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YEAST INFECTION
okay so i am 16 and i think i may have of gotten a yeast infection. I am not sexually active and i have never had a flare up before. i have been doing a lot of research and my symptons match that of a yeast infection. i am very embarrased by this and i dont know how to tell my mom. we dont really talk about stuff like that. i really dont want to tell her at all.
so my question to you is 1. have you ever had a yeast infection? and how was your expierence.
2. have you tried the at home remedies?
3. were you embarrased to buy medication at the pharmacy.
4. did you tell anyone?
i want to try the at home remedies first because this way i can avoid telling anyone or being seen buying yeast infection medication. im really embarrased about this. any information will help.
thanks in advance.
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I'm a guy, but my wife got these about once every three months for the first four years of our relationship. They can be brought on by anything from stress to changes in dietary or sleeping habits, or just being a bit too thorough during a shower.
I've seen all of these. Asking a doctor might be out of the question, but you CAN drive across town at night with sunglasses on and go ask the pharmacist of a CVS about it, as they're generally pretty knowledgeable about stuff like that.
Its really nothing to be embarrassed about, but I get the discomfort. I may be a guy, but I imagine playing sports resulting in athletes foot in places other than the feet is probably a similar experience in many ways.
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If this is your first experience with a yeast infection, you would be best to see a doctor to confirm that it is really a yeast infection. I know you probably aren’t going to, but I have to say that first anways.
If you absolutely will not see a doctor, then at least buy proper medication. Please. Buy a cure that includes two or three treatments, not just a single nights application, so you can be sure it’s completely gone. Single night treatments never work for me unless I catch it right away, and since this is your first, it’s probably gotten a few days on you.
Home remedies can work, but here is when they work best: They work best on women with a lot of experience with yeast infections, who've experimented to find the remedy and lifesytle changes that work best for them, catches her yeast infection very very early and treats it imediately.
If this is your first yeast infection, then you don’t have time to waste trying to shove yougurt and honey up your vagina. You need a quick, relaible cure, and home remedies cannot promise that. Not even close. So please use a proven method, one that has to conform to health and medical laws and is pretty much 100% going to work.
I know you are embarrassed. I was mortified when I had my first yeast infection and I had a really close relationship with my mom who was practically a nurse, and I was STILL horrified to talk about it with her… But now I’ve had plenty of them in my life. Sometimes it just happens. In fact, I was there when my best friend and roommate had her first one, and I was glad I was there and could be someone she could talk to honestly and simply about it. I don’t worry about buying medication for it at all anymore (though sometimes I do try to make sure I get a female cashier ‘cause I know they probably sympathize) no one has ever said a thing to me about it. That would be rude. They just ring it through like anything else.
You just have to remember that it’s very normal. Most women will get yeast infections at some point. You also have to remember that really good, reliable medication is available over the counter; you can just walk in and get it. Finally, you have to know that leaving a yeast infection not only gets really, really painful, but it can be dangerous if the infection migrates deeper into your body.
By all means if you can find a way to get medication with a friend or another female relative, do it that way, but do get medication. As embarrassing as this is, think of how much worse it will be if you end up explaining to an emergency room doctor that some strangers online told you if you just put plain yogurt or goats cheese inside yourself it would all be okay…
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