Did my partner get my yeast infection?
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I'm a cis*female/vagina owner, my partner is a cis*male/penis owner (I'm trying to be proper here with terms and not offend anybody, if I do I'm so sorry! Please correct me!) and he recently has had some dryness on his penis just below the head. The skin is flakey and even a bit raw in small patches to the point it hurts him during sex. It's not a very large area, just a little. We've been abstaining to give his penis time to heal, but it sure seems like it's been taking a long time. This has been going on a week and the last time he had a very minor penis injury, a very small patch of rawness from chaffing after a lot of hiking, it healed within a couple days.
I was browsing VP and noticed somebody mentioned that a yeast infection can be passed back and forth from having sex, even to a penis owning partner. It dawned on me that I recently did have a yeast infection and I think it may have been right before this issue with his penis came up. My infection cleared up on it's own, as it usually does. This is only the third one I've had, second since I've had this partner. I've never taken any prescription treatments for them, and I do know for certain that the first two did entirely clear up because I had exams to test for infections of any type before I had my Mirena put in and was completely clear.
But now I'm wondering if the reason he's having flakey skin and irritation on his penis is because he caught my yeast infection. We've had sex a couple times since, and the irritation on his penis continues to clear up, it's just taking a while. All my symptoms are completely gone.
Is that a normal symptom for a yeast infection on a penis? Will this go away on it's own as mine has? Should I be feeding him certain foods like yogurt or acidophilus? My boyfriend is very aversive to medications...He actually asked if I used my OTC external cream for yeast infections and was ready to blame it for the issue lol. But I might be able to convince him to let me put some on if this is the case if it will work.
I was browsing VP and noticed somebody mentioned that a yeast infection can be passed back and forth from having sex, even to a penis owning partner. It dawned on me that I recently did have a yeast infection and I think it may have been right before this issue with his penis came up. My infection cleared up on it's own, as it usually does. This is only the third one I've had, second since I've had this partner. I've never taken any prescription treatments for them, and I do know for certain that the first two did entirely clear up because I had exams to test for infections of any type before I had my Mirena put in and was completely clear.
But now I'm wondering if the reason he's having flakey skin and irritation on his penis is because he caught my yeast infection. We've had sex a couple times since, and the irritation on his penis continues to clear up, it's just taking a while. All my symptoms are completely gone.
Is that a normal symptom for a yeast infection on a penis? Will this go away on it's own as mine has? Should I be feeding him certain foods like yogurt or acidophilus? My boyfriend is very aversive to medications...He actually asked if I used my OTC external cream for yeast infections and was ready to blame it for the issue lol. But I might be able to convince him to let me put some on if this is the case if it will work.
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Date: 2012-09-11 06:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-11 11:36 am (UTC)A doctor can confirm, but be careful depending on where you live. My husband caught one once and they said they were going to do a swab to confirm and test but they didn't tell him they were gonna do a full STI workup. He was extremely low risk (and sure enough came back negative for everything) and it was $400 given our deductible. Eek! Of course your guy may want that, but they weren't clear.
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Date: 2012-09-11 01:13 pm (UTC)as it need to take the pill to get rid of them, cream does nothing (for me personally), so i just bought one for my bf, because i wasn't going to risk him not getting rid of it with the cream and passing it back on to me...
OP... definitely sounds likely to me too that your bf has a YI.
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Date: 2012-09-11 01:10 pm (UTC)OR you could show/scare him with this from the BBC Health website: "if you don’t have treatment, vaginal thrush may trigger inflammation of the urethra (urethritis) in a male partner." which I'm sure would not be very pleasant! :D
I usually give my bf the cream when i have thrush (last time he said it just felt sore, no itching etc but the soreness went away with the cream)
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Date: 2012-09-12 05:56 am (UTC)I mentioned it to him last night that I think he may have got my yeast infection...He was like nahhhh that can't happen and I told him yes, it does, and the flakey raw skin can be a symptom lol. I asked him if he would use the cream and got the response I figured I'd get...Like a little boy whining about not wanting to take the icky tasting medicine.
It is getting smaller at least, so that's a positive. If it doesn't clear up entirely in a couple more days, I'm going to be more adamant that the cream goes on. We haven't been having sex anyway since it just irritates the area, makes it sore, and hinders healing. Usually my yeast infections go away in just a couple days.
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Date: 2012-09-16 01:44 am (UTC)