Best Natural Yeast Infection Cure

One fourth to one half of babies experience diaper rash. Of these, one sixth to one half are due to yeast. Yeast diaper rashes tend to decrease as children get older and end when the infant stops using diapers.

If few C albicans are present, they may not be significant. However, symptoms are aggravated with more extensive infection. One study noted C albicans was present in 37 of 40 patients with diaper rash, suggesting that C albicans infection from the gastrointestinal tract plays a major role in diaper rash. Another study noted that 30% of healthy infants and 92% of infants with diaper rash had C albicans in the stool. This reveals a definite relationship between candidal colonization of the stool and diaper dermatitis.

Antibiotic use can lead to increased growth of Candida species. Thus, the fact that the use of amoxicillin increases the risk for developing diaper rash is not surprising. Amoxicillin use in infants decreases the number of bacteria and increases the number of C albicans.

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What is a yeast diaper rash?

Most diaper rashes have to do with impairment of skin integrity rather than any specific bacterial or fungal infection. However, sometimes an infection is a factor in diaper rash. The most common infectious cause of diaper rash is Candida albicans (yeast, a fungus).

A yeast diaper rash is caused by an infection with C albicans. A yeast diaper rash can begin with softening of the tissue around and inside the anus from exposure to moisture. Later, the edges of the rash are sharply defined. The infected area is red and elevated, and fluid may be visible under the skin. Smaller raised red infected areas (satellite pustules) appear on nearby skin. These satellite pustules allow yeast diaper rash to be distinguished from other types of diaper rash. Yeast diaper rash can appear on the thighs, genital creases, abdomen, and genitals. Distant and distinct satellite pustules are most likely to have positive culture results for Candida species.

The candidal infection can come from the upper gastrointestinal tract, the lower gastrointestinal tract, or exposure from a care provider. A diaper rash can be accompanied by Candida infection of the mouth (thrush).

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