itching/discomfort after sex

[mayamaya]

Since past 2 years I have itching after sex. I have absolutely no itching problems or abnormal discharge at all in between sex (could be up to 6-8 months).

With each itching episode (lasting over a week, with treatment), there is no abnormal or foul smell in the discharge. Sometimes the itch involves more of the vaginal opening, sometimes more on the area near the urethra, or both.

I've been to the gynae last year about this. He ran cultures and PCR tests for gonorhhoea, chlamydia, also blood test for HIV and could only find strep. agalactiae and yeast. So I was given antibiotics and antifungal inserts.And I was told not to practise oral sex since the problem could be the strep from the throat, but this strep agalact is also known as normal flora. After a week, this itching subsided.

I've had 2 boyfriends in the last 2 years. When this first happened I thought it was STD but since this has also occured post sex with condoms, I am puzzled and worried.

It can't be bacterial vaginitis as it doesn't fit the description of foul smelling discharge. It doesn't look like typical yeast infection as sometimes there is normal discharge yet it itches.

I've been worried that I am starting to inspect myself using a mirror or to feel where exactly the itch is coming from. This week I felt a few micro bumps like those (on the tongue) on my inner left labia. I'm not sure if it's been there all the while. However, I can't see it (any bumps) when I look into the mirror.

Please could you help give me some insight on this?

[cukcuk]

Hello, I have only in the recent months started having sex and I thought that I was getting discomfort because it was just something new my body had to get used to. But even after a while it became apparent that this was a different problem as it happens even without penetration, any sort of stimulation of the area which makes me climax brings this on. I am pretty sure I have no STDs as I have only slept with one person who was tested beforehand and I thought at first it might be a urine infection as I would also experience some discomfort at the end of peeing and I started to want to pee a lot more as an addition to the itching, but I found out that I do not have a urine infection. I don't think I'm allergic to condoms because I've had the same results when not using any. I am scared that this problem has no real answer and its kind of putting me off wanting to have sex I have been using a ph balancing soap but it's not really helping I am so glad to have found this thread as now I don't feel like I have a disgusting disease

[r_cubed]

Hi everyone, I was reading all of the posts here and I have/had the exact same problem for some time.  Intense itching and sometimes pain around my vagina.  I got checked for every STD known to man, all negative, as was the test for a yeast infection.  As it turns out, there was a very simple cure.  My main problem was dryness/irritation around the vagina.  Now I use neosporin or a fragrance free lotion for sensitive skin all around that area.  It has made a world of difference.  I was sooo frustrated with the intense itching and even pain, and the solution was right in front of me.  Obviously, not everyone here may have the same problem, but hopefully this helps some of you.

[Airraley]

I am 26 and in a monogomous relationship myself. My boyfriend and I are in a long-distance relationship so we may not see each other for weeks at a time and then have extremely frequent sex over a period of just a couple of days. I initially discovered that I have a latex allergy which presented itself like a yeast infection. Now we don't use anything (as we are committed) and I've found that after our weekend romps, I leave with extremely swollen and itchy labia. There is no odor and a slight white discharge. Everything down there feels super dry and irritated. I have a hood piercing, so my sensitivity is ten-fold that of the unpierced female. I finally broke down and asked a friend about this, and she said she had the same problem. Sex, especially frequent sex where your partner ejaculates in you, can cause a disruption of the ph balance causing all these symptoms. Douching can make it worse and creams can aggravate the symptoms because it's not an infection, just irritation. I've discovered the product "rephresh". I use it the day before I go see my boyfriend and again when I leave. It's kinda pricey, but it has eliminated the problem for me. It could also help to have your partner pull out, to lessen the chance for irritation and hydrocortisone cream (especially anything with topical lanacaine) will help to treat the itching until everything gets back into balance. Good luck!

[shanit]

OMG I have started having this problem last year I have been married for 18 years and not been with any one else other than husband had tests for stds, bv, yeast etc. jsut like the rest and all neg now this is something new we never used condoms as I have tubal and we have no fear of pregnancy we dont have sex as often as we used to we are lucky if its 1 time a month he is very small in size so i know thats not the issue but every time we have sex afterwards the lips they itch soooo bad I mean i have cut them clawing the hell out of them becuz its the worst itch I have ever in my life had! I dont know what or why this all the sudden has happened but it would be nice if it all the sudden stopped :(

[Mrsyouknowwho]

Here is a website I ran across about dryness. I have had the same problem as everyone else here for 6 yrs. and like wise been tested, scared, and mad that nothing seems to work. until I came across this and it explains a lot! My personal problem was his size, and dryness! that's it and now i wash clothes in no dye, non allergy (dreft or ALL free and clear) laundry soap, only wash perineal area with water.. making sure to not go past the opening. and no problems now! I use equate personal lube a couple times a day and during sex. that's it! Oh and I quit using tampons they add to the dryness and are bad for yeast! Hope this helps!!! Good luck!!!

http://womenshealth.com/home/628-vaginal-dryness

[hbahr]

I am so happy to be reading this info.  I am 29 and just started having this problem this year.  I have been without sex for about 1 year, then when I began to start up again....my partner ejaculated inside of me and everything has went wrong ever since.  I have the IUD.  I have the itching for  about 2-3 weeks because I have not found any cream to work well that speeds up the healing.  I itch so badly all around the outside of my vaginal wall.  It is so bad this time around that I even feel it reaching back to my anal opening, but not quite there. I hope that someone has found the cure.  i have not been tested recently and I am way tooo scared.  I spoke to my doctor about it and he did not seem to be worried about it being an STD until I told him that I was.  Again, it is  only really bad after he ejaculates inside me.  We were also only having sex about 2-4 times a month.