Hi doctor, I am suffering from an infection of the vagina. I have cheesy discharges, itching, burning, and it is very uncomfortable. Please suggest some medicines.
Hi. How are you doing? Vaginal infection, which is transmitted during sex (so partner is the source), so both have to be treated at the same time or else you will get infected again during sex. You may have white or yellow or grayish discharge with or without itching, foul smell, pain at the beginning of sex due to dryness (as the lubrication will be reduced) and late towards the end, when fully erect penis touches the inner most vagina (due to inflammation of the structures around the uterus). The pain will be radiating to the back or thighs. Your bowel movement will be affected and also features of gastritis are seen. Bleeding of periods will be thicker, darker, clots or fleshy masses may smell bad, more days with spotting after the periods too. When you have an infection inside the uterus, the blood flow increases as inner lining is inflamed and the blood mixed with the inner lining of the uterus forms a thick, doughy or fleshy mass. As the healing of the lining is not complete, it keeps spotting, or you have blood stained discharge. The pain is throbbing even before periods and lasts after periods are over. Usually, the infection is mixed and not just due to yeast. There will be a family of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, all of which cannot be detected by culture. When one is treated and cleared, the other will grow. Before treatment, confirm that you are not pregnant. I suggest you and your partner try taking the following: After this, I suggest you try taking the following: Your partner can locally apply any antibiotic and antifungal cream, like Candid B (Clotrimazole and Betamethasone) on the penis twice a day after wash for seven days. Consult your specialist doctor, discuss with him or her and start taking the medicines after their consent. Do not have sex till the infection is fully gone. Do treat it as delay may send the infection inwards and may affect both you and partner's future fertility. Hope I have clarified your query, do write back. All the best. For more information consult an obstetrician and gynaecologist online -->