Fungal infections after surgery are becoming more common, but it is not the surgery that causes the infection, it is the subsequent treatment with antibiotics. Antibiotic use is on the rise, as are yeast infections, and the two are related. Antibacterial medications are needed after surgery, but it is the harmful side effects of these necessary antibacterial medications that cause Candida overgrowth in the bodies of yeast infection patients.
Your antibiotics were prescribed to kill any bacteria that entered your body after surgery and to prevent you from getting infections. This is something that is needed and cannot be avoided, but antibiotics also kill all other bacteria in your body, and they also kill your friendly/beneficial bacteria. Your friendly bacteria are your first natural defense against infection-causing bacteria and fungi. When it’s been killed by antibiotics, your body is open to any kind of infection, and a yeast infection is always the first one someone gets after antibiotic use.
Once the course of antibiotics is over, your body is left unprotected. This allows the yeast Candida Albicans to transform into a fungus. A diet high in sugar and refined carbohydrates speeds up the mutation process because these foods are Candida’s favorites.
Your friendly bacteria that have been killed off by antibiotics are also necessary for a healthy immune system. A weakened immune system will leave your body open to infections, as well as a low population of friendly bacteria.
To reverse what antibiotics have done you need…
Rid your body of the fungus that destroys health
Repopulate your intestines with friendly bacteria that boost the immune system.
Avoid all foods that will feed the mutated Candida
You can try doing this on your own, or you can get expert help from someone who has years of experience treating Candida.
Whichever way you choose to heal, I hope you heal as soon as possible. Yeast infections after antibiotics are tougher than most Candida infections because the yeast has already been exposed to antibacterial drugs, so it will have mutated into a stronger strain of fungus.