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Article: AS SUMMER APPROACHES, SO DOES SUSCEPTIBILITY TO YEAST INFECTIONS
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- PR Newswire
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- July 5, 1995
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RARITAN, N.J., July 5 /PRNewswire/ -- For many women, summer means sun, sand and surf. For some, it's sure to mean a bout with an annoying yeast infection. During the summer, as women begin spending more time in damp bathing suits and eating certain summertime foods, susceptibility to the condition increases.
"The 'itches of summer' can be quite disconcerting for many women," Marla Tobin, M.D., president of Family Practice Associates of West Central Missouri, P.C., said. "In addition to sunburns, poison ivy and bee stings, women are faced with an increased chance of suffering from a vaginal yeast infection during these months."
A yeast infection is an ...