I've been suffering from a vagina condition for almost a year now.
It started out with what seemed like a yeast infection with painful burning inside and out but after many courses of antibiotics, steroid cream, anti-fungal, my condition down there has only worsened. I have even been on vagifem because my dermatologist said estrogen was low on the skin down there maybe due to being on birth-control for so many years. Stopped birthcontrol, stayed on vagifem, no improvement.
My parts are now constantly red and burning inside and out and she said I have Vulvodynia because she can't explain it. I've been in vagina therapy and taking an anti-depressent so suppress the nerve endings. I only experienced a brief 2 week period of relief before it came back worse than before.
My doctors can't figure anything out, they put me on hyodrocoritsone cream 10% intravaginally for 4 weeks, then clinymican cream again, no improvement. Nothing helps the pain except epsom salt bath soaks and ice.
I'm scheduled to see another Gyno for hopefully a pair of fresh eyes on my condition because so far no doctor has found a helpful solution. My boyfriend and I do manage to have sex once a week but it's always painful and we have to use lots of lube because I get very dry which is why I keep thinking it's estrogen related but I'm only 31.
I've been tested for STDs and all that jazz, he is the only sexual partner I've ever had and prior to us beginning to have sex, I never had these issues in my life. They didn't happen immediately, I didn't start having this problem until 3 months or so after we were having sex, first with condoms than without so, I dunno. My mom said she would get yeast infections all the time when she had sex with my dad but my doctors never find evidence of yeast in my cultures or really anything except that my parts are clearly inflamed from my white cell count.
I'm at my wits end with this, I can barely enjoy sex anymore or get in the mood. I'm always uncomfortable. I no longer shave down there, wear all cotton panties, sleep without underwear at night, take daily epsom salt soaks. My boyfriend and I did stop having sex for a few months to see if that helped but it didn't. Sex does aggravate it though but so does moving around, driving and sitting, sitting is the worst. The skin down there is red all over and it hurts to rub my clit or touch down there and it just burns all the time like its on fire. Its awful, anyone had anything similiar to this?
I've tried home remedies too, different soaks, herbal supplements, cut out soda and trying to eat better diet wise. It also burns when I pee sometimes but not all the time. I think it burns cause the skin down there is so inflamed that anything that hits it just makes it scream in pain. I keep thinking it has to be autoimmune or an allergen I'm not aware of even though I use unscented soap, shaving cream etc.
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Hi guest. Sorry to learn me our suffering and having such little you can do to help matters.
Have you tried doing a Google search for Vulvodynia or Vulvodynia specialists because there are quite a few sites with advice from people suffering the same how they help manage it.
Hope you find this use :-)
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No I haven't yet mostly because my doctor doesn't even seem sure anymore that it is Vulvodynia because she did a wet mount and saw inflammation in my cells down there and she says that's not common with that condition. Pain is but not actual redness and signs of inflammation which is why she put me on the steroid cream and clinamycian but it hasn't helped much. .
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By what I read when I skipped through some of the symptoms others had on the sites Vulvodynia can cover many different symptoms and a lot of things you say you have tried have also been tried by others with no affect so could be worth a try :-)
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