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The difference between a yeast infection and UTI

To keep Miss V healthy, she has to have a balance of certain ‘good’ bacteria (Photo: Shutterstock)

A urinary tract infection (UTI) is quite different from yeast infection although it’s quite common to mistake one for the other. These two infections affect Miss V and if left untreated can result in more serious infections.

Many women experience one or the other of these illnesses at some point in their lives. For some, they happen so frequently that you can actually treat yourself, which you shouldn’t by the way.

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