For the last 3 months on and off, I have had a itchy, irritated and sore vulva and vagina. There is some redness on my vulva and what looks like a mild rash, my GP just called it irritation. Everything seems kinda dry and a little flaky
I made an appointment with my GP who diagnosed me with thrush confidently and prescribed me Fluconazole and duo action from canneston. My symptoms went away but returned not long after. I went back to my GP who did a swap for thrush which came back negative.
At this point I felt kinda worried and wanted to get things ruled out. I went to a sexual health clinic and had a pretty comprehensive screening and everything thing came back negative. This wasn’t too surprising because of my limited sexual experience(I’ve never had penetrative sex but I know some things can be spread by any sexual contact so I was concerned that I could have herpes or HPV). Although, I was told these are diagnosed through appearance and only tested for if suspected.
However, the nurse said everything looked really normal (my one bump was a blocked hair follicle)and not like typical thrush, contact dermatitis or a any other skin condition, which I had expected it could be. Also my thrush swap was ‘inconclusive’. She seemed a bit stumped but was definitely trying to figure it out which I appreciated! One of her colleagues also examined me.
I’m feeling a bit desperate now and honestly a little down because the itching is keeping me up at night! I’m going to take some more Fluconazole as prescribed to me at the sexual health clinic, as they want to rule thrush out. Then I’ll go back in a few weeks as she recommended, if I get no relief. I just don’t want them to think I’m a hypochondriac when all seems normal! Definitely not imagining this though
Does any one have any idea what this could be? as I don’t feel I’m responding to the thrush treatment now that successfully. Not knowing the cause of something stresses me out so any suggestions welcome. Thank you in advance! Sorry for the TMI
(For context I’m 22 so not menopausal symptoms)
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Itchy sore vulva... what is it?!
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Balletgirl1 · 05/10/2019 10:47
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