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Itching!!
Posted: 10-05-07 17:36pm
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For the past week I have been itching
pretty badly in the whole vaginal area. My
labia, or lips (not sure of the proper
term), is red and almost burns when
touched. I am not currently sexually
active, so I doubt it is an STD. However I
was active about 4 months ago, but
wouldn't an STD have shown symptoms by
now? What could cause all this itching??
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Re: Itching!!
Posted: 10-05-07 18:01pm
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| Pink27
wrote: | | For the past week I have
been itching pretty badly in the whole
vaginal area. My labia, or lips (not sure
of the proper term), is red and almost
burns when touched. I am not currently
sexually active, so I doubt it is an STD.
However I was active about 4 months ago,
but wouldn't an STD have shown symptoms by
now? What could cause all this
itching?? |
stds can lay dormant for a long time
sometimes
you need to go to a OB asap
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Posted: 10-05-07 18:43pm
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It could be a yeast infection. OMG, they
can itch, itch, itch!
Do you have discharge also?
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Pink27
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Posted: 10-05-07 19:53pm
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I know that it is not a yeast infection,
but it could possibly be another kind of
infection. I have never had unprotected
sex, so I doubt it is an STD. However some
STDs such as HPV are spread through
contact, which inevitably occurs during
sex. However I think that causes genital
warts, and I haven't seen any of those. Is
it possible for them to be on the inside
the vagina? I have heard those cause
itching.
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Posted: 10-05-07 19:55pm
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You'd have lumps. It does not sound like
warts.
How do you know it isn't yeast?
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Posted: 10-05-07 20:24pm
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Well from what I know, yeast infections
cause a nasty cottage cheese like
discharge, and I don't have that. However
the discharge is a little weird, and it
has a slight odor, but I thought that all
discharge did.
Are you sure its not warts. I'm a little
paranoid. Is the vaginal opening supposed
to be fleshy? is that normal? it said that
warts could be flesh colered??
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Posted: 10-05-07 20:26pm
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| Pink27
wrote: | Well from what I know, yeast
infections cause a nasty cottage cheese
like discharge, and I don't have that.
However the discharge is a little weird,
and it has a slight odor, but I thought
that all discharge did.
Are you sure its not warts. I'm a little
paranoid. Is the vaginal opening supposed
to be fleshy? is that normal? it said that
warts could be flesh
colered?? |
if it has a fowl smell then yes it could
be a yeat infection
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Posted: 10-05-07 20:28pm
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I don't have any of the other symptoms
though.
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Posted: 10-05-07 20:35pm
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Warts would be hard though. And it would
be the WART that itched, not everything.
Yeast infections do not have to include
cottage cheese discharge. Don't so readily
think it isn't yeast - it sounds like it
to me.
Symptoms of Vaginal Yeast Infection
vaginal itching
vaginal burning
vaginal irritation
painful urination
painful sexual intercourse
odorless vaginal discharge (may be thick
whitish-gray and cottage-cheese-like or
may be watery in consistency)
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Posted: 10-05-07 20:38pm
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That does fit everything. The only thing
is the discharge does have an odor. Is
that normal or could that be a symptom?
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Posted: 10-05-07 20:39pm
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I had a yeast infection without an odor.
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Posted: 10-05-07 20:41pm
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I had discharge that smelled like I was
baking bread in my undies - but it can be
odorless too.
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Posted: 10-05-07 20:46pm
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thats funny. Well I mean is it normal to
have a kinda bad smelling discharge on a
regular basis?
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Posted: 10-05-07 20:47pm
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No. Discharge that smells bad can be a
sign of infection.
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Posted: 10-05-07 20:49pm
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Oh no!
What is the treatment?
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Posted: 10-05-07 20:51pm
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For yeast infection? Over the counter
medication. You can get it at the grocery
store, walmart, a pharmacy, etc.
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Posted: 10-05-07 20:59pm
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Well what if it is a different type of
infection, such as vaginitis?
What is the treatment for that?
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Posted: 10-05-07 21:02pm
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I'm not sure. You can also get a
prescription for yeast infections, I did
from my campus gyno. One pill, wait a
week, and yeast is gone! lol.
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Posted: 10-05-07 21:02pm
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That is a trip to the doctor's office and
a swab on your cervix.
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Posted: 10-06-07 20:42pm
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You should see a doc. If you have a yeast
infection you can treat it with otc
medication. But if you're not sure what it
is you should see your doc because if you
treat a bacterial infection with yeast
infection medicine, you'll make it worse.
Also, untreated bacterial infections can
lead to pid, which is serious.
And some std's can be dormant for a
while.
If you're ever not sure what you have, you
should go in.
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