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Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: ricekrispie on January 19, 2021, 02:08:44 PM

Title: Trush!
Post by: ricekrispie on January 19, 2021, 02:08:44 PM

Hello

Does anyone have a natural treatment for vaginal thrush? Haven't had it since I was a teenager and don't want to use over the counter products if I don't have to, partly down to the cost.

Thank you.

Title: Re: Trush!
Post by: CLKD on January 19, 2021, 02:21:26 PM

Is it thrush?

I successfully use LIVE yoghurt: eaten and applied so do keep the pots separate ;-).   Lots eaten for 3-5 days until symptoms stop itching, and laying on a warm towel, two applications: 1 in the morning, 1 in the evening.  If nothing else, it's soothing. 

I found 'canastan' burned so much I had to sit in a cooling bath for several hours  :o

Title: Re: Trush!
Post by: sheila99 on January 19, 2021, 02:25:37 PM

Not a natural one but I had problems with recurring thrush too. You can buy fluconazole cheaply from an online pharmacy. I was advised to take a second one a week after the first and that cleared it up. According to my gp it's in the bloodstream so not sure localised treatment will work, I didn't try yoghurt but caneston pessaries didn't work for me.
From the nhs website
vaginal thrush that keeps coming back – 150mg, taken once every 72 hours for the first 3 doses, then take 150mg once a week for 6 months.

Title: Re: Trush!
Post by: ricekrispie on January 19, 2021, 02:26:22 PM

Thanks very much. Will do that tonight (eating, applying and warm towel), yes, Canestan is a bit brutal! Did you try coconut oil on the affected area? And, trying to put this delicately, how far in did you apply the yoghurt?

Cheers

Title: Re: Trush!
Post by: ricekrispie on January 19, 2021, 02:27:54 PM

Thanks, Sheila99, I'm hoping this is a one off.

Title: Re: Trush!
Post by: CLKD on January 19, 2021, 03:09:47 PM

As far in as possible with a slightly warmed spoon.  Not too warm or it will burn!  Thrush thrives on sugars, lives in the back passage.  A course of anti-biotic treatment can strip the digestive system of good bacteria which may lead to thrush.  My first attack was after stopping The Pill, OH the itching.  High up so I couldn't reach  >:(  ::)

Title: Re: Trush!
Post by: ricekrispie on January 19, 2021, 06:11:05 PM

Thank you all really helpful. I'm going warm towel and yoghurt first.

Cheers

Title: Re: Trush!
Post by: helenmelon on January 19, 2021, 06:35:08 PM

If it doesn’t work, I buy the Tesco version of caneston oral capsule, cheaper but works equally as well

Title: Re: Trush!
Post by: Apricot340 on January 19, 2021, 07:57:51 PM

Miserable condition, I find multigyn actigel soothing during an attack. 
The only thing that cures it totally is fluconazole.
That and not eating too much sugar.