Yeast infections and herpes are very similar, but
herpes is an incurable STD, where as a yeast infection
can cause discomfort for a few days.Yeast
infections appear when a woman's vaginal canal
has a lower acidity which kills yeast. When the acid
level in the vagina is low, yeast multiply faster,
moisture also allows yeast to multiply as it prefers
moist areas. Herpes,
however is a lifetime disease which is sexually transmitted
through anal, oral or vaginal intercourse.
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The Symptoms of a Yeast Infection
In a yeast infection case of a woman, there will be a white to yellow cottage cheese-like discharge from the vagina. Men experience this as well and it is a very good sign that you may have vaginal or penile yeast infection. Symptoms of a yeast infection in women are a sore vulva area as it is inflamed. In men the tip or head of the penis will be sore and inflamed.
Sexual intercourse for women will be rather painful, as the vulva is inflamed and should be avoided. Men may experience small blisters appearing on the tip of the penis where as women suffer no blistering.
Symptoms of Herpes Infection
Herpes is transmitted sexually, and can be transmitted even if the person carrying the virus shows no signs of infection, this is the same with a yeast infection, but herpes have mush harsher symptoms. Genital herpes are also part of the Herpes simplex virus. Herpes symptoms may show up in a week to a month of exposure. The first signs of herpes are fever and body aches, often confused with the common flu. These symptoms will be followed by sore red blisters which appear all over the genitalia of men and women.
Herpes also has soreness. In women who have herpes blisters may appear in the cervix and may not be noticeable. On men the sores will appear all over the genitalia. Herpes may also cause a vaginal discharge but it will not be cottage cheese like, it will be abnormal from that of usual vaginal discharge. Painful urination is also a similar symptom that both infections have.
Herpes is often confused with vaginal and penile yeast infections because of the many similarities. The first similarity is the fact that a strange discharge is seen in both of these infections, although they look different some may assume that any kind of abnormal discharge is a yeast infection. This is not a good assessment as not only could it be herpes but any one of the common sexually transmitted diseases people get.
Both infections also involve painful urination, again a symptom of many STDs. In a case of a vaginal yeast infection there will be pain due to the inflamed vulva coming into contact with acidic urine in a case of a herpes infection the urine could be touching blisters which may have popped in the genital area.
In a case of a yeast infection, there should be no body aches. In men it is harder to tell by looking at the genitals if the infection seen is herpes or yeast infections because men experience blisters on the tip of the penis and this is a common sign of infection in both cases. It is recommended to consult a doctor in cases of genital infections.
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