What is the difference between bacterial infection and yeast infection?
Saturday, September 12th, 2009 at
5:28 pm
I have bacterial infection could I use monostat 3 for that?
Filed under: Bacterial Vaginosis
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A bacterial infection is caused by a bacteria and needs antibiotics. A yeast infection is caused by an overgrowth of yeast and you use an anti fungal such as monostat for that. They are not the same thing. If you have been diagnosed with a bacterial infection a doctor would have had to do that so where is your prescription. If you are self diagnosing, bad idea.
You need antibiotics for a bacterial infection. Monistat is only good for yeast.
Bacterial infections are caused by bacteria and need to be treated with an antibiotic. Yeast infections are caused by a fungus and are treated with an anti-fungal. If you have a bacterial infection monistat probably won’t work because it’s made to work for a yeast infection. You should see your gyn.
no, yeast infection is fungus, bacterial infections are bacteria. The medication in yeast infection cream will reduce fungal counts but wont harm bacteria.
Totally different animals. Yeast is a fungus, bacteria are microorganisms. Monostat is an antifungal. This answers your question.
You normally have both bacteria and fungus (yeast) living in your reproductive tract and the two typically keep each other in check. A yeast infection happens when the yeast population manages to grow out of control (which happens frequently when a woman takes antibiotics for an unrelated infection and it kills of some of her vaginal bacteria as well.) A bacterial vaginal infection happens when the bacterial population multiplies out of control. It’s important to know which you have. If you do, indeed, have a bacterial infection, treating it with an antifungal will be ineffective at best and at worst, will exacerbate the problem. Likewise, if you have a yeast infection, taking antibiotics will only kill off bacteria allowing the yeast to further flourish. See your doctor for a diagnosis and the appropriate treatment.
Girl they are both very diffrent infections, but they both share something in common: They freakin’ suck!