And so, I seem to have gotten an infection again. It's not my first time getting yeast OR bacteria infections, but for some reason, I can never ever differentiate between them. My discharge has always had a sourish smell to it, I'm not sure if it's just sweat or my diet or the pantyliner I use (it's unscented, but eh, these pad companies are all suspicious!
). But whatever it is, it means I can't rely on smell to tell the difference between the infections. Whenever I have yeast, and it is confirmed to be yeast, it smells sourish anyway!- From what I understand, yeast creates thick and clumpy discharge that breaks up easily when played with. What about bacteria?
- I know both cause itching, but does one cause MORE itching than the other, or is it at average the same?
- What usually happens when one has BOTH infections at the same time? (I've had that happen before, but I don't remember details)
- The article you have on bacteria says that allergic reactions can cause the BV infection. What do you mean? Because I had a flu-like episode last week that my fiance and I are suspecting to be an allergic reaction rather than flu. I'm planning to have this tested out soon, but in the meantime... Seems very coincidental that I'd get an infection shortly after I stopped having fevers!
(Although, I also had manual sex with my fiance the day before the itching started...
)I first suspected bacteria when I started itching because there was pretty much no discharge present. But on the 3rd day of the itching, I started getting discharge that was sometimes thick, sometimes thin, sometimes clumpy, sometimes stringy... They always broke up easily when I play with them though. The itching has also gotten REALLY itchy and I'm now scratching rather than rubbing to relieve it, which is bad obviously, but I can't help it >.<
Because of this confusion, I'm wary about self-diagnosing, which my mum seems to be very fond of. I'm not always able to see a doctor either because this country has stupid restrictions like "real doctor working hours" and "back up doctors who may simply be students doing part time jobs during the real doctor's off hours". Aka, back up doctors who almost always misdiagnose or give wrong medications. I'd like to finally be able to tell the differences for future reference as well as see if I can calm this itching storm before I hurt myself scratching!