Anyone after having gastric bypass has yeast infections. What are you doing for it?

You know, I have had a few of these but I have not connected it to having bypass surgery.

I will be interested to see if others respond to this.

I just go to the drugstore and get Monistat 1. It usually does the trick.

I hate yeast infections! Ugh!

Last month, while on vacation in NW Arkansas, I discovered hiking. Now I love hiking and we have been hiking every weekend since. A couple of weeks ago, after a grueling and sweaty hike, I discovered a bright red ring around my bellybutton and it smelled horrible. I asked the nurse about it at my three-month check up. She said it was a yeast infection! Because of the roll of skin that covers my bellybutton, the moisture is trapped and that causes a yeast infection. She said it is very common for WLS patients to get these yeast infections in the folds of excess skin. She gave me a perscription cream and it was cleared up in a week.

Now if you are talking a vaginal yeast infection, I agree with Djmohr, go get some monistat. Before surgery and my diabetes was totally out of control, I had one continuous yeast infection. I was tempted to buy stock in the company that makes monistat. Since surgery and my diabetes going into remission, this has not been an issue.

If you're talking a vaginal yeast infection and you don't want to mess with creams, you can ask your doc for a pill called Diflucan. Just one pill and it clears it up. If you're having repeated infections, I'd try upping your probiotic intake with yogurt, kefir, fermented foods or supplements.

You probably need to take a probiotic at least daily. This won't cure the existing yeast infection but it will help you from getting more.

Cheapest way is to eat a yogurt each day with "active cultures." But I'm lactose intolerant so that doesn't work for me.

You can buy probiotic pills at any health food or grocery store. My and my dr's favorite is Primal Defense Ultra, usually found int the refrigerated supplements section. It's pricey but is one of the few that contains both a wide range of probiotic species AND the one that has been found to reduce c. Difficile infections.