Candida is a yeast type of fungus that lives on the skin, mouth, in the intestine and into the vagina. So far, scientists discovered about 150 species of the Candida, but only 10 of them are dangerous to human beings. However, these 10 are quite enough, as long as Candida can affect almost every human system. Most often affected are the sexual systems in both: men and women. The growth of Candida is allowed by an inhibited immune system and the disrupted balance between the yeast cells and bacteria, so-called friendly bacteria. As long as the balance between bacteria and Candida cells is disrupted or immune system provides a fail, fungal cells start to grow aggressively, invading almost every tissue in the human body. Although it seems that the Candida affects only one system, it is proved that, in fact, Candida infection affects all systems, and the only right approach to the treatment of this infection is an integrated approach, that considers the treatment of the entire body.

This is a common mistake that yeast infection is always caused by Candida only. Yeast infections can be caused not only by Candida, but also by other types of fungi. Another common mistake is that the vaginal yeast infection is the only Candida symptom, but if you have a vaginal yeast infection, you can be sure that you have the yeast in the entire body and you can start searching for other yeast infection symptoms.

Symptoms of chronic systemic Candida in men and women are largely similar. As long as symptoms of infection are very similar, the approach to the treatment would be virtually the same. If we talk about chronic systemic Candida, there is no much difference between men and women. But, when we talk about a genital yeast infection, differences appear. Women show a greater variety of symptoms such as cheesy leaks from vagina, redness and itching in the genital area, soreness of vulva. At the same time, men mostly are not showing any symptoms at all.