i suffer with this same problem, i think its worse near period because we have a tendency to eat more carbs and sweets from pms. i find that if i stay lo carg or gluten free and lo sugar or no sugar, i get better quick
I am a 19 year old female who is a virgin. I have a really bad history with endometriosis and intercystialcystitis and pelvic inflammatory disease. I have had re-occurring yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis for the past 8 months. I have changed my diet, changed laundry detergents, and even changed the kind of body wash I would normally use. This has still continued for 8 months straight. I have gone to the doctor multiple times and have been on flygal, doxycycline, nystatin cream, nystatin powder, oral nystatyin, diflucan, steroid injections, and many other medications. Nothing has seemed to work. I have been tested for diabetes, std's (because my doctor said it could be that) I TOLD HIM I WAS A VIRGIN, and many other things that I didn't even know existed all in which came back negative. My question is: Why do I still accumulate the infections?? That's all I want to know. I have had the infection at a severity that is so bad an had it for so long that I am literally raw from the front to the back. I am miserable. It hurts to sit, stand, walk, squat, anything... it just hurts and is very uncomfortable. On top of that, I feel gross, I bathe up to 3 times a day just to feel clean and refreshed. It is just terrible. I have noticed since all of this began that my periods have been really late also. I just want to know, like anyone else would want to know whats wrong with me? I have gone to the obgyn, family medical practice, and urologists. I am at the end of my rope and just want to get to the bottom of this!!!!! Any help???? Any Suggestions???
LADIES PLEASE TRY THIS!
Hello everyone, like you I suffered from vaginal tearing and fissures for about 3 years. Although our circumstances may be a different I think it is worth a shot to try this cream that my doctor gave me. I am 23 years old and starting tearing since I was 20. I started to have sex when I was 20 and a bit after I started tearing after sex. It was the same paper cut like ripping that burned and just made me miserable. And although sex was the main reason why I would rip, i remember a few times I would get really irritated just from stretching. I am still with my boyfriend from when the ripping first started and I went from doctor to doctor (No STD's, not allergic to anything, etc) and just about every time was a let down. I was told to try x,y,z cream, dont wash with soap, do a sitz bath, to having HIM checked out if he had a skin type that wasn't compatible to mine (weird right), to finally hearing "you may just have to be extra careful with sex or regular stretching from now on". And I am telling you ladies, I know how this feels and can just ruin your self esteem and any thought of having an actual pleasurable sex life. It wasn't until this past year I went to a different gynecologist and I told her everything that I have been through. I told her that I have had it up to here and want to get the surgery done where the opening is just widened a bit ( i think its called a perineum) because I was so desperate!. And while she told me this is usually done only for women after they have had babies she would agree to do it but first she wanted me to try this cream because she believes I have vulvar vestibulitis. Now I dont think this cream has an exact name as I had to go to a special pharmacy to get this cream made but I will write down the name that is on my prescription. It is: C-amitriptyl/Baclofen 2%/ 2% IN VANICREAM. Now she told me to apply about 1/2 grams three times a day for the first month, then lessen to two times a day on the second month, to once a day on the third month. She told me that I would maybe need to always have a little bit of this cream handy just incase i start ripping again. Although I was extremely skeptical. I did tried this. I should also note that during the first and halfway through the second month my boyfriend was overseas in the military, so I was having no sex (which i think helped the skin heal and strengthen faster). The first night we had sex, i ripped a little bit. (ugh!) And I was not surprised just annoyed. But I didn't stop using the cream. After a few more days, we had sex again, and I didn't rip. Then as time went by I stopped ripping completely!! Mind you we are a bit more cautious in certain positions but we do like to get a little crazy, and even at the crazy time I dont rip! I have been a little irritated but at those times I know it because we had rough sex. I now use the cream just once every other day ( or when I can remember) and hopefully in a few months I won't use it at all! So ladies, if you can go to your gynecologist and ask them about this cream!!
Good Luck!
I started to get cuts appearing on my labia in my forties and got no answers from any gyneacologist. I have now got rid of them by using a short course of Canestan Hydrocrtisone cream (it thins the skin so don't use for too long). What has kept it at bay and got rid of the Lichen Planus I also had is coconut oil. I used it daily for weeks and the cuts have never come back. Coconut oil is antifungal. I also use oestrogen cream.
Whilst the cuts have gone I still have a problem with the skin below the vagina splitting with intercourse, despite the oestrogen cream. I worry I will always be single as intercourse hurts too much now. Would be grateful to hear if anyone has been able to sort this problem.
Hi
I am 41 and my daughter is 17, we both experienced the same symptom with the cuts and itchyness after we changed toilet paper. We think its the chemicals in the paper they are using.
I am 21 and in the UK. For the last 4-5 months I have had a consistent tear and soreness especially on the left side of my inner labia.
I visited the STI clinic twice and the doctors said this was not herpes however I requested to be swabbed anyway. The results for all tests were negative.
This was the most stressful and depressing time of my life, I was given antibiotics at the doctors which made me rly sore and itchy. I also had a lot of white discharge.
Around when this happened I started taking Yasmin. About a week ago I went back to the doctors who said she thinks this is thrush. I was very skeptical about this as I've had thrush many times and had no symptons near as bad as this. I used a pessary and hydrocortisone cream twice daily. It made no difference for the first 7 days. I was also given a new pill cerelle which is a pro-oestrogen only pill.
After taking this pill for two days my vagina feels normal again !!! I'm not sure if this was the hydrocortisone cream or the new pill that made it better but I have researched and too much Oestrogen can cause as much damage as too little Oestrogen. Perhaps I had a hormone imbalance, I am praying this doesn't return and I can get back to living my normal life again.
There are a million reasons for vaginal tears don't panic it's herpes as I did. Definitely be persistent with your doctor and don't give up !! Goodluck all :)