Patient's question:
Okay, here is the translation following your instructions:Yesterday I was fine, but today I went to the hospital for a prenatal check-up. The result was a yeast infection (Candida vaginitis). It shocked both my husband and me! The kind of help I need: How does a yeast infection get transmitted? Please.
Doctor's answer:
From a anatomical point of view, the female external genitalia are in a naturally closed state, ensuring that the vagina is not connected to the outside world. The vaginal walls are also closed in the front and back during normal conditions, and the cervix is also closed. Additionally, indirect contact transmission is another way that candidal vaginitis spreads. Touching certain items may lead to vaginal infection. Contact with toilet seats, bathtubs, hot tub seats, or towels contaminated by individuals with candidiasis, as well as using unclean toilet paper, can all contribute to its spread. When the number of Candida in the infected person's external genitalia and vagina reaches a certain level, recurrent candidal vulvovaginitis may occur.