itchiness and dryness of labia outside along pubic hair

[dheng]

Hi,good day! im suffering of itchiness of my labia,but not labia majora,its outside around the pubic hair...and now my labia started to itch also,and i think its spreadin.it starts feb.2009 until now it doesnt dissappear.at first i thought a simple itchiness because of dryness ,and i know the water i used here in uae.because our water in the philippines its not like that..and this is my first time..now,it really itchy.a little bit pain if i scrath too hard..so i controled it.i thougt its only eczema,so i decided to used canesten,i feel a little bit fine when i used it...i bought another but the pharmacist gave a lotriderm to me he said its better than a canesten..he diidnt know that my labia outside is affected cos im shy to tell..and especially the hospital here is so far cos,im in the middle of the dessert..pls..help me can i used lotriderm or canesten?is it ok also to used betadine feminine wash,cos im trying to buy...thanks a lot..pls..help me...may god bless you all!!!.

[Alison L, RPh]

Just a few questions: Do you have any discharge? What other symptoms do you have? Do you have pain?  It could be just vaginal dryness and you could use a moisturizer such as Replens. It could be a yeast infection and I would recommend seeing a doctor first before you try to treat it. It is more important to find out what the cause is in order to treat it properly or else it will linger and won’t heal properly.  But if you are not willing, then I would use the canesten vaginal cream. You should put one applicatorful at bedtime into your vagina for 7 days.

[dheng]

hi miss alison,you asked me if i have pain or any discharge..i dont feel pain or any discharge coming from my vagina or any fishy smelly.cos im pretty sure that i always clean my vagina,eventhough after having sex with my husband..i dont feel anything or some other liquid coming out from my vagina..its only itchy and dryness of my labia majora and mons around my pubic hair..my skin their is getting thick because of dryness and itchy..thats all i can feel it..im using now a lotriderm contains clorimatzole..can i continue using it or need to buy canesten vaginal cream?pls.help me what to do..thank you very much!!!god bless!!!