foul smelling vagina..... thrush?

[abidaby]

i have recently bought treatment for thrush but it says not to use if you have a foul smelling discharge. i thought one of the symptoms of thrush was that

[sera300]

This is something you should have a doctor check & not try yourself. Misdiagnosis can be very harmful to your sexual and overall health.

[Ducy]

Did you get diagnosed with thrush? Or are you diagnosing yourself? I mean I did a little search on symptoms and all I have read is sore/itchy/burning and a few others but nothing about smell....perhaps it is a yeast infection, I mean supposedly many women mistake a thrush for a yest infection, so perhaps it is the other way around?

[abidaby]

o i thought they were the same thing :S:S ah! no i didn't go to the doctor im quite imbarrassed to as im 17

[sera300]

Originally Posted by abidaby

o i thought they were the same thing :S:S ah! no i didn't go to the doctor im quite imbarrassed to as im 17

There is nothing to be embarrassed about....YOU HAVE to see a doctor. YOU cannot treat yourself. Both are not identical, as well as if you have yeast you can also have bacterial infections; these can do serious damage to you in the long run. Get to a doc or a gyn ASAP...or to a walk in emergency center or clinic. You may feel embarrassed but trust me, as A Nurse Practitioner I do not find anything wrong with anyone asking me nearly any question. Or having to examine a patient with such symptoms. What upsets me is patients who do not get seen! All of us get "stink" once in a while due to a change in chemistry or an infection...they are not always STD's. What is dangerous is not getting checked.

[Brandye]

The smell is almost always associated with bacterial infection, not fungi. Go see a doctor and get it fixed.

I think every woman has a vaginitis at some point. Whether it is one thing or another, the doctor needs to sort it out and the bacterial infection will not go away on its own.

[abidaby]

thankyou well ill make an appointment

[info_junkie]

Also wanted to note that when I was 17 I had thrush but had to see a dr. Mine gave me a choice to be looked at or to describe my symptoms to the best of my ability to save embarrassment.

However, it is something you will have to get used to.

[abidaby]

ok so i went and had a swab test a week ago phoned up today and was told my results were normal!! i have also noticed a burning when peeing after sex....