Imagine, you're having a bad thing in the middle of a two week tour in Thailand. Suffering from canker sores in the vagina like a tsunami hit.
Shame increasing, when in the course of the tour, the tour guide was a man with limited English skills and no pharmacies were seen during the trip.
This is the story of Debra (not her real name) illustrates an extreme experience to a doctor during consultation.
Reported by the Daily Mail, Debra suffering from thrush and bacterial vaginosis. This is a common condition that is often experienced by women, but unfortunately, the issue of women's health is rarely discussed.
Debra may sound like telling a serious health problem, but it is true, the problem in the vaginal area can make women suffer greatly.
Although most women will experience one or even many times a problem in vaginal thrush, is still cause discomfort if only temporarily.
Physical symptoms of this constant can be embarrassing and often debilitating.
And please note, about 75 percent of women will experience vaginal thrush in their life. This problem is caused by fungal (Candida albicans) that live in the vagina, often without causing symptoms.
When symptoms do occur, it feels like itching, even burning. Vaginal thrush and mostly occurred during the reproductive years of women.
However, these problems rarely occur before the first menstrual cycle and after menopause.
This problem could actually be treated, ie with anti-fungal cream or also by vaginal tablets, which is inserted into the vagina with a special applicator.
There is also a selection of oral tablet, which is more expensive and is not recommended for pregnant women. It is important for women who often experience vaginal thrush many times. Recurrent thrush is when a person is diagnosed with four or more episodes in a year.
This is because they might be suffering from an infection that is completely different, which requires a different treatment.
Despite these problems can effectively be treated with medicine, but about 5 percent of the symptoms may recur and difficult to heal.
How to cope?
Some women benefit from long-term treatment. The only treatment of recurrent thrush is supported by a large study, ie, with routinely undergo healing therapies.Symptoms such as itching will be pressed with high doses of anti-fungal treatment followed by a maintenance dose of the drug. Usually it will be administered weekly or monthly, for six months to prevent recurrence.
However, if you do not want to undergo therapy, there are natural remedies like eating yogurt can soothe the itching but there is no strong evidence to support their use.
Some women are reluctant to use anti-fungal medication for a long time, for fear may provide some side effects, including abdominal pain.
Because you want to get better soon, many are turning to undergo alternative therapies to combat thrush.
Alternative treatments.
Although some women may feel comfortable when using yogurt, but remember, there is no strong evidence to support their use.Some recommend as aci-gel formulations or vinegar to restore the normal pH of the vagina.
But contrary to popular belief, the vaginal pH of women with problems canker sores are usually normal.
Other natural treatments that can do that is to use tea tree oil and garlic. But using tea tree oil can cause nasty allergic reactions, while garlic can make the vagina was burning.
Other simple drug that is often used is an ice pack applied to the vagina for up to ten minutes. It can relieve itching.
As another alternative treatment, doctors usually recommend using cotton clothes and avoid feminine hygiene products, if possible.
Thank you for reading this article. Written and posted by Bambang Sunarno. sunarnobambang86@gmail.com
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Publihed Date: 15 February 2016 at 10:32
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