Intestinal Yeast Infection (Causes, Symptoms and Precautions)

Our intestines house hundreds of millions of friendly bacteria who aid in digestion by helping break down the food elements and aiding absorption of nutrients by the walls of the intestine. An overgrowth of a particular type of yeast can severely disturb this process by killing these helpful bacteria, thus resulting in improper digestion and hence lesser absorption of nutrients by the intestines, further leading to severe weight loss, malnutrition and other complications arising because of it. In medical terms this type of infection is called Candida Albicans yeast infection.