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New to thrush!

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Otis23
Otis23

Hi i just started seeing someone and unfortunately didnt realise i had thrush and have slept with them since (without wearing a condom, i am on effective birth control though!) However i have now discovered i have thrush and was wondering if my partner will now develop thrush or if he will be ok? As i dont want to carry on having sex with fear of re-infection. 

Can anyone help! 

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  • melissa_02790
    melissa_02790 Otis23

    Posted

    You might need to tell him to get treated both of you together because he might not have the symptoms because if you treat yourself and you have sex again you will get infected because he didnt get treated while you were getting treat
  • Suki_girl
    Suki_girl Otis23

    Posted

    A man can carry the candida on his penis (which he got from you) without any symptoms. When you have intercourse and the candida get into the moist warm environment inside you, they will flourish and you can be reinfected. He should be treated at the same time as you to stop this recurring cycle. If he wears a condom, no problem - he can't pick it up from you and pass it back. He should be fine to treat with just some canestan cream, applied 2-3 times a day for 10 days. Do not have intercourse again until you are thrush free and he has been treated for the 10 days. If there are issues with telling him, just say that thrush is not considered a sexually transmitted disease, it is just something some women get from time to time due to hormonal changes or changes in the vaginal PH and they can pass it onto men who can have it without Amy symptoms and can reinfect the woman.
  • Peppe
    Peppe Otis23

    Posted

    Taking probiotics to counter yeast speeds up healing. Also Caprylic Acid kills yeast so get that in gel form and take up to 1500 mg daily.
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