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Discharge with onion/garlic smell

hi everyone,
I have searched and searched the internet but can't seem to find anything to do with my problem.
I have started getting a thick sticky white discharge with an oniony garlic type smell. I have had BV in the past but it isn't the same as that. I thought maybe it might be a mixture of BV and candida but i don't have any of the itchiness you get with a yeast infection. Besides, i took medicine for both but it still came back.
It isn't constant but seems to be there more than its not. I have it at the moment and it is the beginning of my cycle.
Also, the smell seems to be worse just before and during sex.
I'm not on the pill, my partner and i use condoms. Could that have anything to do with it? It is the first relationship i've had that has remained extremely sexually active and also the only one that i've continually used condoms with.
Like i said, i have had BV before and also candida before but the symptoms just don't seem to be the same as them.
Hope someone can help
Thanks
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I am going to try this.. I have this odor and it's embarrassing. I think I am going to cut out the coffee and see if that helps plus I haven't been drinking enough water. :/ Thanks for this info
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I had the same problem... It was like my vag cream didn't want to mix w my guys cream and the result was onion smell. Now I have to take metro 3x per week or when we are active but no more than 3x per week. It makes me wonder if my vag is trying to somehow warn me to stay away from this guy! Lol. Anyway I feel better knowing I'm not alone here! Thank you!
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Really? I don't think so, that's just plain nasty, you must really smell bad and trying to cover it up by saying us men like it....gack! I wanna puke at the thought
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in my case its the food I eat. each time I eat something with garlic, cumin and turmeric, I get a garlici smell in my vagina. though cumin and turmeric ave a stronger and a bit different smell.
it took me some time to realize it cause the smell does not come immediately. it can appear after one day, and it can appear even after four days. and I didn't realize that until I began using hawaij spice for my cooking. hawaij is a Yemenite spice mixture which contains turmeric and cumin and other spices. So, after I began using it, my vagina began smelling just the same but MUCH stronger, lol. so, after I realized that its the spices, I began to experiment with eating garlic, cumin and turmeric separately. I've waited two weeks after eating each spice, and I can tell you that they all smell even if you eat small quantities. sometimes I even get the smell when I'm cooking and not eating any. and other times I even get the smell after eating lots of onions but the smell is weaker in my case. I believe that there's something in the vaginal discharges that amplifies this smell.  its stronger when I'm aroused and gets even stronger during sex. fortunately my boyfriend doesn't mind, it became somewhat like a private joke between us.
Oh, and I forgot to mention. I don't have any STD's or bacterial or yeast infections. though on both times that I did have a yeast infection the smell was even stronger.  
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Hi I have been using the garlic for a yeast infection for 2 days now and I still have a small itch. Besides that I am have a watery yellow discharge is that normal? And also my vagina is sore for some reason. What can I do to fix this?? Please help me
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love your answer!!!! both of them!
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