YI Question... pain?

[hexvenus.livejournal.com]

I'm 99% sure I have a YI, I've had them plenty of times before (used to get them ALL the time before I had my kids). I've got the discharge and the itch, but my itch is actually up around my clitoris, and nowhere near the actual opening of my vagina.
Plus, the itch is coupled by severe irritation that's bordering on painful. I'm also slightly swollen. Has this happened to anyone else during a YI?

I know I should go to my doctors, but to be completely honest (and this is extremely embarassing for me to admit) the itching was getting so out of control that I hastily (and obviously so) shaved most of my pubic hair off in an attempt to minimise the irritation. So at the moment my Vag really looks like someone attacked it with the hedge clippers :(

I was on the Depo Provera BC shot, but am now a little overdue for my second shot. My diet has recently changed in that I'm on a meal replacement diet and I'm having MUCH less bread/pasta/rice than I have had in the past. Which seems strange that I would get a yeastie NOW with LESS yeast products in my system???

Any opinions?
Thanks!!

Comments

[miss-klutz.livejournal.com]

I've had some pretty horrible yeast infections involving actual pain so much I had to stay home from class and was unable to wear pants/underwear (dresses without panties in the winter is FREEZING.)

Go to the doctor as soon as you can. I doubt they will be surprised by a wild pubic hair-do, especially knowing you were trying to reduce the itching. Don't let a strange trimming keep you from seeking relief.

Because the symptoms are a little different for you, it may not actually be a yeast infection (although this does sound like one). It is important to go to the doctor so you do not misdiagnose yourself, especially if this happens to be something more serious. Also, just think, with a pill the infection (or at least the really uncomfortable symptoms) could be gone in 1-3 days, instead of 3-5 days like an over the counter treatment.

Good luck and you have my sympathy!

[hexvenus.livejournal.com]

thanks, I will book in to see my doc tomorrow, because it's affecting my sleeping :(

[paperispatient.livejournal.com]

I've never had pain with a YI, but I've felt swollen before. Like, normally I'm not particularly aware or thinking about my vagina as I go throughout the day, but when I have a YI I just feel particularly aware of it - it often feels swollen and just uncomfortable.

[hexvenus.livejournal.com]

that's exactly how I feel.
It's normally something I can forget about, but at the moment I can constantly feel my vagina.

[queensugar.livejournal.com]

To my knowledge, yeast infections have nothing to do with intake of food yeasts (i.e. bread). Yeast infections are caused by a specific type of yeast, candida albicans, that is naturally found in moist places on the body. The type used in baking is a completely different type of yeast.

Sometimes, if the natural pH of that area changes -- if it becomes less acidic -- that allows the candida to grow out of control, causing a yeast infection. Among the dietary things that can cause that are an increase in sugar or in products containing sugar (i.e. some lubes and soaps) to be applied to the vulva or other areas where candida grows.

Anyway, your symptoms definitely do sound consistent with an external YI -- I've gotten YIs under my clitoral hood before, and they are no fun at all. Check our YI Vulvapedia entry (http://www.vaginapagina.com/index.php?title=Yeast_Infection) for an idea of some topical remedies that can work to reacidify the area and kill the infection -- among them, over-the-counter creams (like Monistat) and plain yogurt with acidophilus.

[hexvenus.livejournal.com]

thank you very much :)

I'm not sure where I had gotten the idea of Food relating to YI, I think it was something I read about the bacteria also living in your stomach and increasing the craving of starchy/yeasty foods.

However, my understand of this article may have been completely off LOL

[violet-tigress1.livejournal.com]

I've got the discharge and the itch, but my itch is actually up around my clitoris, and nowhere near the actual opening of my vagina.
Plus, the itch is coupled by severe irritation that's bordering on painful. I'm also slightly swollen. Has this happened to anyone else during a YI?

Yes. I've had lots of different presentations of yeast. I envy people who have only had a few Yeast infections.

(and this is extremely embarassing for me to admit) the itching was getting so out of control that I hastily (and obviously so) shaved most of my pubic hair off in an attempt to minimise the irritation. So at the moment my Vag really looks like someone attacked it with the hedge clippers :(

I can sympathize. When I've had YI, I often thought that it woulg feel better not to have hair.

[hexvenus.livejournal.com]

I envy people who have only had a few Yeast infections.

You and me both :((