Vaginal Thrush
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Does the combined oral contraceptive pill cause vaginal thrush (vaginal candida)?

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Does the combined oral contraceptive pill cause vaginal thrush (vaginal candida)?

The pill can probably be associated with, at most, a small increase in the incidence of candida.

Related Medical Abstracts - Click on the paper title:-

  • Oral contraceptive use and vaginal candida colonization (1997)

  • The impact of oral contraception on vulvovaginal candida. (1995)

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