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Many women are discovering that when using antibiotics to treat a urinary track infections or some other type of illness, they can cause a yeast infection. Another source of a potential yeast infections seem to be found in contraceptives.

The use of antibiotics to cure ear infections in infants and children may have severe results if the infant is found to be allergic to the drug. One of those reactions could be a yeast infection which is both painful and pervasive.

The occurrence of yeast infections four times in any given year is classified as recurring and if left unchecked or the cause for the yeast infection undiscovered, these occurrences can lead to the risk of more serious problems, such as a weakened immune system or chronic urinary tract infections.

Infants and children are very susceptible to yeast overgrowth. For infants, yeast infections can be passed from mother to child while in the birth canal or while breast feeding. For children, it can develop as a result of the prevalence of prescribing antibiotics for ear infections.