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[meth.livejournal.com]

Ok! So I made my boyfriend go get me some Monistat 1 with the cream in it for my yeast beast today. So, I just inserted the 'egg'-pill thing, and I'm about to go to bed. I heard some women complain about Monistat being harsh because of the medicine that's jam-packed in there. Would I be affected by this since I'm going to bed?

Alittle background, I started getting itchyness and swolleness around my vagina about 2 days ago. For about a week, I've had a rancid smell around that area. Not so much the discharge, but around my vagina and labia. I looked on the Monistat package and it said if the discharge has a smell, fever, chills, etc, I should see a doctor. Having none of the serious symptoms, I decided I would use it.

So my question is, should I go see a doctor sometime in the next week? I have exams all next week, so I'm going to be pretty busy. And the Planned Parenthood by me stopped walk-ins for exams. But would I need an exam for a yeast infection to find if it is something more serious, like BV?

Thank you so much! :)

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[jessleigh.livejournal.com]

It might be a bacterial infection if the Monistat does not seem to work - I tried many over the counter medications until i went to the doc. and she said that i had a bacterial infection the whole time. unfortunatly, they give you an antibiotic to cure the bacterial infection, which gives you a yeast infection - so be sure to get a perscription for a yeast infection pill like difulcan at the same time!

[feckalyn.livejournal.com]

FYI:

You can totally prevent YI from antibiotics using boric acid inserts:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/vaginapagina/3454061.html
http://www.livejournal.com/community/vaginapagina/4554521.html

[unwanted4ever.livejournal.com]

i have a question maybe someone can quickly answer, instead of me taking up space on the journal...if one already has a yeast infection, will taking acidophilus cure it?

thank you, just quickly wondering.

[moochar.livejournal.com]

It can, but it really depends. I find that if I start taking acidophilus as soon as I start having symptoms, I can fight it off. However, if it's a full blown infection it doesn't work for me. Others have had better results I'm sure, but it doesn't work for me. You could always try it for a couple days & see how it goes.

[ilikemytie.livejournal.com]

I use acidophilus for preventative. One pill every morning with my BCP. Then, when I actually have a yeast infection, I will take double or triple acidop. and drink tons and tons of water. Since I've started doing that this January, it seems to have helped me quite a bit. (I am a chronic YI case)

[moochar.livejournal.com]

I know the first time I used Monistat is burned really bad. I used the cream, not the egg insert thing, just because honestly for some weird reason the idea of the insert bothered me. lol

Since you are going to bed & it hasn't disolved yet, I'm not sure if you will have any burning, by the time it disolves you may be asleep. If it does burn though, don't freak out because basically everyone who has used it reports that it burned at least the first time. I know I paniced, thinking I was allergic or something. It's just a strong medicine in a delicate place.

All that said, a bad smell doesn't say YI to me, it sounds more like a bacterial infection. I'd go to the doctor even after using this cream in a few days & get checked out just to make sure.

[meth.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The yeast cream seemed to take down to swelling and the itchyness. But I'll just see a doctor just in case it comes back, or the smell comes back.

For the egg-insert, I didn't feel any burning. I sort of stayed up for an extra half-an-hour before I went to bed. I must have a tough vagina, or it didn't disolve yet.

But, thank you again. :) I'll make an appointment as soon as I can.

[unwanted4ever.livejournal.com]

Thank you for answering. The YI is pretty full blown so I don't know. I hope it works because I am too poor for Monistat right now, and the only place to buy capsules for boric acid suppositories is wayyy too far.

[constructingme.livejournal.com]

i use acidophilous as suppositories, and it works well but here's the thing- i recently had a VERY bad reaction to a different type of acidophilous. i usually use the kind that are powder inside the cap, and decided to try out the gel caps/liquid ones, and nearly died because of the itching and burning.

if you're looking for cheap remedies, plain yogurt works very well, and if it's not too bad a douche with apple cider vinegar can work.

[robynchick.livejournal.com]

the smell (especially if it's fishy) sounds more like BV...

[constructingme.livejournal.com]

i put the ovule in right before i went to bed, and the burning and itching started immediately, and was so bad i had to go wash it out. i think if it doesn't get you right away, it probably won't bother you.

as far as bv vs yi goes, a lot of the natural remedies for yeast infections work on bv as well- acidophilous and yogurt and apple cider vinegar are all good.

[starsorstreet.livejournal.com]

I agree it sounds more like BV, and I believe yeast infection treatments can worsen that.

[snowmentality.livejournal.com]

I used Monistat 1 last time I had a yeast infection and suffered no itching or burning, but that might have just been because the YI was already causing such awful itching and burning that I didn't notice a difference! It worked like a charm, though. (It was kind of gross the next day as all the stuff came back out, but just use a pantiliner and you'll be fine.)