What an amazing forum. As I write this, I have both vaginal and rectal itching. I first started to get vaginal itching at age 17. I became sexually active at age 20. At that time, the itching came every six months. Persistently, as the years went on, the itching became more frequent. I am now 35 years old. At times I was diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis, sometimes with yeast infection, and other times with nothing. Most recently I was diagnosed with trichomoniasis, an STD that is a single celled organism, a protozoa that exists only in the human body and that could cause infertility. I read when a couple goes to a fertility clinic, the first thing tested is this disease. I took antibiotics (Metronidazole) and felt relief for only a few days, then the itching came back yesterday. I got a swab done last week, and my doctor told me nothing was found. I see that I am lucky that I have no pain during urination. I am amazed how individualized these symptoms can be. My treatment continues with a bacterial suppository and taking bacterial pills in order to restore healthy bacteria to my system. Thanks to all for sharing. I hope this will work eventually.
i am suffering right now with all the symptoms of UTI or yeast infection....it seems to go away and then after my peroid its
back again ...its been like this for the past 3 months.
i get so bad with the pain that it hurts to walk. And the sex life is NIL.
i was in so much pain a few nights ago i almost went to the emergency dept at our local hospital.
in had no sleep last night because of this and now i thumping headache.... so iv really had enough...
I've had this for 2 months. I get relief by putting witch hazel on area then apply hydrocortisol cream. It really helps me.
i meant hydrocortisone cream
I am going through menopause and do suffer with the same horrifying, painful, itchy symptoms. When this occurs I use neosporin where it burns and a cortisone cream sometimes even twice at night. Do your best not to scratch or rub this will prolong your suffering. What I have found to be very valuable is to use virgin coconut oil; organic preferably. I use at least twice a day. This has stopped my suffering although it does return if I am stressed and neglected using the coconut oil. I wear only 100 percent cotton underwear. I have to wear nylons for work but I cut the crotch out seems to work fabulously. There have been times I apply the coconut oil as much as 6 times a day until it clears up. It is cool and wonderfully helpful instantly :) I hope you feel better and get your life back fast!
Too much sodium and holding your pee sometimes cause burning when you pee.
how much salt and vinigar do i but in the bath & stuff?
I've been having very similar issues ever since taking antibiotics four or five months ago. It started after I was diagnosed with a UTI and given ten days of Cipro. I started to experience horrible stinging and burning all throughout my pelvic region then noticed a horrible red rash on my vulva. I also took another ten days of Macrobid after that which finally got rid of my UTI. About a month later I seemed to have developed a yeast infection and I treated it. Came back next month after my period and was diagnosed as such by a gynecologist though no test was done. He just said it looked like one. Treated it again and felt better. All throughout this my vulva has been red and irritated looking even when I wasn't experiencing any other symptoms of a yeast infection. Right now it actually looks pretty normal, the rash and redness seem to have slowly gone down over the months and I still experience this itching on and off on the outside of my vulva, not inside, and soreness, like a dull ache. I also had horrible cramping and bloating every month after my period since taking the Cipro. It was much worse at the beginning but seems to lessen every month. I wonder if the antibiotics killed all the bacteria, especially since Cipro is so strong and I seem to have had such a horrible reaction to it. While I was taking it I also noticed that my vagina was completely devoid of any type of discharge or odor which was very strange. I too always feel better when I'm menstruating. I've read bacteria is supposed to replenish itself pretty quickly after antibiotics but then have also read other studies suggest it can be permanently depleted. All I know is I'm always stressed over this, rarely have sex anymore and this thing completely ruined my dream European vacation. I'm lucky to have a very patient boyfriend at least.
Well I posted as a guest about a week ago and just wanted to say that my vaginal culture came back as bacterial vaginosis and no yeast at all. I'm pretty surprised as I've had bv before and the symptoms were totally different. I've had no smell which is typical with bv and my discharge is thick white but tests confirmed it so I guess going on symptoms alone really is hard to do... I hope these antibiotics finally fix me...
Sam, I haven't been tested HSV-2 or 1 and was considering that as well. For now I'm going to hope these antibiotics work. People kind of look to herpes as a worst case scenario when things go wrong down there but there are so many different possible causes so try to worry too much and see a doctor. Self diagnosing is really hard...