Could he be the yeast carrier?

[Desperate76]

My boyfriend and I have been together for nearly a year now.  He was divorced last year and he has had a vasectomy.  Last spring after complete STD testing we began having unprotected sex. A month later he developed a UTI and I had an allergic reaction that put me on strong antibiotics (doxycycline) and short term prednisone because they had no idea what I was reacting too.  I developed a yeast infection-my first in 3 years and the 3rd in my entire 30 years.  Cleared the infection with Monistat.  I did not see my guy for two months because of work.  When I returned to the states I developed a mild yeast infection after intercourse—this infection just keeps coming back.  Now my boyfriend has  prostatitis—likely linked to the yeast.  He informed me that he ex-wife used to get yeast infections all the time. I never had a yeast problem before, despite ejaculatory sex and b.c. pills with my ex-fiancé.  Could my new boyfriend have been carrying yeast from his ex and passing to me?  Or is his prostatitis all my fault?  P.S. his diet is terrible, all sugar, carbs and meat—not a veggie or fruit in sight—and he has chronic diarrhea.  Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

[Desperate76]

Missy-thanks for all the great information.  We both had a full STD/STI check previous to the start of our sexual relations, based upon the fact that his ex-wife had cheated on him.  His diet is appalling and I have tried to change it, but he swears that, due to a spastic colon, fiber in the fruits and veggies make his diarrhea even worse.  He is more than willing to do what it takes to clear this up for both of us, so I am sure he will be willing to take a course of fluconazole.  He has another appointment for the prostatitis in 10 days and has a long list of questions now to ask his doctor.  I have heard that men can carry yeast in the prostate without knowing it until it creates a problem.  What I fear is that because his ex fought it for so many years he may have passed me a resistant strain. I had to take 9 days of diflucan to knock it out and have since switched to monostat when it comes back.  Could his particular ph be too alkaline and causing a greater change in my vaginal ph?  We are going to try condoms for a while until we both think things are cleared.  This is so frustrating since we are talking about marriage and a vasectomy reversal to have children.  
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I don't mind a long reply, I find it helpful.

[missy343]

Actually men can carry yeast infections without you being able to "see it" so in short your partner should definitely be treated, preferably with  an oral (systemic treatment) such as diflucan.  His prostatitis is very unlikely to be due to you, and more likely to be from him having a long running untreated yeast infection - but you could be both just reinfecting each other with the candida organism that causes the infection.  I recommend treatment for both of you, and of course using condoms in the mean-time.  
His appalling diet is the likely cause of the diarrhoea - he needs to be eating 5 + fruit and vege a day and he needs lots of natural yoghurt with acidophilis and bifodopholis (probiotics).  His sugar proclivities also incline him towards yeast infections also.
PS unless you have kidney or liver problems, the antibiotics don't remain in your system for any longer than a couple of days after your course is complete (depending of course on which one you are prescribed) so once you took the monostat your would have been pretty much clear, i think you have been reinfected.
Sorry this is a bit of a novel but from a medical perspective I hate so see women feeling bad for infections they pick up from (or share with) their partners.  If it continues to be problematic - see a doctor/gynaecologist and have a full STI check and discuss it with them.  It may be that if you want to be yeast infection free, you may need to use condoms with this particular partner.
good luck i hope this helps :)

[twk187]

If he had a yeast infection, it would be topical, so you would be able to see it.  The anti-biodics you took obviously caused the first one. But, anti-biodics especially strong ones can stay in your body for a long time. And you may have had a little yeast down there during that two months that you were not aware of, then once you and your man had sex, the yeast became more prevalent. I would go to the doctor and get a script for Diflucan and have your boyfriend take garlic pills which are a great probiotic, wait a week and see what happens. Hope this helps.