I think my husband and I keep giving each other a yeast infection.?
I think I have a sore inside my vagina. It hurts and itches and he now has little white bumps on his penis under the foreskin that are also painful. Could this be from the yeast or should I be worried that it is an STD?
Classic yeast infection. You and he should first see a doctor to make sure, but if it is a yeast infection (and I’m 95% sure it is) it can be cured using over the counter Monistat or a similar anti-fungal remedy. It’s important that you BOTH treat yourselves at the same time and avoid penetrative sex until it’s cleared up. He’ll need to use it twice as long as you – perhaps longer, as he has less moisture to spread the medicine around than you have. Male yeast infections can be very difficult to get rid of, simply because it’s hard to keep the medication where it needs to be.
Yeast infections are often caused by overzealous cleaning. If you or he have been using soap on your genitals, this will kill the beneficial bacteria that keeps fungal infections at bay. Once you’ve got rid of this infection, neither of you should ever use soap, douches or any anti-bacterial products on your genitals. All you should use is water – rinse down there – that will clean it just as well as washing with soap, and you’ll preserve the natural flora that keep your genitals healthy. Anything more than a rinse with pure water can be harmful.
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