I would wonder about a dermatologic condition like lichen sclerosus, and
also would want to do a yeast culture.
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At Mon, 29 Oct 2007, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>At Tue, 2 Oct 2007, Sally wrote:
>>
>>I recently visited a doctor about painful intercourse, re-occurrent
>>yeast infections and missed periods. I am not pregnant so, we know
>>that's not the issue but, the doctor says that the skin on the bottom of
>>my vaginal opening is very thin and that it is probably the cause of my
>>pain during intercourse. This is the exact area where is burns like
>>crazy when my husband I have sex. I get yeast infections constantly as
>>well. Does anyone know of a solution the thinning skin of the perineum
>>and vaginal opening?
>
>My neice is having the same problem and we are getting nowhere it seems.
>Her skin is thinning around the vaginal opening and has made intercourse
>almost impossible. They started her on an estrogen cream and it seemed
>to help but then she had what they thought may have been a TIA so they
>took her off of it and it is bad again. Her symptoms are they same as
>yours. We are also looking for an answer. Someone has got to know!
>Please help.
>
>--
>Angela
>
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