WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 1997: Regarding Chronic Female Itching and Burning: Everyone who suffers or can help, please take a look

Regarding Chronic Female Itching and Burning: Everyone who suffers or can help, please take a look

From: Kathy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 21 Apr 1997 00:24:15 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sat, 19 Apr 1997, Jo wrote: >
>I started having a itching in and around my vagina. I have had several
>test and even laser surgery in the vulvar. Nothing has help. I have
>use one medicine after another. The itching comes and goes. One moment
>I am fine, the next I feel like I could jump out of my skin. I was sent
>to other doctor he was no help at all. I think he believes it is in my
>head. Now the doctor wants to send me to a Medicial School. I am at a
>lost. It is not a yeast infection. It is a itching with burning and
>sometimes a little discharge. But mostly itching. Sometimes I just
>think I will go crazy. I am worry this is going to be something really
>bad. Can anyone there help me. Does anyone have any ideas. I would
>like to know. Thank You Jo Ann

Dear Jo Ann--

You are not alone. I, too, have been suffering chronic burning since last September. I have been treated for yeast (and bladder) infections, to no avail. The prescribed variety of creams and pills to clear up yeast probably just made things worse. I am 49, peri-menopausal, in my 4th month of Hormone Replacement Therapy and have a cystocele(prolapsing bladder), which is probably complicating things. I feel like a basket case sometimes.

I found a lot of help here on this forum. This chronic itching/burning may be something called Vulvodynia or Vulvar Vestibulitis. It affects between 100,000 and 150,000 women in the USA alone. Below are a list of postings that you might want to check out. (I hope this works out alright-- I've been copying and pasting between windows and applications -I lost this whole finished letter once-I'm new to this)

March 11 Vulvodynia Linda Maurice http://forums.obgyn.net/forums/womens-health/WOMENSHEALTH.9703/0189.html

March 20 Re:Vulvodynia {plus I need help myself} Kathy http://forums.obgyn.net/forums/womens-health/WOMENSHEALTH.9703/0301.html

March 20 Re: Vulvodynia (plus I need help myself) Roberta Speyer http://forums.obgyn.net/forums/womens-health/WOMENSHEALTH.9703/0315.html

April 1 Re: Vulvodynia (Thank you, thank you, thank you.!) joy.intheam@snet.net http://forums.obgyn.net/forums/womens-health/WOMENSHEALTH.9704/0001.html

If you read these postings and follow the links you'll a lot of helpful information. Please feel free to e-mail me. If there is enough interest, perhaps we could start a support group here. Its not all in your head--that's the wrong end. As for me, I think I'll go sit on an ice cream cone.

Thanks, Kathy

--
joy.to the world

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