Yeast infections after surgery are becoming more common, but it is not the surgery that causes the infection, it is the subsequent treatment with antibiotics. Antibiotic use is on the rise, as are yeast infections, and the two are linked. Antibacterial medications are needed after surgery, but it is the harmful side effects of these necessary antibacterial medications that cause Candida overgrowth in the bodies of yeast infection patients.

Your antibiotics were prescribed to kill any bacteria that entered your body after surgery and to prevent you from getting infections. This is something that is needed and cannot be avoided, but antibiotics also kill all other bacteria in your body, and they also kill your friendly/beneficial bacteria. Your friendly bacteria are your natural first defense against infection-causing bacteria and fungi. When it has been killed by antibiotics, your body is open to any kind of infection, and a yeast infection is always the first one someone gets after antibiotic use.

Once the course of antibiotics is over, your body is left unprotected. This allows the Candida Albicans yeast to transform into a fungus. A diet high in sugar and refined carbohydrates speeds up the mutation process because these foods are Candida’s favorites.

Your friendly bacteria that have been killed by antibiotics are also necessary for a healthy immune system. A weakened immune system will leave your body open to infections as well as a low population of friendly bacteria.

To reverse what the antibiotics have done you need…

Rid your body of health destroying fungus

Repopulate your intestines with friendly bacteria that stimulate the immune system.

Avoid all foods that will feed the mutated Candida

You can try to do this on your own or you can get expert help from someone who has years of experience treating Candida.

Whichever way you choose to heal yourself, I hope you heal as soon as possible. Yeast infections after antibiotics are tougher than most Candida infections because the yeast has already been exposed to antibacterial drugs, so it will have mutated into a stronger strain of fungus.