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Menopause Discussion => Personal Experiences => Topic started by: Brownie on October 28, 2019, 02:41:59 PM

Title: Thrush
Post by: Brownie on October 28, 2019, 02:41:59 PM

Hi ant of you lovely ladies struggling with recurrent thrush.

Title: Re: Thrush
Post by: CLKD on October 28, 2019, 04:11:58 PM

Nope.  Fortunately.  I had my 1st attack a week after stopping The Pill.  Sen Registrar gave me a pessary but I can't remember what was in it.  She also told me not to scratch but I remember it being high up!

The next time was after a general anaesthetic.  I found the trick is to eat lots of LIVE Greek yoghurt.  Big spoonfuls several times a day for 5.  Also it can be applied high up into the vagina, cooling at the very least.  The idea is to cleanse the whole digestive tract.  Thrush lives in the bowel so it can be easily passed into the vagina.  Thrush thrives on sugar.

Have you had a recent course of anti-biotic therapy?

Title: Re: Thrush
Post by: Tinkerbell on October 29, 2019, 01:36:57 PM

I kept getting what i thought was thrush and it was vaginal atrophy.

Title: Re: Thrush
Post by: flutterby on October 29, 2019, 02:19:28 PM

Hi Brownie I suffered with recurring thrush all my adult life until I came off HRT at 64. I used Canesten pessaries and a couple of times I took oral fluconazole. Have you had a swab taken at your doctors yet?
Flutterby x

Title: Re: Thrush
Post by: CLKD on October 29, 2019, 02:20:22 PM

Canestan burnt  :o and I spent hours in a cool bath.  So probably not thrush in my case  ::)