Pinpointing Candida Vaginal Yeast Infection Symptoms
Women who experience vaginal yeast infection symptoms find them impossible to ignore because they won’t let you. Nevertheless, although candida infections make their presence known through symptoms that are quite distinct, they are not unique to the condition and that means they could be mistaken for something else. It’s important therefore, that you get it right. Yeast infections may share symptoms with other common infections but there is one telltale indication that it can only be a yeast infection.
Candida overgrowth in the vagina inevitably produces common vaginal yeast infection symptoms. This is a fungal infection because the Candida fungus is very common among humans. In actual fact, the warm and moist areas of the human body will always have a natural presence of some Candida. When the local situation changes for instance because of a hormonal imbalance or the killing off of natural bacteria there, you have increased risk that an overgrowth will occur. Next thing you know, you have a severe and nasty infection. 
Vulvitis and Vaginal Yeast Infection Symptoms
The vulva is a comprehensive term describing all the parts of the female vagina, so the term ‘vulvitis’ means an inflammation of the female genitalia. You will always experience vulvitis with a yeast infection, but vulvitis doesn’t always mean you have one. Bacterial vaginosis for example, is an inflammation of the vagina, but it’s a bacterial rather than a fungal infection here.
So let’s look at the five main vaginal yeast infection symptoms:
1. Itching – an intense and annoying itching feeling that when you scratch it, seems like you can’t stop. This is a classic sign of a yeast infection. It generally occurs in and also around the vagina and can even make walking uncomfortable. But it is worth noting that you can also have a yeast infection without this particular symptom.
2. Burning – caused by the inflammation and usually in connection with urination. If the burning is experienced before your urine actually passes, it is more likely the sign of another infection.
3. Soreness and pain during sexual intercourse – takes the pleasure out of physical intimacy.
4. Discharge – a cheesy white colour that oozes from the inflamed area.
5. Distinct Odour – some say it smells like rising bread, others more like beer. Either way, it’s a distinctive yeast odour and usually the deciding factor in diagnosing a yeast infection over other possible causes of vulvitis.
If you’re reading this and are experiencing most of the above, then you probably have the typical vaginal yeast infection symptoms and should take immediate steps to clean the problem up. There are many pharmaceutical remedies available such as broad spectrum antifungals and the like, but these only attack the inflamed area and deal with the symptoms, not the cause. It would be well worth your while considering a more natural solution. This will not only be cheaper in the long run and give you greater control, but will also be far more effective as a permanent cure.