fluconazole(diflucan) tablet. it’s been two days now since i’ve taken it. how long will it take to clear up? what are the signs that the infection is receding? (remember my infection is not so serious) and how many days should i wait before i go to see the doctor again if it does not clear up?

I’m a medical student, have a pen-torch which i use with a mirror to see into my vagina. today there are still patches of whitish mucus in my vaginal, how long will it take for it to clear up?
it just happened out of the blue, not on any contraceptives pills or anything like that. 1 150mg fluconazole tablet is supposedly enough for vaginal candiasis( written on the information paper of the tablet)