I produce quite a lot of discharge on a daily basis. So, (it's a bit tmi, sorry!) my underwear is generally always at least damp, even though I'm not aroused by any means. My vagina seems to be particularly enthusiastic about discharge. So, with so much of it, it gets everywhere. I have a pretty long tailbone - I found this out because of excruciating pain when it was inflamed, huzzah! - so if any discharge gets as far back as the anus, chances are it'll cover my tailbone too. Having to wipe front-to-back just helps spread it around. I guess I had a slight overgrowth in the vagina, but not enoughh to cause a problem until the yeast got wiped to a more friendly environment - my tailbone, which doesn't have the friendly warrior bacteria that usually keeps yeast at bay.
Yeast infections, when they're bad, sometimes have a pretty strong smell. It was such a bad and angry infection that really she just needed to take a quick look, and she could probably smell that it was yeast. (Being a doctor must suck sometimes.)
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Date: 2010-04-21 08:35 am (UTC)Yeast infections, when they're bad, sometimes have a pretty strong smell. It was such a bad and angry infection that really she just needed to take a quick look, and she could probably smell that it was yeast. (Being a doctor must suck sometimes.)