Sitting at your computer, you bend down to pick up something you've just dropped - and notice a funny smell. You realize the smell is coming from you! You're pretty sure you must have a yeast infection, but how do you know for sure? What are symptoms of yeast infection?

Small amounts of yeast are naturally present on your skin, and rarely cause any trouble. On occasion, though, it begins to grow more rapidly than the other bacteria that are always present on the skin. When this happens, most people begin to experience yeast infection symptoms.

If you are worried that your partner might get yeast infection symptoms, don't be concerned about this. This rarely happens. Most of the time, yeast doesn't cause an infection in your body because it is normally part of your skin's makeup.

For those of you who've had yeast infections before, the symptoms of yeast infection are usually so specific that you don't need a doctor to tell you that the infection is back. If you've never had one before, though, you may wonder exactly how people know when they have a yeast infection.

One way to get a yeast infection is by wearing clothing that has gotten wet or damp. If you perspire heavily when exercising, or get your clothes wet, change them as soon as possible so that you don't get an infection.

Some symptoms of yeast infection are pretty vague, so you may not be able to tell for sure based only on these symptoms. Some of these include having pain or burning when you go to the bathroom, or during intimate moments.

Some symptoms that give you a very strong clue that you have a yeast infection are an unpleasant smell, and creamy fluid in your underwear. These symptoms strongly hint that you do have a yeast infection. This discharge by the way, often looks a lot like cottage cheese. If you have this discharge, you are probably also having itching and burning as well, because the discharge irritates your skin.

If your yeast infection symptoms are getting out of control, you can try many different types of treatments to help your body regain its natural balance. Don't lie awake at night suffering because you don't know how to treat them. Get help for them now, and you'll start feeling much better in just a day or two!