I thought I had a yeast infection on Thursday and on Friday I got the 3 day treatment (the cream and capsules.)
I had soreness, I was really itchy and my vaginal opening was really irritated.. So yesterday was the last day of the treatment and my Urethra is still a little sensitive but everything is feeling better it hasn’t been that itchy today and I’m still a little sore but I think its gone…. so I’m not using the the creme because I’m not that irritated.. so when can I have sex?

i have a yeast infection.
this is my first one so i didn’t know anything about it until i looked it up.
i can’t use the vaginal treatments, so i took the pill diflucan about 2 days ago.
i didn’t know i wasn’t supposed to have sex.
so i had sex yesterday. and i didn’t know i could pass it on either until i searched yesterday. (he’s going to the doctor)
but now it burns when i go to the bathroom. not the urethra but where you’d insert a tampon.
and the whole left side of my vagina is a little bit swollen.
even on the inside.
it felt like i tore something after sex and that’s where it burns.

did i interfere with the medication?
how long it will it take to go away completley?
and is there anything i can do to lessen the symptoms until it goes away without putting anything into my vagina?

thanks in advance!

Last June I got a bladder infection that also felt like a vaginal infection. My PCP put me on antibiotics for a few days and I felt a little relief. I went back and he decided to put me on Bactrim (antibiotic) for 3 months because my Urologist had done this previously to give my bladder a chance to heal. Well, this was August. In the first week of Sept I got a horrific bladder/vaginal infection. I was put on meds for 7 days which helped the bladder issues but the burning in my vagina was horrible. I went back to my PCP who gave me a 3 day yeast infection treatment. Helped. But by that monday my symptoms were all back. Tuesday I go to my NP at my OBGYN, she does a culture and tells me I have yeast till and write me a prescription. She also diagnoses me with Interestitial Cystitis and starts me on those meds. Unfortunately, the meds don’t help you feel better for at least 3 months. Well, I use the yeast infection meds and I get a little better again. But then it comes back. I call my NP and she prescribes Diflucan and a topical anti fungal/steroid. Well, this stuff made it worse!! So I go in once again and she does another culture and finds no yeast or bacteria but notices my pH is off. So she gives me Relagard. I use it for 5 nights and NO improvement. Then I had a Dr appt with my actualy OBGYN and I tell her about all of these issues and she is just like, "oh here is another steroid cream. Use it for a week then taper off the next two weeks and if you don’t get better then call me." I’m completely flabbergasted. I am in so much pain and it seems like no one cares or is really trying to fix it.

I am wondering if anyone has the same issues with their Interstitial Cystitis? Do you have intense burning at the opening of your urethra and in your vaginal opening as well? And what about irritation/ burning/ and just pain every where else.

I’m on Elmiron and I take Urelle 3 times a day. Should I be taking 4 Urelle every day to help with the pain or no. I just really don’t feel like they figured out what it was and am treating me correctly. What do you think?

I have never had a yeast infection before. I’ve had bacterial vaginosis once several years ago and had no symptoms at that time. So this is completely new to me.

The symptoms I’m experiencing include a sore and slightly swollen vaginal area (sore and swollen labia, and soreness around the vaginal opening), these areas sting and burn when I urinate, but there is no actual pain from the urethra. It is also painful to touch and move. I am menstruating at the moment so it’s hard to gauge the discharge but prior to menstruation I had a dry white discharge that would ball up (this is normal for me before my period) and it was a little bit itchy (which it does occasionally with that kind of discharge). There has never been any odour.

I have considered several options from STD’s to having accidentally scratched myself (which has happened but was not nearly this painful) to an allergic reaction to a new type of tampon I’ve tried this cycle, but I’m really thinking it may be a yeast infection.

I’m unable to see a doctor at this time, so I’m considering just buying an OTC yeast infection treatment, but I’d like to know if anyone has any other suggestions as to what it could be?
***UPDATE***

Just to update, I got an OTC treatment, and it’s already helping! Thank you all for your advice!

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