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  2. Candidiasis - Wikipedia

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    Candidiasis is a fungal infection due to any species of the genus Candida (a yeast). [4] When it affects the mouth, in some countries it is commonly called thrush. [3] Signs and symptoms include white patches on the tongue or other areas of the mouth and throat. [3]

  3. Esophageal candidiasis - Wikipedia

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    People with esophageal candidiasis typically present with difficult or painful swallowing. Longstanding esophageal candidiasis can result in weight loss. There is often concomitant thrush in the mouth. Some patients present with esophageal candidiasis as a first presentation of systemic candidiasis.

  4. Vaginal yeast infection - Wikipedia

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    Candidal vulvovaginitis, vaginal thrush: Gram stain showing the spores and pseudohyphae of Candida albicans surrounded by round vaginal skin cells, in a case of candidal vulvovaginitis. Specialty: Gynaecology: Symptoms: Vaginal itching, burning with urination, white and thick vaginal discharge, pain with sex, redness around the vagina [1] Causes

  5. This Uncomfortable Symptom Is a Lesser-Known Sign of ... - AOL

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    While the classic symptom is a burning sensation in your chest, there are other possible manifestations of heartburn, including chest pain, difficulty swallowing, regurgitation, a sore throat ...

  6. Oral candidiasis - Wikipedia

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    Oral candidiasis (Acute pseudomembranous candidiasis), which is also known as oral thrush, among other names, [1] is candidiasis that occurs in the mouth. That is, oral candidiasis is a mycosis (yeast/fungal infection) of Candida species on the mucous membranes of the mouth .

  7. Candida albicans - Wikipedia

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    Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogenic yeast [5] that is a common member of the human gut flora.It can also survive outside the human body. [6] [7] It is detected in the gastrointestinal tract and mouth in 40–60% of healthy adults.

  8. What does monkeypox feel like? Here’s what those who’ve had ...

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    Tulunay’s glands became swollen, and he described them as “rock hard and painful.” Within a few weeks of the infection, his throat became sore as lesions and scars started to cover it.

  9. Candida (fungus) - Wikipedia

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    C. albicans ferments glucose and maltose to acid and gas, sucrose to acid, and does not ferment lactose, which helps to distinguish it from other Candida species. [ 14 ] Recent molecular phylogenetic studies show that the genus Candida , as currently defined, is extremely polyphyletic (encompassing distantly-related species that do not form a ...