Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

The Hidden Impact of Yeast on Women's Health | Gut Health Hacks

27 May 2025 · 1 min

Watch on YouTube

0:33

Aaron Hartman, MD (speaker) explains that yeast/candida overgrowth can contribute to estrogen dominance in women and thereby be involved in conditions such as fibrocystic breast disease, endometriosis, fibroids, and heavy menstrual bleeding. He also states candida overgrowth may cause oxalate-related problems and painful vulvar symptoms (vulvodynia) that can lead to painful intercourse due to local irritation, pH changes, and oxalates.

Chapters

Yeast can cause estrogen dominance in women. So if you have fibrocystic breast disease, if you've got endometriosis, fibroids, heavy periods of null cycles, having yeast overgrowth can be a part of that estrogen dominance. Also, candida overgrowth can give some women actually cause oxalate issues and give some women vulvodyne, which is painful vulva or external lady parks down south. I'm trying to think a normal term for vulva, but can cause pain there, especially if you have oxalates. You can actually have painful intercourse because your area down there gets really irritated from not just the yeast and the ph issues, but also oxalates.