Slowly but surely, people who've suffered from Candidiasis are starting to get wise about antibiotics.
Yeast infections are a fungal infection, and that fungus is fought-off by bacteria. Antibiotics all-too-often fail to discriminate between a bacteria that's making you sick, and a bacteria that your body needs for good health.
Antibiotics Kill Good & Bad Bacteria Alike
If you read about yeast infection causes, you'll see me explain that, time and again, the leading cause of a Candida overgrowth is, one way or another, linked to some agent that kills off your body's supply of good bacteria.
Let me be clear: Antibiotics are not bad for you, but too much use of antibiotics 
over time will weaken your body's immune system. Yeast and bacteria are both a natural part of your body's systems, and when the bacteria are dying off, the yeast has a chance to grow into an infection.
So in short - just like any bacteria that gets out of control can make you sick, so can any fungus. Yeast, being an aggressive organism that attacks bacteria, will become a problem any time your immune system is weakened, and prolonged use of antibiotics or anti-bacterial agents can create that weakness.
Antibiotics Alter Your Body Chemistry
In addition to altering the careful natural balance between bacteria and yeast, antibiotics also alter your body's base/acid ratio, or PH balance. When your PH balance is altered toward the acidic side of the scale, this also provides an environment in which yeast can flourish, and turn into an infection.
Antibiotics Are Everywhere
In my article about yeast infection causes, I cover many different ways that antibiotics wind up in the body, aside from being taken on purpose. Our water supply, food supply, our beer and other alcoholic drinks, and so on - all these have a surprisingly high amount of antibiotic traces in modern Western societies.
Far more yeast infections are caused by an antibiotic agent in the body, killing your body's good bacteria, rather than some agent that is directly beneficial to yeast, such as sugars.
As you can imagine, this gives way to a vicious cycle. When most people feel sick, they're trained to reach for a pill. If that pill is an antibiotic or an anti-inflammatory, they're putting themselves at risk for a yeast infection or other fungal attack. If the original reason they weren't feeling well was due to a fungus such as yeast, then they're helping the infection rather than curing it.
So, What To Do?
The best way to deal with a yeast infection is to alter your diet and lifestyle. Since Candida is always a part of your body, you'll never "completely" purge it from your system. Instead, you need to be aware of what foods, what lifestyle choices, and other daily habits can help your body maintain a natural balance.
Read about natural remedies for yeast infections, preventing yeast infections, and other topics in the menu on the right, to help arm yourself with knowledge that will keep you healthy and happy.
The bottom line for this article, however, is this: Just because you don't feel top-of-the-line, don't immediately reach for your bottle of antibiotics. Yeast infections will make you feel "generally ill" just like a bacterial infection can - and that antibiotic treatment might wind up being part of the problem.
