Can birth control pills cause vaginal itching/burning?

The Short: AWFUL anal and vaginal itching stopped when I stopped my Progestin-only Camila birth control pills and also dairy. They both, separately, cause me to itch. I’m off the pill, but dairy still makes me itch, and vice versa.

The Long, in short, choppy sentences: Had colonoscopy. Slowly developed anal itching. Moved to vaginal itching as well, but never at the same time (neurological? Nerves misfiring in my brain?). Figured yeast infection that was all over that region. Saw doctor. Nope. No yeast. Sleep difficult, itching at night. Saw 3 more doctors — all tests (MANY) negative. Tried everything for pruritus ani and all kinds of at-home remedies between doctor visits. Got prescribed a steroidal cream for the hell of it, really — the doctor was trying to help. Desperation and determination led to online research and a string that listed 1.) food allergies and 2.) progestin birth control. THANK GOODNESS! I get migraines with an aura (really, Complex Migraines) and I got a new birth control within the past few months due to having migraines with aura (birth controls with estrogen will ll increase your risk of stroke, which is already heightened by the migraines with aura, so I had to switch to progestin-only). I guess my system couldn’t handle the hormonal changes what with my intestines losing their flora and fauna due to the colonoscopy (it takes years to properly repopulate). I ALSO get itchiness due to dairy, since I am lactose-intolerant. I had gotten off of dairy while still on the birth control and stopped it when I was still off of dairy. Lucky cioncidence.

I have tested this by going off of the pill (felt better within hours), milk, both, and then re-introducing them one at a time, months later. Birth control can takes months to clear.

Soooo I started low dose birth control a month ago exactly the pack finished like 2 days ago, buh anyways now I have this annoying itch and both sides of my libia seems swollen, the itch is not on the inside only the outside and is mostly concentrated at the lips. Found relief from soaking in a baking soda bath for 30 mins (baking soda helps EVERYTHING lol) thought I had a yeasty but I have absolutely no discharge or smell its just so annnoyyyyING. Since I'm not on any active pills at the moment ama see wut happens...

OMG THIS IS WILD!! I originally began the birth control last year, but stopped because i had gotten a really bad UTI that resulted in a bladder infection and then into a kidney infection. Before i had gotten the UTI I would wake up in the middle of the night crying my eyes out because of the burning pain. I tried sitting in the tub, showering, putting a cold water bottle between my legs as an ice pack.. NOTHING worked. But once i was submitted to the hospital they told me to stop the birth control and take my antibiotics and heal fully before starting my birth control again. However by the time i healed completely I gotten out of the serious relationship I was in and didn’t feel the need to start it again being that I wasn’t having sex. Recently my partner and I have realized it’s important for myself to be on birth control, so i waited for my period once i got off, I started. I am now 9 days into it and I am bleeding and experiencing the vaginal pain. I am so done, I thought it was just me overreacting and being young and not knowing anything really about birth control side effects.

I'm glad I found this post, I started loestrin Fe and I now have itching around the opening. No smell or discharge. The partner I'm with is clean and so am I. We've both been tested. I didn't think the pill could cause this but it's the only thing different that I've started.

Daughter on same pill, same problem. Did your issue resolve?

Did you figure out a better bcp? Same issue here.