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Can yeast infections permanently damage your body if you don't get treatment? Because if so, this sucks.
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Yeast infections simply do not cause permanent damage to a woman's body; however, a bacterial infection would.
Bacterial vaginosis has the same symptoms as a yeast infection and is commonly left untreated by many women each year. Ironically, it not only has the same symptoms of a yeast infection, but it also is caused by the same things (douching, sexual intercourse, soap, antibiotics, ...).
The bacteria that cause BV can infect the uterus and fallopian tubes. This type of infection is called pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
PID can cause abscesses, scarring and damage to your reproductive organs. This can cause pelvic pain, infertility and ectopic pregnancies. Ectopic pregnancy is where a fetus starts to develop outside the womb (usually in a fallopian tube). The fetus won't survive and needs to be removed and may rupture the tube. The sooner PID is treated, the better.
Around 3 in 10 women with PID develop chronic pelvic pain. About 1 in 10 women who have had PID can no longer have children as a result of damage to their fallopian tubes.
For those women with PID who do go on to get pregnant, up to 1 in 20 will have an ectopic pregnancy. There may also be complications with childbirth, such as having a pre-term baby or passing on the infection to the baby.
BV is treatable with antibiotics prescribed by a health care provider. Two different antibiotics are recommended as treatment for BV: metronidazole or clindamycin. Either can be used with non-pregnant or pregnant women, but the recommended dosages differ. For reference, BV can recur after treatment.
Please see your doctor to make sure what you are experiencing is indeed a yeast infection. We wouldn't want to see you in pain from this because you didn't take the time to get checked out.
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I got this from a website:
"Is a yeast infection dangerous?
Yeast infections can cause severe discomfort but rarely cause serious health problems. Left untreated, vaginal yeast infections often clear up on their own, usually when menstruation begins. Menstrual blood raises the vaginal pH, causing the number of yeast cells to decrease because they can't grow in the pH present during menstruation.
Recurring yeast infections may be difficult to prevent or cure. There are significant differences between occasional, easily treatable yeast infections and recurring infections that seriously affect a woman's life. Women who have recurring yeast infections should be tested for underlying causes so that the appropriate treatment can be chosen."
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