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I'm burning and my doctor says nothing is wrong help me please

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Every time my partner and I have sex I get a horrible burning sensation inside my vagina and it feels sore just out side it too. My doctor has checked me a few times now and says all my tests are negative when it comes to infections and other problems that can happen down there.

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  • jemma12213
    jemma12213 Isplash

    Posted

    Has your doctor taken any swabs? If your doctor is not being thorough, maybe you'd be better going to A&E where you will be examined properly

    • Isplash
      Isplash jemma12213

      Posted

      Yes on three different appointments all of them showed no signs of any thing wrong
  • linda36088
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    Posted

    Sometimes I don't like doctors because they make you feel its all in your head, when it's not. Even a female gyno I visited many years ago, just told me to use it or loose it. not much fun when it hurts so bad.

    ?After being on this site I realzed that the gyno was right about not having AV and some one else discussed pain on penatration which made more sense. 

    See a gyno if you can and also keep reading more because you never know when somebody elses symptoms will make sense to you about what it goin on. Check out the Dyspareunia help as well

  • joylovefun
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    Your experience sounds like mine. I'm post menopausal. A doctor told me I had atrophic vaginitis and it turns out I was making it worse by using coconut oil for lubricant! It actually dries the tissue. I began using a product called Yes! In the water based form and my experience is better. I use an applicator 3 days a week with about 1/2 inch of the Yes lubricant in it and then when I have sex. 

    • joylovefun
      joylovefun Isplash

      Posted

      It doesn't hurt to try although being so young it's not usually atrophic vaginitis. As other posters have mentioned, there are other issues like dyspareunia or vaginitis from another source. I'd definitely get a second opinion from another gynecologist 

    • nicky33962
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      Are you on birth control pill?Some of them (progestin-only or low-dose estrogen) can lower your estrogen enough to cause atrophic vaginitis, like in menopause. Some birthcontrol pills might even cause vulva pain by lowering testosterone (your vulva also has testosterone receptors).

      And if you don't take birth control pills, do you have a regular cycle? Are you ovulating? Could you have your hormone levels checked to make sure you have enough estrogen? Low estrogen (or testosterone) is just one of many things that could cause your symtoms but it might be worth investigating.

    • welshgirl67
      welshgirl67 joylovefun

      Posted

      I've never heard that pure coconut oil is drying.. All research ive read states many healing properties.. Calendula oil is even better

    • Caelse
      Caelse welshgirl67

      Posted

      I never heard that either about coconut oil. I use it sometimes to help with dryness. I also use YES sometimes.
  • Suki_girl
    Suki_girl Isplash

    Posted

    I had this 4 years ago. Horrible burning sensation on anything touching that area that developed into a continuous burning. Doctors tested for all infections and took a vulval biopsy and found nothing. However, my doctors knew about vulvodynia which is a condition of the nerves in that area. It can be caused by physical or chemical trauma or repeated infection (mine was due to reappeared and persistent thrush) but can sometimes occur for no identifiable reason. The nerves become hyperactive and over sensitive so that any slight touch is detected as pain. You need to see a gynochologist or dermatologist who specialises in vulvodynia. Unfortunately, the more you provoke the nerves the worce it will get, so you need to stop sex. I had to stop sex for 1.5 years. I cured my vulvodynia over that time with a combination of powerful nerve numbing drugs (amytriptylene), acupuncture, pelvic floor exercises and manual desensitisation (retrain the nerves to register touch as touch and not pain by gradually building up the touch, starting with a very soft touch and gradually, every day, increasing the duration and pressure until you can finally insert and finger, then two, then a penis). There is also a wonderful soothing gel you can apply, using natural pain reducing and anti inflammatory substances, called saginil gel. It takes time and patience, but it is possible to cure it.
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