Are Yeast Infections a sexually transmitted disease?
Most health care professionals don’t classify yeast infections as a sexually transmitted disease but the truth is that yeast infections are contagious because they can be passed to your partner during intimate contact. That means you can contract a yeast infection by kissing someone who has oral thrush in the mouth or during sexual contact if it is vaginal or penile yeast infection. The fungi that causes yeast infections flourishes in dark, warm moist areas. Of course this makes intimate contact an ideal environment for the transferance of yeast . Also, it can become a vicious cycle where the two of you just keep passing it back and forth to each other. We live in a time that sexually transmitted diseases neither raise eyebrows or alarm anymore. Since most people don’t know that yeast infections are contagious and can be transmitted during intimate contact here are a few safety tips that you should follow: 1) Ask before you touch. Don’t assume that your partner is yeast free. Remember
