Belly Button Yeast Infection

Belly button yeast infection has become more of an embarrassing problem with the change in fashion. A few years ago a belly button yeast infection was confined to red irritable skin that was itchy and sore, with the probability of a bad smell coming from your middle. Fortunately the sufferer was the only person aware of the problem. Unfortunately skinny tops these days have exposed more belly buttons to every one else then is possibly needful.

Because yeast infections thrive in wet damp areas a larger tummy with an inni belly button is more susceptible to a yeast infection. I am not sure if the modern trend to piercing contributes to a belly button yeast infection, however it probably would not help or keep a yeast infection away and it would definitely irritate the healing process.

To clear up a belly button yeast infection try tea tree oil on a cotton swab and make sure that you dry right inside your belly button. You can also use most anti-fungal creams that battle a yeast infection in this area quite successfully. If you have a larger tummy you may want to try our Anti-Candida diet book as it will definitely help with other remedies relating to skin yeast infections and of course it has good food that will help control the tummy over hang.

Belly button yeast infection may not be the only problem associated with a sore irritable weeping belly button a patent urachus (or urachal cyst) may be the problem which is a small ligament that extends from the top of the bladder to the umbilicus (belly button). After birth this closes off but sometimes it may not and can become infected causing what you may think is a belly button yeast infection.

I would suggest that you get your belly button examined by a Doctor just to make sure you don’t have some thing more serious that you can not treat alone.