The body of a woman is rebuilt every time the menstrual period begins and ends. The days before menstruation can easily disrupt the microflora in the genitals. Microorganisms of the Candida family are always present in the human body. A small amount of these fungal bacteria is found in the colon, oral cavity, and vagina. Weakening of the body and immunity leads to the fact that they begin to multiply rapidly, causing itching and burning in women.
A disease called candidiasis can occur not only because of weakened immunity. It can appear during menopause or pregnancy, after you have been treated with antibiotics or have used birth control pills for a long time. Itching and burning in women can be signs of not only thrush, but also diseases such as ureaplasmosis, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, gonorrhea, genital herpes and others. Thrush can provoke the appearance of these diseases. As you can see, the diagnosis of symptoms can be determined only after the necessary analyzes.
Itching and burning in women is not the only symptom of the disease
The discharge remaining on the linen may be different, but most often they are white and curdled. What can cause thrush, what symptoms accompany the disease, and when do they intensify?
* When women wear synthetics, itching and burning in women intensify.
* The labia may swell.
* Inflammation can spread to the anus.
Symptoms that accompany the disease can be numerous, but only one of them can appear, for example, pain during urination. Thrush can be affected not only by women, but also by men. For men, the following symptoms are characteristic:
* On the penis in the head area appears white plaque, redness. Itching and tingling, burning in the genital area are also present.
* The smell of discharge is unpleasant, sour.
* Urination is painful.
In addition to thrush and other diseases, itching and burning of the labia can occur due to vulvitis. This disease is associated with inflammation of the vulva. Possible reasons:
* Dysbacteriosis of the vagina.
* Ignoring hygiene rules.
* Discharge associated with pathology.
* Allergy to synthetics or a certain type of gaskets.
* Irritation due to the use of intimate cosmetics.
Treatment of thrush and vulvitis
In the treatment of vulvitis, first of all, the cause of the disease is established and only then treatment is prescribed. In addition to doctor's prescriptions, you can use warm baths from herbs, such as calendula, St. John's wort, chamomile, succession and celandine. Good relieve itching and burning in women with warm solutions of soda. It should be remembered that self-medication can temporarily eliminate the symptoms, and the disease will be driven inside. It is best to establish the causes of the disease and undergo examination, especially if unpleasant symptoms accompany itching and burning during urination, which may indicate the presence of other diseases.
Thrush can also be cured only in an outpatient clinic, according to prescriptions prescribed by a doctor. Folk remedies can accompany the main treatment. The following procedures can be performed:
* Lubricate areas affected by the disease with various infusions, such as infusion of birch buds and poplar; tincture of calendula. The same tinctures can be done douching.
* Douching from herbal infusions:
* calendula;
* herbs of knotweed, oak bark , nettle leaf , chamomile;
* yarrow, rosemary, oak bark and sage.
* You can brew herbs: eucalyptus, white cinnamon, common wormwood, onions and garlic, burdock root.
We remind you once again that all recipes are used only as additional funds, and the doctor should prescribe the main treatment.