I'm having a bit of a problem with my bum at the moment! Basically, my vagina started to become sore and stingy, it started with just my clitoris and since, it has spread to the rest of the outside of my vagina which is red and sore and itches a lot. I haven't had any strange discharge but I know this still might be thrush. I've had thrush before and the outside of my vagina gets very itchy and sore.
However my bum has gotten very itchy and sore too. Like, the "hole" (apologies for upcoming tmi) the last week or so it's been painful going to go to the toilet. It stings and there s a bit of blood. It's bright red blood so I'm not overly concerned that it's anything too sinister. But over the last few days, my actual bum crack has gotten sore and itchy. When I scratch it it feels as if there is some kind of discharge, not thick just like the regular amount you would get coming from the other end. I've also noticed that it's started to become uncomfortable to go to the toilet, kind of from the inside. Whereas it hurts when I go from my actual bum, in my abdomen it feels uncomfortable when I push, it's not necessarily painful but it is uncomfortable. As if I have a build up of gas or something but I don't. I'm also going a lot more, usually it would be once every other day or so, now it's more like 3 times a day. I'm not eating any more than usual and I'm not sure if all of this is linked, just seems coincidental that it all happened at the same time.
Basically I'm just wondering if anyone has experienced something similar. I know you can get thrush in the back as well as the front so I don't know if maybe it's that. I don't want to go to the doctor if it's not necessary. I clean myself in the shower so I doubt it's a hygiene issue.