Oral thrush, yeast infections and anal bleeding / fissure?
I recently caught an STD, Trichomoniasis. I was diagnosed and treated at a clinic, where they gave me a prescription for Flagyl, which I took incorrectly. I orally took one pill per day for four days, and I should have taken all four at once. It still worked to cure my Trich, but I developed a yeast infection. The doctor also re-medicated me with Flagyl and I took it properly, just in case there was still some Trich in my system. She also gave me 3 Fluconizole pills, and I took one every 72 hours. Somewhere in that time frame, I realized I had oral thrush, and I went to the doctor for that. She gave me a mouth rinse that I keep forgetting to take, and it’s not helping very much, probably because I can’t remember to do it four times a day. The Fluconizole pills were helping the oral thrush, but didn’t totally cure my yeast infection either. I tried to wait it out. I changed my diet to rid myself of yeasts, but I’m not sure if I did that right either! I eliminated all breads from my diet, stopped drinking sodas, cut back on carbs, tried to cut back on sugar (it’s hard because I love fruit), and I upped my yogurt intake. I’ve been eating mostly salads, meats and cheeses. Today I realized that cheese is bad for a yeast infection. Ugh! Go figure.
In the meantime, it’s been somewhat difficult to poop. I guess it started more recently that my stools were pretty hard, and I had to strain to push them out. Sorry for the TMI. What’s worse is that during this time, I suspected I had developed yeast in my anal area. It wasn’t crusty or typical of what I’ve read online about anal yeast infections. Last night put the icing on the cake – I strained to pass a bowel movement, and there was bright red blood spotting on my toilet tissue. So… I used a vaginal suppository yeast infection medicine that I’ve been holding off on trying, and I put the cream that comes with it on my vagina and anus. This morning, I wake up with some slight/mild relief from the vaginal infection, but my anus is still kind of sore and a lil itchy. I looked it up online, of course, and found out that anal bleeding can be caused by a tear if you strain to poop. I wonder if that’s what happened to me, or if I have some other kind of condition. What could all of this be?
I’m going back to the doctor on Wednesday, but I’m worried in the meantime. What could this be?
