To ask if anyone gets this after their period...

[Heckneck]

A burning itchy vagina from hell?! Every single time. Period comes to an end, itchy burning sensation start and is so bad I want to scratch my vagina off. I use tampons for a few days then pads. Considering trying a cup again. Anyone else?

It can be caused by hormonal fluctuations caused by your period.

I get flare ups of what they call BV. Used to be prettily named Gardnerella. I keep a supply of a gel tube with a terrible, long add-on applicator... It works but oh the indignity.

Another vote for trying reusable pads. You may well be reacting to the pads

I used to get asymptomatic cyclical thrush. Basically without the discharge but with the intense itching and skin splits. I was the opposite in that it was usually pre period for me but it can happen any time of the month. I was prescribed tablets to take before my period each month.

I'm currently 7 months pregnant and pregnancy seems to have cured me further confirming it's been the hormonal changes each month. Try different sanpro first but it's worth baring in mind 😊

It's the pads and tampons.

They kind of make everything throb. It's horrific.

It probably is pads, but this never happened to me before the invention of the ultra--thin, ultra-absorbent, with plastic mesh surface types (am old gimmer). Natracare and some own-brand types are best - no excessive 'wicking' effect or irritating plastic.

Yes I used too. I just put it down to the irritation of the pads. Didn’t occur to me that it could be hormonal too

I get a twitchy, painful, achy feeling like I really need to pee, but not exactly that either. A bit UTI like. it never comes to much and goes away if I drink a pint of water and clap a hot water bottle to my actual fanny. awkward if it happens in work, makes it hard to sit and I usually have to walk around a bit

I’ve got this right now. It’s so red and sore, it’s like it’s chapped. Only just started happening in the last few months, since I switched to those skinny plastic sanitary towels. I’m now a week post period and it’s so sore.

I find the slight swelling caused by hormones during my period doesn’t help. Combined with the itching and general discomfort I’ve often wanted to disown my reproductive system completely.

Tampons do this for me if it’s been a particularly ... Dry? Period. Sometimes it just feels dry down there & the tampon feels horribly uncomfortable. Afterwards I’ll get the itching for days so switch to pads when I feel it happening.

Yes I get this.

I think its a reaction to the plastic backing or chaffing. It happens regardless of what pads I use.

This happens to me depending on whether I’ve cut the grass. If I don’t keep it very short then I sweat and get very itchy with a pad.

I've started using sponges and washable pads because of this s exactly. Yes, it makes me a bit of a hippy, but better than a chapped faloolah. I've got a cup, but it's my uterus is tipped, so I can't always use it

I associate this with perimenopause. Started when I was 38.

I get this too ... I also have Lichen Schlerosus.

Yes! I have this, I thought I was the only one.

Am off to RTFT to see what magical cure I can have.

I often get a slightly sore uncomfortable feeling (but inside) and in my case believe it's down to the change in PH that the bleeding causes. I usually use multi-gyn actigel for a few days afterwards and that usually works by restoring the PH balance.?