Candida infections have been around for centuries and for all that time symptoms of a yeast infection in women have been frustrating ladies to no end.

Most women have had at least one vaginal yeast infection in their lives and know how frustrating it can be to deal with one.

There are many reasons women can have a yeast infection. Yeast infections can be so easy to get for one person and very rare for some, so if you have had only one or two, count yourself lucky. Signs ranging anywhere from aggravating itching and heavy discharge to mild almost bearable discomfort.

Annoying, frustrating vaginal itching, nothing is more aggravating to have to endure for a day or more. It is hard to live your everyday life and it can be very embarrassing.

Ointments and other medications only provide temporary relief, at best, from the maddening itching. You have to keep going to the bathroom to apply these creams that just mask the problem, who really wants to do that?

On top of which a thick white vaginal discharge, the classic symptom of a yeast infection in women. As if things weren't bad enough with the itching.

You can't just wash this discharge off, unfortunately. The yeast overgrowth is actually showing itself here. What we need to do now is find the best way to eliminate all the harmful candida bacteria and replenish your body with the "good" bacteria.

Replenishing your natural flora has many different options. But it will take a lot to do it. Get some non-sweetened yogurt and apply it vaginally every day or just eat it. This is an excellent way to get the good bacteria back in.

Probiotics can be another helpful thing here. Secondary symptoms like vaginal swelling and burning are something else you may have to deal with here. Constant scratching is generally the cause of this. Burning during urination is not caused by the scratching, however. What happens is that the yeast causes major inflammation and swelling inside your vagina and can cause it to be raw and irritated.

These three symptoms, itching, discharge, and burning are the main ones associated with a yeast infection. You have a yeast infection if you are experiencing these three symptoms. Alleviating the symptoms of a yeast infection in women is one thing, but curing the infection is another.

Most women don't work too hard to cure the root of the problem, with a healthy immune system. However you may have to work a little harder if your immune system is compromised or weakened for any reason.

Eliminating candida is really simple, you just have to understand what it is and take the necessary steps to rid yourself of it. Candida can get out of control and take over your body very quickly. It can become much worse than a simple infection if left to develop out of control.