How can you relieve the feeling of itching and burning with thrush?

Thrush is a fungal disease caused by yeast fungi of the genus Candida. If the fungal infection affects the genital mucosa, its main symptom is terrible itching and severe burning, and the symptoms are most pronounced in the evening and at night. Itching with thrush is so strong that it disrupts a woman’s sleep and normal rest. Moreover, in especially sensitive people, it can cause neurosis and neurosis-like conditions.

To eliminate the discomfort that worsens the patient's quality of life, specialists offer symptomatic therapy.

Itching can also increase during the day - from water, when walking, from heat, during menstruation or just before it. Severe itching significantly impairs a woman's quality of life and significantly affects her peace of mind, so many women seek to get rid of it at any cost in order to alleviate their condition at least for a while.

You can eliminate burning and itching with thrush in several different ways. However, it is worth remembering that none of them brings a complete recovery and does not cancel a visit to the doctor to prescribe a full treatment.

All local methods of eliminating itching can be considered a kind of first aid, but a doctor will help to completely get rid of thrush.

Here is how you can remove severe itching and burning:

• Washing with a solution of baking soda.

For 1 liter of warm boiled water, take 1 tbsp. a spoonful of soda, stir until completely dissolved. Gently wash with the resulting solution, wipe the walls of the vagina with a cotton pad soaked in the solution.

• Douching with hydrogen peroxide.

In no case should you just take a ready-made pharmacy solution! Hydrogen peroxide is dissolved in warm boiled water at the rate of 2 teaspoons per 1 liter of water. The resulting solution makes a 10-15-minute douching with a slow jet.

• Washing with decoctions of herbs.

Decoctions of chamomile, calendula and oak bark soothe itching and reduce inflammation of the mucosa. For the best effect, it is desirable to use all three ingredients in one decoction.

• Treatment with antiseptic solutions.

A solution of miramistin or chlorhexidine applied to a cotton pad should be treated with the walls of the vagina and the mucous membrane of the external genital organs.

• Antifungal ointment or cream.

A cream based on clotrimazole softens the mucous well and is able to relieve itching in just a few minutes. It is highly desirable that the cream be prescribed by a doctor who will select the active substance in accordance with the severity of thrush and the individual characteristics of the body.

• Tea tree oil.

In warm boiled water, dilute 2-3 drops of tea tree oil, moisten a cotton pad or swab with the solution and treat the external genitalia and vaginal walls.

Before taking any drug, be sure to consult your doctor

All these remedies will help remove severe itching and alleviate the condition, but it should be remembered that they do not kill the fungus spores remaining in the glandular layer of the vaginal wall, so a relapse of the disease is possible after a while. For a full-fledged treatment, systemic therapy, diet and proper care will be required.

Factors to consider

There are a number of factors that increase itching and provoke a recurrence of thrush, so they must be eliminated. Here is what you should definitely do to reduce discomfort and prevent its recurrence after treatment:

1. Follow a diet: do not eat fatty, sweets, yeast pastries, cheeses (especially with mold), do not drink alcohol and carbonated sugary drinks. All these products create favorable conditions for the fungus and provoke itching.
2. Wear loose underwear made from natural fabrics. Tight synthetic underwear can cause severe itching and discomfort.
3. Wash frequently with warm water without scented soaps and gels. It is better to use antiseptic solutions or herbal decoctions.

1. Use only pads based on cellulose, without deodorizing and fragrance components. It is better to refuse tampons at all and not to use them even after treatment.
2. To prevent itching from returning after treatment, the normal microflora of the vagina should be restored. To do this, you can use Lactagel locally, as well as drink natural yogurt with live cultures of lactic acid bacteria daily.

So that itching after treatment does not bother, you should follow a diet for another 2-3 weeks after the therapeutic course.

It is also necessary for a long time after treatment to observe the hygiene standards given above. And it is better to refuse synthetic underwear forever.

Sometimes burning and discomfort after treatment indicates vaginosis - vaginal dysbacteriosis caused by the treatment itself and the use of antiseptics. To avoid such complications after treatment, you should definitely take care of restoring normal vaginal microflora.