Hi everyone, this is my first post, hope I'm in the right place on this forum.
My history - approximately 12 months ago I was experiencing discomfort during inter course and was referred to a gynaecologist who prescribed estriol cream as there was a dry area of skin in my vagina, this worked well and I have continued to use it since then. I'm 54 and have not had a period for 5 years.
Approx 3 months ago I began to feel soreness in my vaginal vestibule area and have an urgency to pee a lot so assumed it was lack of estrogen in that area, I applied estriol cream on a daily basis but this has done nothing to relieve the problem. In January I saw my doctor who said she could see inflammation and took a lower vaginal swab, this confirmed no sign of infection ie thrush, BV but did say that there was no lactobacillus present. I was told to use yoghurt as a cream and I also took vagina probiotics and oral probiotics. This did seem to help for a few weeks but am now back to square one.
I have now been referred to a dermatologist but the appointment is not for another 6 weeks
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The question I have for you ladies who suffer from VA is - 'do you have inflammation/redness in the vestibule area that you can see? I have no idea whether my problem is caused by VA or another condition. If it is VA would Oviston cream be better than estriol as I believe it's stronger?
I would love to know your thoughts, many thanks.