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Skin fungi are fungi that grow in the skin, nails or hair of humans or animals. If the fungus spreads, we call that a fungal infection.

Fungi are everywhere, everyone comes into contact with them.

Fungi grow especially if the skin is moist and warm. Tight abrasive clothes washing much with soap can irritate the skin and stimulate the growth of the fungi. There are also fungi who use sugar or fat as a power source. This is yeasts.
Some species make the bread rise, others are used in the production of beer, but there are also fermenting fungi which grow in humans.

Fungi often use the skin ingredient keratin as a nutrient.

The most famous fungi are Candida and Pityrosporum, infections of the skin and mucous membranes.

There are very aggressive types of fungi. One common is Aspergillus. For people with little resistance they may be very dangerous. They mainly cause infections in the respiratory tract.

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• Do not wash yourself more often than necessary and preferably without soap. As an alternative, you might try using a pH-neutral wasemulsie.
• If you use soap or shampoo, then rinse the skin very well.
• Use talcum powder in body folds and between the toes to skin dry.
• Wear ventilated, not rigid clothing and shoes.
• Use slippers in common bath.

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• Decreased resistance due to illness or stress;
• Pregnancy or childbirth;
• Disturbed or unbalanced household sugar: diabetes mellitus;
• A poor diet, rich in sugars and refined products, alcohol;
• Use antibiotics;
• Hormone preparations eg Prednisone or the pill.

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A yeast Candida is a fungal infection that can cause. This yeast is created by a disturbance in the balance of yeast household in the body. Due to reduced resistance, the yeast will multiply itself and various complaints.

A very common fungal infection is the vaginal candida infection. The scabbard is an acid environment maintained, in which the most pathogens have no chance of survival. This acidic environment, a body created by the barrier, can be affected by the use of (private) sprays, different kinds of soap, the use of antibiotics in the pill. Disease agents get the chance to cause an inflammation.

The Candida albicans is more often on the labia and in the area between scabbard and anus, than in the vagina itself. The complaints are sometimes a terrible itching or burning pain in the vagina and labia with a yellowish-green secession.

The labia may red and swollen. Also, the candida are frequent in the urethra and bladder. Lakes can cause a burning pain in one often urination with small bits at a time.

Often there are no complaints with urination, but only a fungal infection of the vagina. Time and time again the urethra is infected.

Candida can arise from within and also transferred to the partner. The partner gets the fungal infection as a spolno (SOA). To the man candida leads to complaints as itching, red dots on the acorn or a flaking, dry bitch.

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There are some general advice that may help reduce the infection.
• Eat vegetables, fish, brown rice and yogurt that contains yogurt cultures.
• Make sure there is no fruit in the diet,even no sugar and yeast.
• Avoid products such as chocolate, pork, alcohol, cheese, vinegar and honey.
• Try especially to avoid stress as much as possible and take plenty of rest.

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• No yeast products
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• Sourdough bread By day she maximum 5 sandwiches allowed.
• IIf less than 5 sourdough sandwiches each day or a corresponding amount of extra brown rice or other grains.
• No foods containing more than 15% carbohydrates.
• Exception: bread (no yeast), brown rice and cooked potatoes.
• Instead of sourdough bread may wholewheat pasta (yeast and sugar).

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