For many women, yeast infections and urinary tract infections are a frequent cause for distress and pain that most often times leads them to use antibiotics to correct the problems. The “problem” with this too-often-times used approach is that the drugs used to counteract the problem many times creates an even bigger issue.

When using antibiotics for any reason, the flora in the gut and vagina that normally protect women from these yeast and bacterial organisms get destroyed in the process. By keeping this flora in balance we approach the infections from a more proactive, preventative standpoint by using oral probiotics. Beneficial bacteria taken orally keeps things in balance and serves as a safeguard against getting these infections in the first place.

Probiotics help restore the internal ecology to a state of balance and harmony, thus protecting you from ever having to deal with the beasties ever again.

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2008/mar2008_Warding-Off-Chronic-Yeast-And-Bacterial-Infections_01.htm