Conditions
Thrush
There is definitely nothing to sing about with this condition, which affects 80% of women at least once in their lifetime. Not least because of its recurring tendency. However, men don’t get away lightly either, as they are also susceptible to the condition, but less commonly. This is because everyone has small amounts of Candida albicans, the yeast that causes thrush, present in their body. For women the symptoms may include irritation and, more noticeably, a cottage cheese discharge coming from their vagina. Likewise, men may experience inflammation and a similarly unpleasant discharge coming from their penis. Thrush can often go away without treatment, but there are many over-the-counter remedies on hand to help. However, in first time cases or if you’re suffering from a persistent yeast infection, it may be worth consulting your GP for advice.
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i have discolouration of my skin on my thighs, is this due my being overweight?
im 13 and i have been very itchy and dry and the inside on my vagina is all white wt do i do is it serious.?
hi, im 23 and pregnant. i thought i had a yeast infection and have spoken to my doctor over the phone. he then prescribed me pessary and cream, i used both and nothing has happened if anything it has got worse and there are now tiny little pimples on the inside of the vagina wall they itch like mad im red raw and its sore. i dont know if its thrush anymore now as i havent read alot about the pimple things with thrush. is it possiblei have something else? it is so hard to get into see my dr as they dont seem to care about pregnant women.
im 13 and underneath me has been very itchy and dry since christmas and even my g.p doesn't know what's wrong with me. i have to carry a tube of cream with me everywhere i go and i cant find a cream that gets rid of it once and for all! i've tried, hydrocortizone, timodine, trimovate, cetraben, sudocreme, vasaline, everything, please help me, does any body know how i can get rid of it. my skin underneath me was ripped and was bleeding in school and i was in the toilet all through lunch time and i was crying and i said to the teachers that i had a headache and wanted to go home. please HELP!!!!! thank you very much x
I have been using a cream to get rid of the itching from thrush and it has but never took any oral medication for it. Over the past couple of days iv felt sick and have some abdominal pain, is it possible that the thrush has caused this and do i need to take any oral medication for it?
I have had thrush for about 2months now and i have been to the GP and used canestan for a week as directed, it still didnt seem to disappear so i did the treatment again about a month later but i still have the cottage-cheese-like discharge and some itchy spots in my vagina, would maybe a type of thrush pill be more affective for me?
yeah i think so
you can get canesten cream and a tablet of which does the same job. can be bought together from like Boots. Canesten Duo
I am 7 months pregnant and started to get vaginal discharge which was a green/yellow colour. I visited my local GP and they took swabs. I had my results back and they said that I had a mild case of thrush and prescribed me with the pessary and cream which seemed to have worked. After about a week I had unprotective sex with my husband and I have since became itchy again and my husband has mentioned that he is slighly itchy as well. Could we or I have thrush again? Im embarrassed to visit my GP again.
Yes it sounds like your husband has (unwittingly!) reinfected you (men can have thrush without symptoms) You should go see the gp again and they can prescibe something for both of you :)
Hi I get really itchy round my vagina area and sometimes I can't even sleep because it's so itchy I don't like talking about it to anyone it's too embarrassing
Recently my partener told me he'd noticed a sour taste when he was giving me oral sex. I have looked online and some suggestions are thrush, occasionally I have had some itching but no discharge. Please can you help?
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hi im 16 years old , and lately i think ive got thrush, my bits down below seem to swell and become very itchy, sometimes stings which causes me to wake in the night. ive had it a few times but normally clears within a few days, however this time its been constant for nearly 3 weeks now and making my life hell, irrites to wear knickers, also discharge seems to smell and is more like a creamy cottage cheese like im not sure what it is but would really like to get rid of it as its painful and irritating any feedback would be so grateful as im too embarrassed to tell my mum or go to the doctors about it
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