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How can clothing affect your rate of thrush?

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Candida proliferates in warm moist and airless locations. Clothes that promote this environment around your vulva and vagina will enable it to grow. 

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If candida gets on your clothes or towels, you can continue to reinfect yourself. If you have an active thrush infection - you must wash items frequently and not reuse any materials that could have amounts of the yeast on it. 

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Recommendations:

• Wear only cotton underwear

• Do not wear underwear at night

• Do not wear nylon tights often

• Wear loose bottoms as much as possible made out of natural fibres that allow airflow. E.g. Cotton, linen, bamboo, wool

• Change out of sweaty gym wear as soon as possible

• Change out of wet swimsuits as soon as possible

 

Where can I get candida-fighting clothes?

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Check the labels on items you buy to make sure they're made from natural fibres. 

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Whilst you should be able to find what you need at your high street stores like M&S and UNIQLO, there are dedicated women's brands designed to keep infections to a minimum. 

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These include:

Merri Intimates (Underwear)

Flissie

DermaSilk - designed for thrush & vulvodynia