ITCHY VULVA / ANUS yeast or eczema? PLZ HELP

I would be very grateful if you can answer me I am feeling alone and depresed with this .

Thank you very much for your quick answer. You can not imagine how gratefull I am.All started some reocurrent candida infections after taking antibiotics for four months .I have other chronic health problem called interstial cystits and they gave me a lot of antibiotics thinking it could be bacteria related. The antibiotics destroyed my inmune system and my vaginal and intestinal flora and I developed chronic candida. I got rid off it with some repeated natural and traditional treatment and strict diet , but then I started having intermitent itching in an area of my vagina , just in the top of my labia mayore .At first I thought it was still a low level of candida and I controlled it by using an oil (yeast rescue ) that my ND had given me for candida so I was sure I was having a low level of vaginal candida as flares lasted like three or four days and did not come untill 15 days latter.,Then at the end of february I got a flare that did not subside , I asked my gynecologist for some vaginal cultures, they tested dor everything several times and all was negative and  then I was refered  to a dermatologist that inmediatly diagnosed my with Lichen simplex chronicus. I think I have had it since november when I had some itch in my annus that I had not related to this. I have an area of about 1cm  in both sides  of my labia mayore that have a linchenification That is where the itch started and is more intense and I notice it is very dry.  The rest of my vagina is just a bit more dark and maybe more dry but nothing that a gyno would detec.In fact the first dermatolgist I visited told me I had nothing .This second one is sure I have lichen simplex and gave me betametasone that worked for nearly a month , but when I started to spare the days of using it I had a flare .She then added me an antihistaminic that controled the itching for about 15 days more and then I had this last flare that is lasting too much. I ma really happy that you are now nearly itching free. Do you think the doxepin helped you the most? My derma also told me about an antidepresive prescription in case I would not get relief but I would prefer having a biopsy and some alergy test before because I would like to know the root cause if it is possible. Have you noticed that you flare when you eat gluten or sugar? I think I notice an increase of symptoms but it is a delayed reaction sometimes even four or five days later so I am not very sure if it a casualty. The thinng is  I had been gluten , sugar  and diary free for years because of my other health problem (the interstial cystitis) as it is an autoinmune condition and these foos cause inflamation  and just last year reintroduced gluten  in small amounts so who knows if it can be having  an influence.So the protopic started working about a month into it? That is encouraging as I have been on it for eight days and I do not see much relief , in fact sometimes I think oit itches even more. I ma so glad that i met you, I felt so alone with this .I wil be waiting for your answer.

Hi Jade. I've been reading a lot of ladies on this site having problems so I decided to give my experience in the hopes it will be of some help.   I had a similar problem to you (I'm 55) and I had all sorts of diagnoses from various doctors and nothing they prescribed helped.  Then I came down with gastro-enteritis and couldn't eat for around 5 days: and the horrible painful itching downstairs cleared right up!  That was my first clue that I was probably sensitive to some food or other.  I did an exclusion diet, slowly re-introducing different foods, and I found that one of the main triggers to the itch was whenever I ate potato!  I'd never even had a problem with it before, but it seems that as I've gotten older, I can no longer tolerate it.  I cut it out of my diet entirely, along with it's plant "cousins" - I found I get a painful itch if I eat any of the Solonacea family, including: potato, chilli, tomato, eggplant, capsicum (I believe they're also called bell peppers?) and tobacco. If I occassionally accidentally eat one of this diverse family, I find that an anthistamine can relieve the symptoms now I'm not overwhelmed by eating them every day.  I hope this helps you - best of luck!

Minamii 

I am so grateful to find this forum. I have been suffering from itchy labia majora and around the outer parts of my anal passage area. The itch gets worst every month before my period usually. The pain also in my vaginal area is unbearable. I notice i get an itch after drinking heavy of alcohol. Especially red wine. I am so embarrassed. It is recurring thrush but i am not sure if it was anti biotics that has triggered it. I am now taking pro biotic supplement 50 billion with 12 live strains of bacteria. I abstained from gluten and wheat. But the wine seems to make me itch down there. Also stress is another trigger. Up to today my doctor have no idea what is going on with me.

OK. I have undergone extensive antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease. Two years later, after a medical abortion I began to develop weird issues with my breasts and my vagina. First of all, I get inflammation in my breasts whenever I wear a bra. The mammogram is negative. 

Second, I have been tested for all STDs and infections and am CLEAR. However, my anus, vulva, labia are itchy. It SEEMS my own bodily fluids irritate me. I have quit all sugar. I use Young Living Thieves oil with some relief....and occasionally a baking soda douche/suppository. My GP and OBGYN have given up as has the local Health Department. I want to die, so any suggestions are appreciated. Right now we are trying a 7 day trial of Diflucan, because I have a history of intestinal candida.