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?

okay, so, about a week ago, i started treatment for a yeast infection. i used the monistat 3, and after two days, everything seemed cleared up. then, it started to burn when i urinated again. i’m ovulating, so there is discharge, but it seemed to look normal, and there was no strong scent. there was a very slight underlying scent of yeast, but i know yeast is natural in the vagina, and so i didn’t know if that was a normal scent in ovulating discharge or not. there was no itching, the discharge seemed normal, and there was no strong odor. but there was still that burning. sunday night, i used miconazole 7 because they didn’t have monistat 7 at meijers. it burned like crazy, so i didn’t use any the next night because i wanted to see how i would feel without the medication. still, no scent, normal ovulating discharge, but there’s that burning. then i noticed i felt the need to pee after i had just urinated, and if i focus, i can kinda pinpoint the burning just a tad higher than my vaginal opening. i’ve had UTI’s before, so i’m starting to think that may be it, and i heard some yeast infections can cause UTI’s. so, my question is, do you think this has turned into a UTI? should i still use the miconazole 7, or do you think it’s safe to just start using AZO and treat myself for that? i have big plans coming up so i don’t have any time to go to the doctor’s until after this weekend.
whoops. at the beginning, i meant after two days AFTER finishing the monistat 3. so i took that for three nights, then two days passed and yadda yadda.

My vagina is sore to the max. My vulva around the outside isn’t sore but as soon as I touch or move the wrong way and it rubs against the inside skin of my vagina I want to scream. My vaginal opening is swollen almost shut, and when I put my legs together I can feel the inside of my vagina pulsating. But, there’s very little itching like I’ve experienced previously with vaginal yeast infections.

I did have sex the day before yesterday with my usual partner, and that day I was fine, there was no pain.. so I’m guessing it’s not just sore from sex. It only started to hurt last night.

Tonight I decided it was probably just a yeast infection and got the monistat treatment kit and treated myself, although it was excruciating trying to put the applicator inside my swollen vagina.

Please let me know what you think, if I should see a doctor or wait to see if it clears up. Have you ever had these symptomsand been diagnosed with a yeast infection?

I’m just getting over a yeast infection. It’s been almost a week, but my progress has been up and down due to some activities in which I have participated that have regressed my vaginal healing: swimming and white water rafting (my boyfriend and I were on vacation and I really wanted to get in all the adventure I could!). Right now I’m experiencing slight burning (on a scale of 1 – 10, a 2) around the vaginal opening and labia. I had sex last night considering I was feeling great and it didn’t hurt nor was it uncomfortable – after however, I had a little cut. I was told that dipping a tampon in yogurt and inserting that into my vagina would soothe the burn – but, would it cure it? I was going to wait until next week to see my gyn as it doesn’t seem that pressing. Right now I’m taking probiotics and oregano oil as natural anti-candida remedies. Should I refrain from sex for a few days? How long?

Your help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks and take care!

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?