Recurring thrush (desperate)

[kittykat818]

Hello everyone,
I am 21 and have been suffering with thrush for two years (ever since losing my virginity.) I feel like I have tried everything; multigyn, cotton underwear, organic pads, 6month course of fluconazole, even a sugar-free diet and nothing has helped stop it permanently. It affects every aspect of my life including my university studies and relationship (yes I have tried treating my boyfriend) and I am so desperate. Has anyone else dealt with this and found a solution, I am so desperate. I have tried going back on a longer course of fluconazole again but I was still getting thrush while taking it so I really am confused as what to what to do.

PLEASE HELP

I had this recently and GP has said that recent research shows if you are on the pill you are more prone to thrush. However I am not and do all the other tips and tricks to prevent recurrent utis.
They prescribed a 8 week pessary course, one a week. And this cleared it completely and hasn't come back since. Touch wood x

Just to double check is your boyfriend treating himself otherwise you can pass it back and forth x

@jayde28 Hey, how long has it been since you've come off the pessaries and yeah he has been xx

Have you tried grapefruit seed extract?

@kittykat818 no nystatin pessaries would need to be ordered. They are usually only used for non albicans thrush species but can be used if nothing else seems to be working.

I completed the course in August and fingers crossed so far whereas before I felt like I was getting in every couple of weeks. The doctor checked for diabetes et. And then prescribed the course as when I had used the one time use she said it wasn't clearingjt 100%

@WinkysTeatowel Hey yeah I used some tablets for a couple of months but didn't seem to do much, did they work for you?

@theworstwife would they need to be ordered online assuming UK doctors don't prescribe them

OP have you been tested for trichomonas?

Have GUM checked type and sensitivity of Candida?

I also had this a few years ago - fluconazole wouldn’t touch it. Weekly pessaries sorted it for me as well - I was prescribed 6 months’ worth but stopped after 3 months and haven’t had thrush since .

@helpmum2003 Hi yes I have been tested a couple of times for trichomonas and everything has come back negative, and I have checked the type I have the usual candida Albicans, they are currently checking the sensitivity now!

@wanteringbluebell Wow that's great, may I ask how long you were suffering for?

I used to suffer loads with thrush and found it was down to the copper coil. I was suffering copper intoxication, I see you used to be on the pill but not what your using now if anything. Just throwing my experience out there in case anyone else suffers also.

@ifoundthebread Hi yeah I have heard others say this before so will avoid the coil in the future!

@kittykat818 they can be prescribed in the UK - you would need to see a GUM consultant

@theworstwife Okay thank you, will look into this!

@kittykat818 I had nipple/oral thrush when breastfeeding my daughter repeatedly for a year and when I started taking the GSE it did coincide with it finally going!

@winkysteatowel Hi can I ask what GSE is sorry?

I heard thrush can be ‘fed’ trough eating too much sugar. I don’t know how your eating pattern is but I’d check for (hidden) sugars in your food and cut them out of your diet.
Good luck 🍀

I had this. Tried everything you have. I think it was hormonal as it eventually went away when I fell pregnant with my son and never came back touch wood. Not suggesting you use pregnancy as a cure lol but perhaps investigate the possibility of it being hormonal xx

@honeybee85 Hi, yeah I have heard this a lot too, I completely cut out all sugar, carbs, fruit even for around a month but was still suffering and lost an unhealthy amount of weight! But I am still trying to be careful with sugar in my day to day diet.

@lolacat1234 Yes a few other women have said this to me, this is one of the main reasons I came of the combined pill but hasn't seemed to help, will ask the doctor if there are any other steps I can take or tests I can do to check hormone levels .

@kittykat818

That really sucks. I had reoccurring trush and my boyfriend and I kept infecting each other.
GP adviced me to sleep without underwear on so the area could ‘air’.

I don’t want to give anyone advice that isn’t medically approved (as far as I know) but what I did and what helped with the itching was to soak a tampon in unsweetened fat Greek yoghurt and insert it and left it there for maybe an hour or so.
It helped me but then again, I don’t know if it’s a responsable thing to do for anyone.

Iron your knickers.

just washing isn't enough, ironing kills it.

Sorry: GSE is grapefruit seed extract. I got some from Holland and Barratt.

Suffered badly with it throughout most of my pregnancy, had to use the pessary/cream treatment sooo many times. Then I switched to cloth pantyliners instead of disposables and started washing carefully with water only - problem sorted, no more canesten for about 3 months now. Hope you get it sorted soon, it truly is miserable.

@Honeybee85 Did you and your boyfriend manage to stay together it is causing a bit of a strain on my relationship at the moment! I do try to sleep with out underwear at the moment already, do you think the tampon just helped with itchy or was what cured you?

@ChardonnaysDistantCousin Okay will try this, thanks.

@aliensprig Hi I use all cotton organic pantyliners already do you mean the washable kind?

@kittykat818

We broke up but it had nothing to do with our sexlife (ironically it was the best part of our relationship). I think the tampon didn’t cure me but it certainly relieved the itching, it was so hard to not scratch which can worsen the infection