A lot of women ask, "Can a vaginal Candida infection lead to gas?" Their reason for asking this is gas is a symptom of a Candida infection, but they don't realize why. Many women don't recognize that the Candida infection in their vagina is connected to what's going on inside their bowel, and this is what's causing the gas.

Your Candida infection and your bloating are caused by a bacterial imbalance in your digestive tract, and your symptoms start to show themselves when this discrepancy gets more in favor of the fungus. The Candida usually lives harmlessly inside your digestive tract and vagina, and on your skin until it is given the chance to mutate into its fungal form. This is when the fungus will start attacking your body's cells, and it will start causing your symptoms.

When you're more bloated than you normally do, this is one of the symptoms of a bacterial discrepancy in your intestines. Candida is a gas forming fungus, and your gas is a sign that the fungus is over populating your digestive tract. You probably won't link this with the discomfort of your vagina, but this pair of symptoms are both caused by the same fungus, Candida Albicans.

The most common cause of an intestinal Candida infection is a course of antibiotics. Antibiotics disturb the natural bacterial balance in your intestines by killing all the bacteria which includes your friendly bacteria. Your friendly bacteria is your body's natural defence against bacterial infections. Antibiotics also lower your immune system which is another natural defence your body has to guard you from infections.

If you have recently completed a course of antibiotics then you have a good chance that this is to blame for your Candida infection. Antibiotics are the largest cause of yeast infections in women's intestines and vaginas.

If you've never used antibiotics before, and you're suffering from the symptoms of a Candida infection then see your doctor ( if you haven't already ). Seeing your health practitioner will give you a correct diagnosis as surfing the internet is no way of diagnosing a yeast infection.

Many women try to self diagnose their infection, and they get their diagnosis wrong. Just because you have an itchy vagina and/or are suffering with bloating it is no guarantee that you have a yeast infection.

Once you have gotten the proper diagnosis you will then know that you have a good chance your Candida overgrowth is causing your intestinal discomfort. This will make it a lot easier to treat your infection. Your health practitioner will only diagnose your vaginal yeast infection, if you tell your health practitioner that you're suffering from bloating he/she will just prescribe something for your gas. Your health practitioner won't prescribe anything for your intestinal Candida infection as a very high percentage of health practitioners never diagnose an intestinal Candida infection.

If you start suffering from recurrent yeast infection then this will back up the fact that you are suffering from a Candida infection in your digestive tract. Recurrent vaginal Candida infections are usually caused by an intestinal yeast infection ( candidiasis ) as the fungus infecting your digestive tract continually re-infects your vagina when you stop your Candida infection cure.