Hi Brooke! I'm a little surprised your Drs couldn't figure this out. What you are experiencing is called Vulvovaginitis. Unless you have gone to a female Ob/gyn. it may not be something they know alot about. I AM not putting down male Drs. I was married to an Ob/gyn. But unless a man has had the burning itch of a yeast infection, they can not be very sympathetic. What happen is this. There is typically a normal discharge that occurs in rsponse to our hormone levels. The least being after out period has finished. However, in some women, the Estrogen/progestrogen levels can increase a little more and at the end of the cycle the body produces more of the fertile mucus. Sometimes YOUR body reacts to this discharge and you get a redness, itch, burning at the opening of the vagina. This will usually pass after your period begins. Now, heres the rub, as a truck driver, you have an additonal problem. You sit, if you are over weight, and spend long periods not moving, the area becomes a breeding ground and it gets worse. So this is what you can do. Bathe, with lots of mild soap. Pat dry. Use a non perfumed baby powder. Put a bottle of baby powder in the truck. Use it. Wear loose clothing, if it was me I would be in scrubs. Cotton undies and try not to trap the mositure that creates the problem.. sleep in el natural and that should help. Use baby powder..outside only! Good luck!
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Edited by MichaelsMom on April 13 2006 at 10:16pm
