Article in English: A yeast infection, or vulvovaginitis candidiasis, is a very common condition. Over 50% of women will experience it once during their lifetime, though only 5% will have repeat infections. A yeast infection often develops when or shortly after you take a course of antibiotics, which disrupts your body’s natural lactobacillus count in the vagina.  The symptoms include complaints of a thick, cottage cheese-like discharge. This is accompanied by an itchy and irritated sensation around the vulva and vagina. This can make those areas irritated and sensitive. Some women may get recurrent episodes, which are described as four or more infections per year. However, this is rare. You can generally tell if you have a yeast infection at home. If you notice the symptoms, you can do a visual exam to see if you fit all the criteria of a yeast infection. On visual exam, you should see the inflamed labia and vulva. You should also notice the obvious discharge, which will be thick and white or yellow along the vaginal vault. There should be no odor. If you have three or more yeast infections per year that are unrelated to antibiotic therapy, you should take note and seek a medical diagnosis. This is important as taking repeated courses of the antifungal therapy for yeast infections can cause systemic toxicity. You should also be vigilant because there could be an underlying cause of the infections, such as, diabetes or immunosuppression from HIV. Try not to over self-diagnose. If you simply tell your doctor you have a yeast infection without proper examination, your family provider might call in a prescription in an attempt to be helpful. This may not be helpful because you could have a more insidious disease, such as an STI. You can use either oral or topical treatment for a yeast infection. The medicine is an antifungal agent that fights the yeast causing the infection. You can use a 150 mg oral dose of diflucan once. You can also use the topical creams diflucan or clotrimazole, which are available over the counter in most...

Summary in Chinese:
了解酵母菌感染。 诊断酵母菌感染。 留意酵母菌感染是否反复发作。 治疗酵母菌感染。