Severely Itchy private parts...

[Loulybelle]

For the past 3 months, i've suffered with red angry skin both back and front, sometimes it bleeds, and i can make my underwear wet with the clear discharge i get from the skin, i've had 3 different sets of anti biotics, and now i just wanna cry, because its really effecting me everyday, constant itchy, its burns when i go to the loo. Its not any UTI or Thrust.

Anyone had this before?

Sorry op but sounds definitely like LS. My best friend has it - exactly as you do

No swabs taken, but will speak to the doc tomorrow and mention LS to her, its not so bad today, minor itch, but otherwise ok, the skin still looks like i've burned.

I'd suggest a GUM clinic and a dermatology referral. What a disgrace that you've had to put up with it for this long. My vulva has been very itchy, it turned out to be a sort of residual reaction to thrush (which had long gone). It was red and raw, and resolved totally with some strong steroid cream used for about 3 days. But mine was nowhere as awful as yours sounds. You poor poor thing.

Thanks Bonzo, i've had many types of medication for this. including 3 types of antibiotics, aqueous cream, timodine cream and a rectogesic for the fissure i have, i couldnt use the rectogesic, because it gave me the worst headaches and i felt so sick.

Ask for trimovate cream - its amazing!! I used it for general soreness of the vulval skin after dd's birth. It has a steroid and anti fungal in. Does stain knickers though so wear primark cheapies. Cannot recommend enough!

Btw, the gynae consultant recommended it but GP can prescribe too

Arent Timodine and Trimovate the same, if not my chemist made a fuck up.

I dont know sorry just that trimovate is a very thick greeny/yellow cream

I have a yellow cream in a tube, that stinks to high heaven.

Perhaps then! It stains like buggery and even when you wipe yourself after a wee dont be alarmed by yellow/green gunk!

Well its getting worse, i can now peel off bits of skin that feel like plastic and i now have a pin head type red rash all over me, itches like mad.

Have you been checked at a gum clinic? Not suggesting an std but those doctors will have much more experience of vulval issues than a gp

It sounds like Lichen Sclerosis to me. Doctors are shamefully unaware. There are several chats on this on mumsnet, and some very good advice and chats on patient,co.uk. Whatever you do don't look for images, there are horror stories out there and it isn't like that for most of us. Do get a diagnosis quickly and start treatment. If it is LS the sooner you get treatment, the more chance of reversal or at least stopping the symptoms. You need a referral to a Vulval Dermatologist if you can get one, not all gynies are that knowlegable about this either, it's an autoimmune skin condition not a gynacological one.
Good luck and I sympathise with you.

Well, im on Daktacort and double base gel, had swabs taken, and now have to see a vulva specialist, the chemist was very sympathetic about how i've put up with this for 4 months, its slowly getting better, but not fast enough.

Pleased to hear it's getting a bit better.

Hope you get to see the vulva specialist asap.

Lichen sclerosis is the worst A steroid cream helps- that’s the standard treatment
I found that only after I was put on methotrexate for something else that it calmed down - but that’s a really strong chemo drug

you need a steroid cream. It's likely to be localised eczema. Does the skin heal then peel off. I developed this. Betnovate from the GP eventually solved it.