How does antibiotics cause an environment conducive to yeast infections on the human body?
The problem comes when you get a bacterial infection that you must take an antibiotic for. Antibiotics aren’t surgical strike weapons. Instead, an antibiotic functions a lot more like carpet bombing. All of the bacteria start to die, including the healthy kind. The normal bacterial load of your body takes a serious beating from any course of antibiotics. In addition, antibiotics usually change the natural pH of the body, creating an environment less suited to bacteria but more suited to fungal growth. Now, candida is just one of the most common fungi in existence. Competing bacteria normally keep it in check, but when the bacteria all die, the normal limitations go right out the window. Candida spores start multiplying like mad when given such a wide open environment. When the load of candida gets to a high enough population, congratulations, you have a yeast infection.
