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"   Question I have thrush and no matter what I do, I can&amp;#039;t seem to get rid of it. My mum tells me I was born with it in my mouth and even had it occasionally when I was a toddler.   I&amp;#039;m now 20 and have had it continuously for years. The only time I notice it&amp;#039;s less is when I have my period. It&amp;#039;s very distressing.   I have visited more then one doctor, more then once and they all prescribe creams. I also went to see a gynaecologist. He took numerous tests, found yeast, gave me oral treatment and again a cream \u2013 to no effect.  I&amp;#039;ve also tried changing my diet, cutting out sugars, artificial colours, taking acidophilus capsules and cutting out yeast. I thought perhaps it was my hormones so I started taking a contraceptive pill two weeks ago. I&amp;#039;m still waiting to see an improvement.  I was put on antibiotics to treat acne for about eight months. I then found out this could make it worse, but I had it in the same way before I took them. My last resort was applying natural yoghurt directly every night. I&amp;#039;ve had a regular partner for the past year and thought perhaps it was getting worse due to sexual activity \u2013 sex was sore, and sometimes so much I had to stop. I haven&amp;#039;t had sex for months now though and it&amp;#039;s not better.  I do all the right things, no bubble bath, non-perfumed soap, cotton pants, which all make no difference! In fact I only see it getting worse. I am not only itchy, it is very sore and sometimes swollen. I also get heavy discharge and it smells.  What confuses me more is I get cuts just beneath my vaginal entrance. What can I do?  It&amp;#039;s really getting me down now and affecting my life. If the gynaecologist has found nothing else but thrush, I don&amp;#039;t understand why treatments don&amp;#039;t help.    Answer David writes: You don&amp;#039;t say anything about getting your partner treated. If this isn&amp;#039;t done first of all, he will keep reinfecting you.  The Pill is frankly not a good idea for thrush sufferers, since it makes you more liable to get it.  Also, you need to get your urine tested for sugar \u2013 because unsuspected diabetes can make women very liable to thrush.  Finally, I think you should go to a genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic where they can give you fuller advice and check you for other possible causes of this problem. Christine adds: Absolutely the thing about your partner is something not everyone knows about. But experts tell us that when a thrush sufferer is in a relationship, both parties should be treated.  If the partner isn&amp;#039;t, you&amp;#039;re not likely to get a good outcome.  Your local genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic will be very clued up on thrush, and you should be able to get to see someone within a couple of days.  If you don&amp;#039;t know where your local clinic is, call your nearest large hospital and ask them.  You will get over this problem, I&amp;#039;m sure, but you may have to look at it from a number of different angles. Good luck. Yours sincerely Dr David Delvin, GP, and Christine Webber, psychotherapist  Other Qs &amp;amp;amp; As Alternative thrush treatment Antibiotics and thrush Chlamydia symptoms Concerned about my mother&amp;#039;s navel discharge Cream for thrush Damage to the immune system For how long can chlamydia be present? Feeling dizzy and nauseous Feeling sick and dizzy Getting rid of thrush I have had thrush constantly for two years now I have had thrush for two years now I have recurring thrush I\u2019ve been using cream for thrush for the past three months I&amp;#039;m always getting cystitis Is a cream enough to get rid of thrush? Is it thrush? It is probably thrush Painkillers and antibiotics Persistent vaginal thrush PID and tampons Please help me get rid of thrush Recurring cystitis Self-help medication for thrush Tablets to treat chlamydia Thrush on and off Transmitting thrush What is a carbuncle?  Last updated 23.02.2014 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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