Candida infections can be frustrating and very painful to deal with. The thing is though, Candida is a yeast which is normally controlled by the immune system and the bacteria in the body. It is harmless is small numbers but when it grows out of control, that is a different story. But when a person’s immune system is not up to par or if the bacteria that is beneficial to the body is killed off by an antibiotic, Candida can grow and spread. The spread of this usually results in a yeast infection

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