Re: Is kefir my knight in shining armour?

 Kefir is good. I have taken more than 150 liters of it in two years and still do. But, it won't cure your chronic vaginal candidiasis. I have seen how women post about this problem during almost 3 years I have been visiting this forum. To get a proper treatment to cure a persistent vaginitis you need to research the archives about it. You will find interesting posts about this topic. If you want to go straight, research the work done by Dr. Marjorie Crandall about vaginitis. It is the best I have been across about vaginal candidiasis. I am man but is sad to see women suffering with it without to find a cure. When yeast go intracellular, there aren't topical remedies that work, neither Rx, nor naturals.

All vaginitis means is inflammation of the vagina.  And it has various causes, which also include bacteria and even vaginal trauma. 

As for kefir, kefir can clear up bacterial and fungal vaginitis.  Kefir bacteria produce bacteriocides, peroxides and acids that kill or control these pathogens as compete for space and food with them, which also helps control the pathogens.

In addition it is the acids generated by the beneficial bacteria that keep the Candida from both growing and going fungal.  The Candida growth gene is turned on by alkalinity and turned off by the acids generated by the flora.  The acidity of the flora also keep the Candida in a benign yeast form.  It is when the tissues become too alkaline, such as when the flora are depleted that the Candida goes fungal producing hyphae that allow the Candida to dig in to the tissues.  Check my posts, I posted all sorts of evidence for this.  Restoring the flora in the vagina will help correct the pH balance back to the acidic side turning off the Candida growth gene and converting the Candida back to its benign yeast form.