Itching is driving me crazy-questions
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For the last couple of days I have been extremely itchy. The itching is mainly towards the bum and at the vaginal opening. I do
have a white patch at the vaginal opening but towards bum it is mostly red and feels bumpy. The itching is keeping me awake at night. I take baking soda baths, apply coconut oil and have a cream made up of 3% steroid and canes tan . I am not on clob. Or Dermovate. So questions
What else can help the itching?
When LS is under control do symptoms stay away for a day, a week, or a month?
I was diagnosed in Oct 2015 and have issues almost everyday since when I have a day when I feel 'normal'. I could sing, fly jump with joy for the relief
Does clob help the itch?
Does LS spread more if it's not treated?
if it is treated will it stay more in one area
i love this forum. It it the only thing that has kept mr from totally freaking out
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nik1974 sue19838
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poppygc1981 nik1974
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hanny32508 poppygc1981
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sue19838 hanny32508
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Is there a certain type of probiotics to take or will any type work.
hanny32508 sue19838
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It's a constant search, I find. But I have the feeling I'm getting somewhere with it.
Morrell1951 sue19838
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lee12629 sue19838
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Morrell1951 sue19838
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If I'm burning rather than itching, I suspect yeast and apply just a dab topically of leftover Canestan cream. But I haven't really had that since I gave up sex two years ago.
carol501 sue19838
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Morrell1951 carol501
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Last think we need is to be worrying and upset, it's worse for LS than sugar. The cancer LS makes us slightly more likely to get than average is squamous cell carcinoma, which is very slow-moving. Usually you get VIN first (bad cells). As long as we get looked at once or twice a year we can pretty much forget about cancer. The Tear (in my perineum) has been my main LS symptom for 42 years. Doctors aren't much help beyond writing the obvious prescription and checking for bad cells periodically.
Try bathing or splashing with water with a bit of baking soda in it. Protect your parts from urine with oil, even Vaseline, when you're sore. No tight pants, try not to encase yourself in synthetic fabrics.
LS sucks, but there are much worse things. We need to stay calm and not pig out on sweets.
sue19838
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I am in Canada.
I am not sure to tell the difference between yeast and LS I don't thinks the doctors do either
Morrell1951 sue19838
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hanny32508 sue19838
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It's a new era and a patient will have to learn by investigating individually and via sites like this one. A doctor has to depend on his training I guess and what the health care system allows him/her to do. Within that system I don't think there is any training for them regarding food.
I myself do believe that it does make a difference what you put in your mouth and as soon as I was cutting out most of my sugar intake it started to make a differenc with LS already in the first week. I share my experiences with my doctors, just so they hear about it.
When LS acts up, and it keeps doing that so now and then, I do use Globetasol. A very small amount already turns the tide. After that I do my other routine again - involving baking soda and coconut oil. And at present, when it just feels borderline, I add a few drops of tea tree oil in the coconut oil. Works this far.
You also talked about narrowing. Every other day I still do dilation, using coconut oil as a lubricant. Somehow that narrowing needs to be kept at bay all the time.
And no, you're not asking crazy questions. It's good to ask questions, I think, so we all will hopefully get a little wiser. Good for all.
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