[identity profile] bored-to-life.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] vaginapagina
I was having a problem with yeast infections, and I'd get rid of them, have sex, and have another one.

Since semen makes the PH balance in the vagina go all wonky, I got rid of the YI, and have been making my boyfriend pull out, and then finishing him off with oral.

If he has a yeast infection from me, could that give me Thrush (or whatever it is that oral yeast infections are called)?

Also, does anyone have any links with really solid information on girls being sensative to semen, and it causing Yeast Infections.
Google is being no help at all, and I'd like to give my boyfriend something to just skim, so he has a better idea of what's up.

Date: 2006-08-26 07:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thestrokesln.livejournal.com
what if your boyfriend has a yeast infection and keeps giving it back to you? especially if he has a foreskin.

http://www.msu.edu/user/eisthen/yeast/men.html
http://www.msu.edu/user/eisthen/yeast/tasteless.html

one word, monistat.
or the urine part apparently works, says boyfriend.

Date: 2006-08-26 10:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soulsearcher139.livejournal.com
hey i remember you from my post!!

my boyfriend has foreskin and was tested for YI's and treated. it has something to do with me as to why semen gives me YI's. it has happened with any guy that i have let ejaculate inside me.. (not that there has been that many) so i know its just my vagina. i figure i will just make him pull out. and someday if i want to have kids i can temporarily deal with a YI until i get pregnant.

Date: 2006-08-26 02:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hardspacecore.livejournal.com
I remember learning in anatomy class something that did give me the impression that semen can cause YI/BV.

See, every time I'm on my period, I end up having BV right after it's over. My boyfriend and I also tend to have sex at the very end of it, or the day after I stop bleeding, which always triggers the bleeding to start up for one more day or so, and then the BV kicks in.

Here's my theory: the semen itself is of a certain pH (basic, I believe...) so that it neutralizes the acidic environment of the male's urethra, and the vagina so that the sperm do not die instantly. For a female, our pH balance is SO delicate, some more than others, that any changes like this can throw us all off, which is how a YI occurs.

So I think for those of us with particularly delicate balances in there, the simple change the semen creates is enough to give us a nice infection, especially when coupled with the huge change that has already occured when you're on your period. That's what I think anyway, and it could be completely false, but it seemed to make sense to me...

Date: 2006-08-26 02:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hardspacecore.livejournal.com
Also, I just realized like this might sound that I'm implying that you're on your period when this is happening, but I just threw that part in there extra. It's possible you have a very low tolerance to pH change as it is, which is why you might be getting them constantly. Also, if you have sex right after, your vag might not have gotten completely back to normal from the last YI, and the semen might just trigger it back up.

Or maybe your boyfriend does have it and you should just try out treating him and see what happens. It's really early and I'm just kind of babbeling, so I apologize if this doesn't make too much sense... :)

Date: 2006-08-26 03:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cthulhulicious.livejournal.com
"If he has a yeast infection from me, could that give me Thrush (or whatever it is that oral yeast infections are called)?"

Yup. Definite possibility.

Oral candidiasis (Oral thrush) article in Wikipedia

"Who is at special risk?"

(snipped most of a list)

"People who perform cunnilingus or fellatio on sexual partner who has thrush."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_candidiasis

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