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What do you get female yeast infection from?

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Dr. Dennis Higginbotham answered

Specializes in American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Yourself: A vaginal yeast infection is really just an overgrowth of the yeast that is usually present in low numbers in the vagina. When that yeast overgrows, you begin to have the typical symptoms - discharge, itching, urinary frequency, pain with sex, etc.

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Answered 12/9/2013

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