Discharge with onion/garlic smell

[kucukkedi]

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

[Jossie01]

Well my partner thinks the smell is totally disgusting...

[Dnabella]

Honestly, it’s quite common, but it’s not something you have to live with, switch your underwear brand to one that is breathable many brands have recently started addressing this issue, our vaginas need to breath ladies !!!!!  

it’s just hormones, PH levels and sweat it should NOT be accumulated semen as that should wash away with your natural secretions and a bath and if it’s not then use a gently applied douche after sex and remember no air to that area can greatly increase the temperature down there....

PS if your boyfriend loved you he would love your smell, taste and everything in between...I can’t imagine I’ve had a perfect smell my entire 32 year marriage but he has always acted like My smell was an addiction to him.  That’s how it should be

[Alicebvt]

You are so right. Smell is a subjective sense, and we are all conditioned by our experiences to view things as "normal" or not based on opinions of others. I was a bit freaked by a similar situation a couple of years ago, but have researched and had good counsel by my health care provider. Please feel free to read my post, but be sure to read my final entry, which is where I am currently comfortable with my vaginal / vulvar smell. http://www.medhelp.org/forums/WomensHealth/messages/1083.html. Jossie01, please explain. Either you are healthy or not, but your scent and odour are what the Good Lord gave you. Mine is still strong, but I have learned to accept my husband's appreciation of it as a sexual turnon. I am not so much onion like, but very pungent and musky, as I have explained in my posts, as more like a strong cheese. My gynaecologist explains that the glands of Bartholin's and Skenes, and the entire mucus membrane of a woman's vulva exude oils, fatty acids, and proteins that are as unique as our physical appearances. Please continue to research on your own, but barring infections or disease, we all DO have a smell to some extent. The thing to do is to become comfortable with your body, and if your partner still is not, well... that is another issue you may have to deal with. Hope this helps! - Ally

[marlisemo]

Hello,

OMG! I finally found out what the problem is. It's two different infections, bacterial vaginosis (bv) and a bladder infection. On May 1st, I was diagnosed just a plain bv. After taking the meds, I still had the clumpy sticky discharge during sex as well as the onion smell. I went back to planned parenthood today, only I was examined by another nurse practioner. She apparently has more experience and compassion, for that matter, than the other lady that examined me. She explained that the ph levels combined with sperm and bacteria build up can cause this. She prescribed cipro and phenazopyrid for the bladder infection and metronidazol gel for the bv. She also prescribed the metro.... tablets. She instructed me to take one tablet per month just before my cycle to kill any bacterial build up. Apparently some woman go through this more than others.

I hope this helps.

Feel free to email me directly at ***@****. I don't sharing my experience with you. I was relieved to discover that I wasn't alone.

I hope the meds clear up everything. I'll post again in a few weeks.

[candygirl555]

why does my vagina smell just like garlic????

[Stevieb920]

Girls, you are all getting carried away, you all need to calm down. I am a man, my partner's vagina has absolutely no smell at all, but I love to cook, after petting, even 2 to 3 days later, the smell of onions or garlic, whichever I have used, appears on my fingers. It definitely is not her. It is obvious to me that there is a natural chemical in vaginal fluid that brings the smell out. So stop worrying.

[destinygail]

I disagree about it being two different infections. I just had a pap and my usual 6 month tests for everything. I have no infections or STD's and I've been having this onion/ garlic smell for many years. I don't however have a thick clumpy discharge. I believe it is just something us women have to go through at times. Disgusting as it may be, it is life.