I keep getting thrush! please help?

Question

hi, please help, this has been going on for the past 18 months, 2 weeks before my period is due i get thrush. Ive seen my gp twice now and both times she has prescribed fluconazole capsules and canesten pessaries in 6 months doses. The capsules and pessary do work and the thrush does go away for a couple of weeks but its coming up to my last month of treatment and im sick of it!!! i really dont want to have to go back to my gp for a third time and am hoping there is a lady out there who can give me advice on how to rid this without prescription charges. I have a husband and yes he has also been treated so its not him giving it back to me each month. Please help. Im desperate xxxx

Answer 1

louise its only the doctor who can help you so you must go back until its cleared completely and it will with the correct treatment, other than that present yourself to the A&E and then get treatment at the department who deal with this everyday and know just how to get this cleared up once and for all!!! hope it all works out for you good luck

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Answer 5

You both need to treat the thrush together at the same time and also not have sex for a couple of days why being treated as you're re-infecting each other. This is going to sound weird but, try so natural yogurt around your privates and also eat(not the same yogurt) some live culture bio yogurts as well. Wear loose and cotton underwear and only cleanse with water down there. Hope it clears up soon for you two. Oh yes try drinking cranberry juice for a while too.

Answer 6

Treatment does not clear symptoms in up to 1 in 5 cases. Reasons why treatment may fail include:
The symptoms may not be due to thrush. There are other causes of a vaginal discharge. Also, thrush can occur at the same time as another infection. You may need tests such as a vaginal swab to clarify the cause of the discharge or other symptoms.
Most bouts of thrush are caused by Candida albicans. However, about 1 in 10 bouts of thrush are caused by other strains of Candida such as Candida glabrata. These may not be so easily treated with the usual anti-yeast medicines.
You may not have used the treatment correctly.
You may have had a quick recurrence of a new thrush infection. (This is more likely if you are taking antibiotics, or if you have undiagnosed or poorly controlled diabetes.)
The following tips may help. However, they have not been proved to work by research, and are based on 'common sense' rather than research studies.
Hygiene. Thrush is not due to poor hygiene. However, the normal conditions of the vagina may be altered by excess washing and douching of the vagina, bubble baths, scented soaps, spermicides, etc. The normal mucus and bacteria in the vagina may be upset by these things and allow Candida to infect. Therefore, it may be best to wash just with water and unscented soap, and do not douche the vagina.
Clothes. Don't wear nylon underwear or tight fitting jeans too often. Loose cotton pants are best. Stockings rather than tights are preferable. The aim is to prevent the vaginal area from being constantly warm, moist, and airless.
Periods. There is some evidence that using pads rather than tampons increases the risk of thrush. However, some people think that if you use tampons when your period is light, it may absorb the protecting mucus of the vagina. So, it is not clear whether tampons or pads are best.
Antibiotics. Be aware that thrush is more likely if you take antibiotics for other conditions. Antibiotics may kill the normal harmless bacteria in the vagina which help to defend against Candida. As Candida is a yeast and not a bacteria, this will not be killed by antibiotics. This is not to say that every course of antibiotics will lead to thrush. But, if you are prone to this problem and you are prescribed antibiotics then have some anti-thrush cream ready to 'nip it in the bud' at the first sign of thrush. Some people also suggest that when you take antibiotics, it may help to have a bath each day and add a couple of tablespoons of vinegar or bicarbonate of soda to the bathwater. This might help to prevent Candida from thriving.
Contraception. It is controversial whether taking the contraceptive pill increases your chance of having thrush. It is generally agreed that you should not stop the contraceptive pill if you get thrush. Despite this, if you have found that thrush has become more of a problem since starting the pill, then it may be worth considering changing to another form of contraception.
Sex. Thrush is not a sexually transmitted disease. However, friction when you have sex may cause minor damage to the vagina which may make thrush more likely to thrive. So, make sure the vagina is well lubricated before having sex. If natural secretions are not sufficient then use a lubricant such as KY jelly when you have sex.
If you have recurrence of the usual strain of Candida (Candida albicans) then your doctor may suggest a longer course of treatment. A treatment plan which is sometimes used is:
Use one of the treatments described above (topical or tablets) every day for 7-14 days.
Then to use a topical treatment or take a fluconazole tablet once per week. Or, take a dose of itraconazole tablets once a month. (This is called 'maintenance treatment'.)
Continue maintenance treatment for six months and then stop.
Most women will remain clear of thrush during maintenance treatment. After treatment is stopped, about half of those treated remain free of thrush, or only get the occasional bout again. The other half return to getting recurrent thrush. However, in these cases the treatment plan can be repeated, and maintenance treatment continued for longer if necessary.
See your doctor if you develop thrush whilst you are on maintenance treatment. This may indicate that you have a resistant strain of Candida which may require an alternative treatment.
'Natural' remedies for thrush include: live yoghurt inserted into the vagina; adding vinegar or bicarbonate of soda to a bath to alter the acidity of the vagina; tampons impregnated with tea tree oil. However, there is little scientific evidence that these remedies are effective.
Thrush is not a sexually transmitted infection. The thrush yeast (candida) is a germ which commonly occurs on the skin and vagina. For reasons not quite clear, it sometimes multiplies, thrives and causes symptoms.

