Candida – Why pregnancy can make it worse

Posted by Leanne on May 12th, 2008 | no comments

Why does pregnancy make candida worse?

Candida is an opportunistic yeast that will take advantage of anything it can in order to grow in your system.  Women who are pregnant can see a flare up in yeast conditions once they find out that they are expecting. But, why does this happen…?!?!

 It turns out that the body will suppress the immune system in order to protect the developing baby.  If the immune system was not suppressed, the body would think that the baby was an invading organism and would organize a defense against the embryo.  The poor baby would not stand a chance! 

However, this suppression ofthe immune system allows candida to start proliferating; so, the more pregnancies you have had, the worse the candida can become.

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