Yeast Infection Home Test Kit: Why No Women Need Wonder
Health and Fitness - Health Issues
Written by Laurel Lee Ames   
Tuesday, 16 September 2008 09:28
Home pregnancy tests have been around for many years. The tests let a woman take control of her health care. A similar test has been approved by the FDA for a yeast infection home test kit. No need to wait days for results from a medical lab.
by LaurelLeeAmes


Home pregnancy tests have been around for many years. The tests let a woman take control of her health care. A similar test has been approved by the FDA for a yeast infection home test kit. No need to wait days for results from a medical lab.

In as little as five minutes you can find out whether you need to treat candida infection or your vaginal discharge is more serious.

You may wonder-why bother with a test strip for yeast infection? One study showed only 33% of women correctly diagnosed their vaginal infection. But with using yeast infection home test kit the self-diagnosis accuracy rose to 96%!

So what's the big concern? The signs of bacterial vaginosis and trichomonas are very similar. You'll still itch, burn and have vaginal discharge.

Sterility, miscarriage, and other fertility problems can result from bacterial vaginosis and trichomonas.

The yeast infection home test kit is easy to use. By using the kit you can tell whether the vagina is growing yeast or bacteria. The test measure pH and is easy to use.

The pH is acidic in a normal vagina with a pH between 4.0-4.5. Research has shown it's possible to detect the difference between thrush, trichomoniasis or bacterial vaginosis by testing pH. With tichomoniasis and bacterial vaginosis the pH of the vagina rises above 4.5.

A number of companies have designed kits with a test strip for yeast infection. This way a woman can quickly tell if she has thrush or not. The pH paper of high school chemistry class has become a simple to use swab or pantyliner.

Fem-V uses a pantyliner with the pH strip in the middle. While pHem-Alert and the Vagilisil Screening Kit for Vaginal Infections both use a swab tester

Without wasting time the test strips for yeast infection give women the option of starting the correct treatment of symptoms quickly and easily. If a woman has never had a vaginal infection, she is urged to check with her health care provider before starting any treatment.

You can worry less knowing you have made an accurate self-diagnosis using a yeast infection home test kit.

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