Itching Down Below (title edited by MNHQ at request of the OP)

@Attendreetesperer Might be better in Womens' health or Menopause parts of site.

If you're around 40 or older this could be vaginal atrophy now called Genito Urinary Symptoms of Menopause. GSM.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/vaginal-atrophy/symptoms-causes/syc-20352288

Loss of estrogen causes all the same symptoms as a UTI but it doesn't get better with ABs.

The treatment is vaginal estrogen creams which also work their way to the bladder (via the vaginal wall.)

You need to see your GP. If you're over 50 you can buy the cream OTC (it's called Ovesse).

I'd steer clear of cranberry- no evidence is works. It's highly acidic and is like pouring acid on sore tissues.

Go to see your GP immediately

Pour on water, OP.

Wise decision. I had a mild uti which appeared to clear up with plenty of water & cranberry juice. A week later I developed sepsis. I was asymptomatic but the infection was still lurking. Thankfully after 3 days in hospital I was sent home cured. If my DH hadn't rushed me to hospital when my legs turned blue & I began vomiting I dread to think of the outcome. Never ignore a uti.

FFS I thought the place was literally burning to the ground then!

Maybe go to the doctor instead of Mumsnet?

I hope you have an appointment. I'm just getting over my second bout in less than six months. Antibiotics both times

I second this. I suffered for years. GP hadn’t a clue. Vaginal estrogen worked within a few days x

It says a lot about the world that I clicked and braced myself to read what had happened.

Weird title for a thread about genitals.

I get this the few days before and after my period. Sometimes it’s manageable others (like now) I feel much like you Op and need antibiotics-you can get them online via boots or Superdrug.
I find those disgusting cystitis powder sachets that you put in water also help (you can get from Tesco), but really just lots of water and parecetomal. And if you can get a GP appt I would as it’s ongoing. Mine is yet another charming peri meno symptom the Gp says, not sure what age you are but could that be a possibility?

Why on Earth don't you just ask for an urgent medical appointment instead of asking on here?

Don't leave it - I left a UTI once and ended up in hospital on a drip with a kidney infection. It was extremely painful. Speak to pharmacist and if the antibiotics don't start working quickly, go to minor injuries/A&E.

Sounds exactly like a UTI to me.
You need antibiotics, but in the mean time take painkillers, drink as much clear fluid as you can. Cystitis powders help too. If you leave it you will start to get fever symptoms too, then a kidney infection…

Don’t use tampons .
Get some worming medication
wash hands regular
use thrush cream

could it be peri ?

Go to sexual health clinic get tested if anything it’s all clear.
Is your smear up to date ?

its not threadworms

How old are you OP? Could it be the start of perimenopause causing dryness and itchiness?

Also “Itchy Vagina” may attract the posters who can actually help op.

There are probably loads of London firemen diligently checking this thread …

It does sound like thrush. Can sometimes require 2/3 treatments to get rod of it. While you’re waiting for GP appointment, try another round of thrush treatment.

The last time I had cystitis I went to get the powder from the pharmacy and he prescribed me antibiotics there and then. If you don’t have time today to get an appointment get the pharmacy and stay the course then phone the doctor in case it’s something else. At least you’ll have started your antibiotics

Suggest you change the thread title. Lots of people live in London or have loved ones there. Fire can be very triggering. The anniversary of the fire at Grenfell Tower is only a few weeks away. People will see it and worry there’s a huge fire with potential loss of life.

Sounds very uncomfortable. Cranberry juice, pharmacist, and if they recommend, GP appointment.

I have lichen sclerosis. The itching was horrendous and peeing felt like razor blades. You need to see a GP . If it's LS then you need a steroid cream prescribed.

Cystitis can make the vagina area burn. Mine do. I have recurring cystitis due to peri and I know it is coming on due to a stinging vagina. Quite why you have waited months to get it looked at I am not sure. No one can diagnose you on here and absolutely do not buy anything from amazon until you know what you are dealing with. Manose has never worked for me in any case. I have preventative anti biotics but only after a proper prognosis process which included a hospital consult. Go to your GP and dont feel worried about going to the GP in the future. You have actually ended up putting more pressure on the surgery and yourself by needing an urgent appointment when it didnt need to be. 111 can sometimes prescribe anti biotics, they have with me twice before but very much depends on whether you have an urgent care centre near by.

Yup.

They will have seen plenty of “ Londons” .

I agree. Go to gp, don’t just get antibiotics without finding out what it is.

Is there any chance you are peri menopausal? Dryness or atrophy can cause burning sensation I think - though the cowboy walk is more uti.