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Answer 8

Be sure you are either eating yogurt with live active cultures or taking acidophillus capsules daily to help get your bacteria in check. You mentioned your husband had been treated but has he been treated each time you have another bout of thrush? I am wondering if he isn't harboring some of the bacteria but showing no symptoms. Also since you are still having problems for this long of a time you should consider getting a referal to an OB/GYN doc and get their perspecitve on all of this.

Answer 9

Try this: roll a tampon in olive oil or corn oil with six drops of tea tree oil mixed in and insert the tampon for three hours. Do this daily for 7-14 days. Thrush is a fungal infection and all three of these ingredients are anti-fungal, so this should take it away. If it doesn't clear up after this then you need to go back to the doctor.

Also, try changing your diet to prevent this from re-occuring. Eat some unsweetened yoghurt regularly; have more olive oil and garlic or take them in capsule form; try to cut as many processed sugars from your body as possible (this includes glucose, sucrose, honey and syrup); try to cut out as much white flour as you can; and avoid foods with molds or yeasts in them, such as cheese, brewer's yeast, beer, yeast-raised bread, wine, etc.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

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Answer 10

There are many more types of anti-thrush. Ask for the ones that dissolve in your mouth. You have to take them 5 times a day but they really do work. Hope that helped.

Answer 11

These can help to reduce the chance of getting a recurrence by helping the body to fight off the yeast:-

1. Lactobacillus Acidophilus Capsules
2. Natural Live Yoghurt (helps maintain the normal levels of bacteria and yeast in your system)
3. The Thrush Diet (this dies has 3 functions: a. it starves the yeast you already have, secondly, it prevents you from getting more and finally, it keeps your good bugs healthy. It is worth sticking to for at least 4-6 weeks and repeating every so often).
4. Homeopathy.


FOODS TO EAT: all vegetables (esp. as salad), white meat, fish, a little red meat, fruit; pears, apples, occasional bananas (always peel to avoid fungus on skin) [try not to go over two pieces of fruit a day and if possible avoid fruit altogether for the first weeks], live natural yoghurt, soya milk products or goats milk which is better alternative to cows milk, almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, brazil nuts, walnuts, sesame and sunflower seeds, oats, rye, barley, millet, thyme, oregano, parsley, basil, rosemary, garlic, yeast free gravy, porridge, lentils, rices, beans, wholemeal soda bread, sugar free rice cakes.
FOODS TO AVOID: yeast extract, yeast bread and brewers yeast ,most commercial breakfast cereals, processed and smoked meats and fish, sausages, hot dogs, cheeses, peanuts and pistachios, tea, coffee [use herbal tea instead], all types of mushrooms, citric acid, sugar and other quick acting carbohydrates, white flour products, fizzy drinks, alcohol and sparkling water, vinegar, picles.


Also try 6-8 drops of tee tree in bath.