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Yeast infection usually occurs in women. But what most men don’t know is that this disease also occurs in men. This is because men and women alike have the fungi Candida in the body. Even healthy people have Candida as this fungi loves to live in moist and exposed parts of the body.

The fungus Candida is present in the parts of the body that are moist and warm. These can be the genitals area of men and women and believe it or not, even in the mouth. Thus, overgrowth of Candida causing yeast infection can also happen in the mouth. Yeast infection in the mouth is also called thrush and this usually occurs in babies, toddlers, older adults, and people with weaken immune system.