Introduction If you have ever had to put up with the misery of having a yeast infection, you will undoubtedly know just how much of a ‘bummer’ it is! It is very painful, can make you feel very sick indeed – it can actually be fatal, and you do not get any sicker than that – and it can come back time and again, no matter what you do or how hard you try to get rid of it. Yeast infections are no respecters of race, age or gender, which is the reason why as you read this, there are many thousands of people all over the world suffering. It really need not be that way if you know what is required to defeat yeast infections completely. However, the problem is that very few people have the information they need, and so they go on suffering when it is unnecessary to do so. This book is going to change all that. It is going to give you an in-depth insight into what exactly yeast infections are, where they come from, and what you can do about getting rid of an infection so that it stays that way. Some of the things you will read abut in this book do not make pleasant reading, but everything is here for a reason. There are thousands of yeast infection sufferers who are looking for a cure for their yeast infection problems and you may well be amongst them. If so, it is important to understand that, without knowing all of the (sometimes grim) details about your condition, it is almost certainly going to mean it is impossible for you to cure your problem for good. You need to appreciate that you are probably looking for the solution to your problem in all of the wrong places, and if you continue to do that, you are not going to find the answer that you are seeking. This book is going to change all that. It will tell you everything you could ever need to know – probably quite a bit more than you want to know – so that you can get rid of your yeast infection problem completely and totally. No more pain, no more unpleasant ‘discharges’ and no more knowing that as soon as your infection has gone away, it is likely to come back again. What are yeast infections? The first thing to understand is that from the day you were born, you have been covered with yeast! In particular, ever since birth, you have been host to new particular strain of the Candida family of yeasts, Candida albicans. Even though this particular yeast has been on your skin and inside your gut since you were born, it is the same thing that causes yeast infections, collectively known as Candidiasis. There must be something that happens to make this previously harmless yeast into one that causes so much pain and misery, so let’s start by looking at what a yeast is so that we can begin to see where things go wrong. But before that, what is yeast? Yeast is a type of fungus, and while I don’t imagine that most people would be too happy knowing that they are covered in fungus, there really is nothing to worry about most of the time. Fungi are not the same as bacteria, in that they are a more plant-like organism that is often quite complex, especially in terms of their cell structure. Although fungus is a living organism similar to a plant, it does not have roots or leaves, with the natural home of fungus being in soil, water or on a decaying organism. Fungi survive by secreting enzymes that break down the materials which are playing host to them so that they can absorb the nutrients generated by this process. This is a factor the importance of which you will begin to appreciate as you read through this report. There are around 100,000 different types of fungus, of which approximately 100 are members of the Candida family. Of the 100, there are only a dozen or so that cause health problems in humans, with Candida albicans being the most common cause of complaints. To be precise, ‘yeast’ is the description that is applied to the fungus when it is in a single cell form, and while it is in this form, it is generally harmless. However, once the yeast comes together to form a multi- cellular colony, it then becomes a ‘mold’ and it is when it is in this form that your infection breaks out. What you have when you suffer a ‘yeast infection’ is, in fact, a mold infection. Since the common terminology is that it is a yeast infection, this is the phrase that we will continue to use even though it is not 100% accurate. This is not pleasant, but… When Candida albicans is in the single cell yeast form, it is essentially harmless. However, once the yeast is exposed to blood because of a break in your skin, it can grow and multiply, eventually becoming the multi-cellular colony that is typical of mold. Once this happens, the mold develops tube-like ‘branches’ called hyphe which burrow into your skin between the skin cells. In order to find the necessary nutrients that it needs to survive, it is a natural part of the development of a fungus that it secrete enzymes in order to break down the surrounding materials to generate those nutrients. This is exactly what happens when the hyphe are embedding themselves in your skin. Your body does not welcome being invaded in this way, and it therefore reacts by generating swelling, pain and heat as it tries to fight back. You then have the yeast infection which is generally known as Candidiasis. Section summary • Yeast is a type of fungus, a plant like organism that is often surprisingly complex. • In its single cell form, Candida albicans is essentially harmless. • When it becomes a multi-cellular colony, however, it turns into a mold, which is when it is said to be a yeast infection.

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