Thrush

[Alliwantisthisorthat]

How bad can it be?

I have my 21 year old DN staying with me and for the last few days she was complaing that she was getting pains down below and felt swollen. Today she has been crying in pain, had a white/grey discharge (I haven't seen this) and was complaing that when she went a toilet it was unbearable pain to wipe her self. I have taken her to gp led walk in centre tonight and they've said they can't be 100% sure as it was too painful for the doctor to examine her but they are thinking its thrush. They have given us a prescription for some thrush treatment and for some stronger pain relief but due to the time we come left the walk in centre not many places was opened to get the prescription. We tried a supermarket, a chemist and boots but no one had the stuff she required. It will be in after 1 tomorrow. We was told that if the pain got worst to go a&e. She has just been to thetoilet but is now in tears as the pain was bad after she wiped.

My DSis is away on holiday so don't want to contact her if I don't need to and plus my dn doesn't want me to call her and ruined her holiday and come home early.

Can pain be this bad? She's got a hot drink and some co codamol what she was prescribed.

No not cystitis she has no pain when she goes to the toilet, but pain when is she wiping herself.

I just can't see her crying in pain. It's one of the worst feelings when they in pain and you can't do anything for them. Wish I could take the pain for her.

She doesn't want to drink cause she doesn't want to go a toilet cause of the pain.

I'm going to get her prescription for now and will get her some nice cotton pj's along with some nice rubbish food and even though she's 21 she's asked for the small foot dvd. On top of all this she has offered me money for buying things for her and driving her around yesterday. I would never take the money of her. She was the first born baby out of me, my sister and brother so she's still my baby and always will be.

I would avoid the chocolate if I were you. Sugar sort of feeds the candida bacteria from what i can remember reading when I had very bad thrush which was resistant to canestan when I was pregnant.

It does sound like thrush. It is awful.

Oh thank you I won't get her chocolate.

I've never had it so unsure. Just wish they was more I could do for her.

I've been lucky enough not to experience this but I have witnessed THE most strong / brave / keep a brave face on of my friends reduced to proper sobbing with it.

She was truly in agony and every morning she woke up (we lived in the same house at uni) she burst into tears realising it still hurt. It really can be awful.

I think it's a bit like flu where there are varying degrees and it's unfair to assume others have the same experience of it as you have.

Poor girl I hope she gets better soon!

Also echoing you sound lovely and kind - glad she is in good hands with you :)

And in case it helps the only thing that worked for my lovely friend was the yoghurt everyone has suggested and (luckily we all had no boundaries!) lying in bed with her legs bent and knees apart a bit like when you have a smear test. And being brought loads of water and laughter when she could manage it. Poor thing :(

Re last post - this position was With no bottoms on obvs. Really helped. We all sat with her and ended up crying just because she never ever cries it was horrid to see :(

Have they checked for Herpes? I’ve had thrush and Herpes and the pain from Herpes stopped me sleeping or using the loo. She really needs to be checked by an gynaecologist.

Try an ice pack for relief, if it’s not thrush yoghurt could just cause more irritation.

Throw a load of salt in the bath too that helps

Is she feeling any better OP? Loads of good suggestions on here. Hopefully prescription helps. She needs to keep up with fluids as not getting enough will make it worse.

She seems a little bit better as in she's not crying all the time. She took her tablets and pain relief, had a nice bath and put the cream on after and she managed to sleep for an hour but as soon as she went a toilet she started crying again and was back to square one again. I've told her to apply the cream every time she goes to a toilet.

Me and sister have agreed If she still can't manage by tomorrow afternoon that I will take her back and see if I can get any stronger pain relief for her.

Thank you for everyone asking about her and giving me suggestions to try.

How is DN doing @Alliwantisthisorthat ? Really hope better today the poor thing!

She seems a lot better today. She's still in pain but not as bad. I know she had a bad night as she was up and down but she can walk today instead of waddling. Hoping by Monday there will be a good improvement for her to go back to work.

Thank you for asking

Thrush is evil.
No chocolate, no sweets or fruit till it clears.
My GP prescribed me several flucanazole capsules which I took once a week to blast it. I also took daily probiotic supplements which helped.

Poor thing :( and as her doc told my friend - don't be tempted to go straight back to skinny jeans, teeny / polyester pants or god forbid tights!

Definitely leave some time before these get back in the wardrobe as they can flare up the soreness and chaffing caused by the original condition I believe.

God I'm realising how much we really did discuss the minutiae of everything that happened to us all living together at uni.

I quite miss it - never a dull moment! Thought wouldn't wish this specific TMI situation on any other poor girl obvs.

I find 3-4 drops of tea tree oil in an egg cup full of water applied with a cotton wool ball all over the swollen area after each urination works a treat. Hope she feels better soon.

I've had thrush a fair few times and it is horrible. The itching and soreness is really unpleasant. If your niece is still suffering in a couple of days though, I'd be tempted to get her checked over as such extreme pain sounds unlikely with thrush. I'd be wondering if it was genital herpes.
Really hope she feels better soon.

It might be worth getting a sterile container from a chemist and trying to get a urine sample from her. I have the same thing at the moment and took a sample to the docs yesterday, got it tested and I am now on antibiotics as have an infection. I dont feel as bad as your DB but she has my sympathy.

Just a quick update.

Late Saturday night/early Sunday morning she came into my bedroom crying with pain again, she took pain relief and was using the cream. Phoned and got her an out of hours gp appointment and he sent her straight to emergency gyane and also saw a general doctor and she was diagnosed with shingles. This morning she got out bed and a big rash on her face going down to her neck and body. It looks like one big never ending rash which goes from her face down to her knees.

She's now on different medication and needs to take the full 7days.

Thank you to everyone who gave advice and asked how she was.

Has she been under a lot of stress lately? Mouth ulcers? I only ask because it sounds to me like a very severe case, which could indicate she's generally run down and needs to rest. I have had similar after very stressful times in life.