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Answers to Sexual Health Questions - Sexually Transmitted Infections: Yeast Infections

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I was unaware that I could pass a yeast infection to a male until after I had sex with my boyfriend. We always use a condom. Although he isn't suffering any symptoms, I was wondering if I could have passed the infection to him with a condom. If so, what steps should he take to treat the infection?

Can yeast infections be spread through oral sex?

Can I have sex with a yeast infection?

I think my girlfriend gave me a yeast infection. I bought an over-the-counter vaginal cream and put it on my penis overnight. When I awoke I had some white blisters on the tip and the foreskin around my penis and they hurt like hell. What is it? Is it because I'm not circumcised? I also bought miconazole cream. Will that be helpful?

I believe I might have a yeast infection, which is sort of strange in a male. My former girlfriend once had a severe yeast infection and the symptoms I developed were a burning sensation, redness, and slight stinging pain during intercourse. Dryness and flaking of the penis skin was also evident. Now (about a year later) the same symptoms are developing, yet my partner does not have a yeast infection. Can males get a recurring yeast infection ? Does redness, a slight burning sensation, and dryness of the skin represent symptoms? Do the same creams that offer relief for vaginal infections work on males?

Last Modified 03/21/2006