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Yeast Infection?

Let's figure out how to take care of this.
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Does this look like a yeast infection?
This is a common question you are likely asking yourself.



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Need a doctor?

First, you will rule in or out having to seek urgent care.
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Is this for a pregnant woman?
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Seek urgent care or call your doctor.
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Here is why:

  • Don't attempt selfcare.

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Are you diabetic and you think you have a yeast infection?
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Seek urgent care or call your doctor.
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Here is why:

  • It will be hard to get rid of with over-the-counter medications.
  • Will need a prescription yeast infection medication.

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Do you have any fever with this suspected yeast infection?
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Seek urgent care or call the doctor.
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Here is why:

  • Worse than you think.

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Are you experiencing a greenish - yellow vagina discharge?
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Seek urgent care or call the doctor.
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Here is why:

  • Looking at a different type of infection.
  • Possibly Trichomonal vaginitis.

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What about a discharge that is watery, bloody?

Or both?
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Seek urgent care or call the doctor.
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Here is why:

  • May result from vulvar, vaginal, or cervical cancer

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Do you have stomach pain or cramps with this suspected yeast infection?
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Seek urgent care or call your doctor.
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Here is why:

  • May be looking at PID (Pelvic inflammatory disease)

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Has exposure to STD crossed your mind lately?
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Seek urgent care or call the doctor.
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Here is why:

  • Need further evaluation.

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Those questions were to rule out situations that require urgent care.
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Have you ever had or experienced a yeast infection before?
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Yes, I have No

 

 

 

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First time?

See a doctor if this is your first time experiencing this.
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If you've had it before, maybe you can do self care. Won't you at least like to find out from the doctor why it happened in the first place? This way you can avoid it in the future.

For instance the doctor may want to check for diseases that can lead to yeast infections like diabetes.

Moreover, it is very difficult to know if it is a yeast infection the first time around.

Would you like to see the nearest urgent care clinic to you or continue with this for now?

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Is it a yeast infection?

Reminder:
Diagnosis of a yeast infection is best done by a healthcare professional.
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This may involve physical observation, history taking, checking vaginal pH, wet mount microscopy or even culture to confirm the diagnosis.

A few more questions and we will see if you are looking at a yeast infection in the first place.

 

Is this a frequently reoccurring yeast infection for you?
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Seek urgent care or call the doctor.
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Here is why:

  • Women with frequent recurrences require fungi culture to confirm the diagnosis.
  • Need to rule out other causes of the symptoms of vaginal infections.

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Are you looking at a thin, gray discharge with a fishy odor?
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Seek urgent care or call the doctor.
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Here is why:

  • May be looking at bacteria vaginosis.

In bacteria vaginosis a fishy odor is present, often becoming stronger when the discharge is more alkaline—after sex and menses.

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Are you experiencing itching inside the vagina?

And at the entrance?
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Yes?
Yeast infection can cause this so also can a lot of other things.
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Let's continue.

 

What about burning sensation while urinating?

Or having intercourse?
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Yes?
This is a symptom of a yeast infection. But other things can also cause this.
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Is the entrance to the vagina swollen?
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Yes?

 

Is the entrance reddish?
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Yes?

 

Looking at the discharge again, is it whitish in appearance?
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Yes No

 

 

 

 

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Does the discharge appear thick?

And Lumpy?
(Like cottage cheese)
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Yes?
Alright. Possibly a yeast infection.
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Symptoms include:

  • Redness in vaginal/vulvar area
  • Itching, burning in vaginal/vulvar area
  • Pain during intercourse.
  • White, clumpy or chunky (cottage cheese-like), discharge
  • Increased amount of discharge.

 

Does the discharge stick to the vaginal wall and not easily removed?
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Yes?
Looking at a possible yeast infection discharge.
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Symptoms include:

  • Redness in vaginal/vulvar area
  • Itching, burning in vaginal/vulvar area
  • Pain during intercourse.
  • White, clumpy or chunky (cottage cheese-like), discharge
  • Increased amount of discharge.
  • Discharge adheres to the vaginal walls.

 

Those were signs and symptoms of a yeast infection.
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If you answered "No" to the last 2 questions, you may not be looking at a yeast infection.

If you think you are looking at a yeast infection and you don't need to see a doctor, at least not yet, Let's get an over-the-counter recommendation from a pharmacist.

Or would you like to seek urgent care for this because you are still not sure it is a yeast infection?

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One more thing

How bad is it?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how bad are your symptoms so far?
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Not too bad.

Let's see what a pharmacist recommend you use over the counter.

Would you like to do that or visit the nearest urgent care clinic to you?

Getting bad?

It may be better to see a doctor for a prescription medication.

If not, then let's see what a pharmacist recommend you use over the counter.

Would you like to do that or visit the nearest urgent care clinic to you?

Pretty bad ugh?

We strongly suggest you see a doctor for a prescription medication.

If not, then let's see what a pharmacist recommend you use over the counter.

Would you like to do that or visit the nearest urgent care clinic to you?