I have had extreme itching mostly concentrated on my left labia for the past four years. It started when I was in a fire at a hotel. It seemed a minor fire, lots of smoke. When I opened my room door I walked right in it. Turns out it was debris from the lent in the laundry area that caught fire. It was a big pile of lent they swept outside that was smoldering that affected me. Don't know what this has to do with anything except a few hours after this happened I felt an extreme reaction take place in my body. A few days later I noticed an itchy white spot on my left labia. No more than a week after the fire, late at night I was awakened from sleep by not only that spot but my entire body was itching intensely on the inside. I was rushed to the emergency room and explained all of this to the doctor. I followed up with STD specialist because of the weirdness of the spot. I've had my thyroid, blood, vagina, etc tested from everything from STD's to hormonal imbalances. Different meds with momentary relief, but with heavy relapses.
It has been excessive and damage of my labia is evident from missing pubic hair, scarring and loss of normal shape on that side only. My curiosity, since I've been diagnosed with the potluck of "vaginitis", is rather or not diet plays a role here. I've been told I don't have gonorrhea, clamydia or syphilis (which I wasn't so convinced of due to the white spot and that syphilis can parrot several other disorders). I am allergic to condoms and have had my fair share of sexual partners but typically take the abstinance route, but such diseases are not picky and I am in the high risk category. So better safe to be tested than sorry.
Back to diet. The reason I ask is I just finished a course of flagyl (metricondazole) for vaginal bacteriosis (which can occur when the vagina's pH is off) and was told to use a topical steroid to control the itching. Once I completed my meds I felt fine. I'm not sexually active at this time. Not even two weeks after my course of meds was finished the symptoms were back and I noticed it especially after eating.
Furthermore, I've got issues complicating and possibly obscuring the root cause. I was diagnosed with fibroid tumors some years back and just this weekend another ovarian cyst sent me to the emergency room in great pain. I notice extreme itching every month just prior to my menses. About a week to a week and a half I'll begin to itch until the day or two prior to onset of my cycle and then through the cycle extreme itching, wetness and irritation takes place. Also my hair falls out in handfuls and my nerves are very bad from the stress of all of this. Other things seem to exascerbate the condition such as stress or lack of hot, hot baths (the only thing which the condition really responds to). After my menses the itching and irritation will disappear or at least reduce. That is until the next cycle week. The itching is unbearable.
During my hospital stay I was told I was borderline anemic and they were threatening to give me a blood transfusion if my blood fell another quart to 7. I researched my low iron condition and saw hair loss is a side effect and a few articles mentioned itching. I don't eat very much meat and the good nutrients and veggies I thought I was absorbing, turns out, may not be being absorbed well. As I thought everything that had good iron (such as spinach per se) actually needs other foods to absorb the iron it does have. So I'm wondering if loss of blood from the cysts and tumors (they impact blood loss), lack of proper iron and iron absorbtion could be leading to this sypmtomology. Last night, I tried eating for the first time in a few days and felt that extreme itching on the inside of the body affecting my lower region where I assume I pretty much have taken the heaviest hit on blood. Can anyone help me understand what's going on with my body as the doctors are piecemilling everything and not telling me what is truly going on, leaving me in the dark.
It has been excessive and damage of my labia is evident from missing pubic hair, scarring and loss of normal shape on that side only. My curiosity, since I've been diagnosed with the potluck of "vaginitis", is rather or not diet plays a role here. I've been told I don't have gonorrhea, clamydia or syphilis (which I wasn't so convinced of due to the white spot and that syphilis can parrot several other disorders). I am allergic to condoms and have had my fair share of sexual partners but typically take the abstinance route, but such diseases are not picky and I am in the high risk category. So better safe to be tested than sorry.
Back to diet. The reason I ask is I just finished a course of flagyl (metricondazole) for vaginal bacteriosis (which can occur when the vagina's pH is off) and was told to use a topical steroid to control the itching. Once I completed my meds I felt fine. I'm not sexually active at this time. Not even two weeks after my course of meds was finished the symptoms were back and I noticed it especially after eating.
Furthermore, I've got issues complicating and possibly obscuring the root cause. I was diagnosed with fibroid tumors some years back and just this weekend another ovarian cyst sent me to the emergency room in great pain. I notice extreme itching every month just prior to my menses. About a week to a week and a half I'll begin to itch until the day or two prior to onset of my cycle and then through the cycle extreme itching, wetness and irritation takes place. Also my hair falls out in handfuls and my nerves are very bad from the stress of all of this. Other things seem to exascerbate the condition such as stress or lack of hot, hot baths (the only thing which the condition really responds to). After my menses the itching and irritation will disappear or at least reduce. That is until the next cycle week. The itching is unbearable.
During my hospital stay I was told I was borderline anemic and they were threatening to give me a blood transfusion if my blood fell another quart to 7. I researched my low iron condition and saw hair loss is a side effect and a few articles mentioned itching. I don't eat very much meat and the good nutrients and veggies I thought I was absorbing, turns out, may not be being absorbed well. As I thought everything that had good iron (such as spinach per se) actually needs other foods to absorb the iron it does have. So I'm wondering if loss of blood from the cysts and tumors (they impact blood loss), lack of proper iron and iron absorbtion could be leading to this sypmtomology. Last night, I tried eating for the first time in a few days and felt that extreme itching on the inside of the body affecting my lower region where I assume I pretty much have taken the heaviest hit on blood. Can anyone help me understand what's going on with my body as the doctors are piecemilling everything and not telling me what is truly going on, leaving me in the dark.
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