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horrible yeast infection
I have had about 4 yeast infections in the past year and a half. This one seems the most brutal. My entire vagina is swollen and red. It itches and burns to the point that i cant sleep. I just took diflucan two days ago so im waiting for some relief. I use the topical but it doesnt seem to do anyhting, maybe just irritate me more. Can anyone suggest anything else.
also bare with me because i have posted about this before but i am always freaked out about herpes. My doctor has reassured me a million times i dont have it...and has taken a culture of a cut i got during one of my previous yeast infections, which came back negative. I just always freak out any time anything weird happens down there. i have no cuts or blisters or sores just an extremely red and swollen labia. Does this sound pretty normal for a yeast infection. and what can i do to help it. Thanks ladies!!
also bare with me because i have posted about this before but i am always freaked out about herpes. My doctor has reassured me a million times i dont have it...and has taken a culture of a cut i got during one of my previous yeast infections, which came back negative. I just always freak out any time anything weird happens down there. i have no cuts or blisters or sores just an extremely red and swollen labia. Does this sound pretty normal for a yeast infection. and what can i do to help it. Thanks ladies!!
as far as using to help your yeast infection you found that vinegar worked ? it didnt burn like hell?
Several meds can bring down tour inmune system or unbalance the ph down there.... That happens to me alot, also stay away from all scented toilet tissue or soaps, I hope this helps ;)
ok so ive had about 4 yeast infections in a year and i have PCOS so i do not get my period normally i recently was on birth control for 5 months but discontiuned because i hate taking them and ever since ive stopped talking them 2 months later i have a yeast infection and all of you are talking about getting your yeast infections before your periods n i dont even get mine normally! i dont know if i should go to the doctor but i hate having them like there not really bad but i hate the itching n i feel its so sensitive down there. one thing i have noticed to is when i shave down there i feel like it is really sensitive down and always wet which i know it not good! what should i do???
I have read all of the posts on this thread, because last summer I started getting yeast infections for the first time. Since then, I have had almost 8. Every time my doctor called in a pill, sometimes the one that would have to be taken a week later, but the symptoms would last longer. I had tests done with my doctors, then with an OB GYN where the book "Yeast connections" was recommended to me. My OB GYN told me about this woman that would get a yeast infection every Saturday. Turns out, Fridays she would eat dinner over her parents house and the amount of acidity in the wine and spaghetti (they were Italian) would give her the yeast infections. I bought the book and I will start reading it because most doctors don't exactly know the certain cause as to why we get them. Reading it may help you understand why. It was also brought to my attention that if diabetes runs in the family, yeast infections are a symptom of having diabetes. Also, because your body is always adjusting, (for those of you that don't use condoms) I was told that I could be allergic to semen. Now, I have never let my boyfriend "finish" inside me, so I didn't think that was the case. But when I started using condoms again, the yeast infections seemed to slow down.
As for the symptoms, i feel for all of you. I currently have one and it is terribly itchy to the point where it was unbearable. I put plain, low-fat yogurt on a pad ( I was too swollen for a tampon that it made me bleed and would not go in all the way). It stopped the itching almost immediately. I tried eating yogurt and that didn't work, so I resorted to putting it right onto the area. Sleeping under wear less didn't help me because my pants would rub and made it more itchy so I stuck with cotton undies. I will try and cut out sugar to see if that helps and also look into the acidophilus pills because the reoccurring yeast infections are driving me nuts.
Good luck ladies, and thanks for all the helpful ideas!
As for the symptoms, i feel for all of you. I currently have one and it is terribly itchy to the point where it was unbearable. I put plain, low-fat yogurt on a pad ( I was too swollen for a tampon that it made me bleed and would not go in all the way). It stopped the itching almost immediately. I tried eating yogurt and that didn't work, so I resorted to putting it right onto the area. Sleeping under wear less didn't help me because my pants would rub and made it more itchy so I stuck with cotton undies. I will try and cut out sugar to see if that helps and also look into the acidophilus pills because the reoccurring yeast infections are driving me nuts.
Good luck ladies, and thanks for all the helpful ideas!
I have a yeast infection almost once a month the past three months I'm 19 and have no idea why they keep coming I'm not pregnant never have been I've been to the doctor each time I've had one I can't go right away I have to work but want the itching & irritation to STOP I can't handle it having to walk around all night.
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