Hi guys, not really sure how all this works here but any help is greatly appreciated, I started with vulval itching and irritation nearly 4 years ago, I am getting so down about this now I literally don't know what to do anymore. At first I thought this was thrush (got this alot in my teens) obviously took medication for this but 6 months down the line still didn't go away. I visited the clinic - she told me I had herpes and I was devastated. Gave me medication to clear this up. Still months later the irritation and itching was still there, I was also getting very sore at the entrance to my vagina like right at the bottom. I went back to the gum clinic and she was appalled at what the previous nurse told me. I didn't have herpes and the nurse that told me didnt know what she was talking about and she couldn't apologise enough. she said to stop using dove soap as this drys out the vulva and gave me aqueous cream to wash with. This actually worked and I thought it definitely was the soap. However months later I started feeling the same again, this time it was much worse and it feels like I have something crawling around down there! Visited my gp and the clinic again who did sti tests and found nothing. All they really did was give me hydrocortisone cream still didn't clear up. Some days it is worse than others, sometimes it almost feels normal with very minimal itch then bam hits me again! It almost feels like I have cuts down there and on times I've looked the skin looks so red like its been cut. I went back to my gp who had a look around and said she saw no signs of redness( this is one of the days it wasn't irritating so bad) but she did find something on my cervix (really sorry I can't remember what it's called) she referred me to the hospital to have this burnt away. They also did a biopsy and confirmed I had hpv in my letter afterwards. I waited months for the appointment to have this thing burnt away and the nurse could see redness so referred me to a gynecologist. I was still feeling the same every day until a few months after everything seemed to clear up I had started the gym and tried to cut down on bad foods not sure if this was what helped.. I honestly thought yes this has gone ! I was having regular sex with my partner again! (Sex however does also hurt me a little) I went to my gynecologist appointment who said everything looked fine, I said I've been trying to eat well and exercise too, I had also started using non bio wash powder for my knickers. Thought I'd cracked it....Low and behold A WEEK AFTER MY GYNO VISIT this all came back 😠I'm at my witts end with this! Its constantly sore, itchy and irritated. It feels like I have ants crawling on my vag all the time!! I bathe in bicarbonate of soda 3 times a week, just use water down there to wash with, have spent hundreds of pounds on products that haven't worked. I honestly feel so down with this now and feel like the drs just fob me off 😣 I haven't had sex in a long time because I'm so scared of making this worse. has anyone ever had this type of feeling and have any advise what to do to stop it! Thank you - sorry it was so long xx