Yeast infection cannot be accused of gender discrimination – it can and does attack men and women with equal vigor. All that it requires is a warm and moist environment with preferably little or no air circulation. Since female anatomy has more such areas which are conducive to growth of a yeast colony, it is generally perceived that only women are vulnerable to these infections. But this is only a widely held misconception and has no real scientific base. Perhaps this misconception that yeast infection is a “female” disease prevents men to come out in the open and admit that they have indeed been infected and this makes it even more difficult for them to get rid of it and be cured completely. The symptoms and cure are, obviously, exactly the … Read entire article »