A monistat yeast infection test is not only inaccurate, but it is potentially dangerous. Anti fungal creams are to be used once you have had your yeast infection diagnosed by your doctor. They are not in any way a method of diagnosing any infection. The only way you should test for a yeast infection is see your doctor at the first sign of your symptoms. The reasons are explained below.
Monistat yeast infection test if you don’t have a yeast infection
If you use any OTC anti fungal cream to attempt to diagnose a yeast infection you will feel relief even if you’re suffering from another vaginal bacterial infection. This often makes women feel that they do have a yeast infection so they continue with the OTC cream thinking they’re curing their infection.
What happens next is, they stop their treatment after a day or a week depending on what strength treatment they’ve been using, and as soon as the treatment stops their infection returns. This is where it gets dangerous. Some women will assume they have a recurring yeast infection, and go out and purchase another OTC treatment that is stronger, or they will get an oral anti fungal and use that.
If the infection is something like Chlamydia or Gonorrhoea then they now risk damaging their reproductive organs by not treating the infection with the proper treatment. These vaginal, bacterial infections can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease ( PID ) which can cause permanent damage to reproductive organs and/or causes an ectopic pregnancy.
Resistant yeast infections
Using an anti fungal yeast infection treatment on your vagina if you don’t have any mutated Candida infecting it can actually cause a yeast infection. The cream will cause the harmless Candida that lives naturally in your vagina to mutate so it can fight it off, and also creates an imbalance in your natural vaginal flora. The chances of the Candida becoming resistant increase as the anti fungal cream is continually used trying to cure another vaginal infection.
A monistat yeast infection test is something that is used by many women, and they will continue to do so because it saves them going to the doctor to be examined, and they think that the results are accurate. They won’t know any different until they read the dangers on the internet, or they happen to meet someone who asks if they’ve been correctly diagnosed before they pay for the OTC treatment.
