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Iv had thrust now for two year since having my daughter. Iv tried everything it doesn’t go away. I can’t have intercourse with my parents because it hurt to much and causes bleeding .

After giving birth to my daughter I had stitches the way Iv been stitched up has left a loss peace off skin on the side lip area .

Could it be anything to do with that ?

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Galen70

Ok some typos there but I am guessing it is Thrush and not thrust , and you cant have sex with your partner, rather than parents.

If you had vaginal tear and repair, this cannot cause candida ( thrush )

The very first step is to ensure this is really thrush. You need a swab or assessment , preferably at a sexual health unit, or your GP. Then if it is confirmed , there are different management strategies.

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en123456

Katie, My wife and I both had thrush repeatedly after I had an op. The doctor thought we might have been passing it back and forth between us when we had sex (and intimate contact).

Maybe you could both go to the doctor and get checked out.

For us, the over the counter thrush meds worked for my wife. I had antibiotics which sorted the thrush but I then got complications. It's worth your husband getting checked asap because the complications have resulted in me needing a circumcision.

Hope you get things sorted.

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Galen70 in reply to en123456

There is no evidence of candida being transmitted sexually this is a common misconception. Candida also would not cause a man to require a circumcision. Antibiotics would never "sort out thrush " because it is a fungal infection not a bacterial one.

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en123456 in reply to Galen70

I've no idea, just relating what the doctor did/said to me.

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en123456 in reply to en123456

also the NHS website nhs.uk/conditions/thrush-in...

says "Thrush is not classed as a sexually transmitted infection (STI), but it can be triggered by sex and sometimes passed on through sex."

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Galen70 in reply to en123456

male partners can have transient skin changes due to candida on the penis , but it is not passed back and forth. Alas yes I have heard other healthcare professionals saying its transmitted, even giving the man antifungal tablets. There is really no need for this. Women are re-colonized from their own gastrointestinal tract, not reinfected from a male partner.

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en123456 in reply to Galen70

cool, well cite the research that confirms that, and I'll trust you over 2 separate doctors at my local GP, a pharmacist and a nurse practitioner.

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Galen70 in reply to en123456

no problem. 20 years of experience in sexual health , I will find the references for you :-)

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Galen70 in reply to en123456

Sorry I should have come back to this earlier . I quote from the UK sexual health guidelines , issued 2019, and which are from a meta-analysis of studies on candida , recurrent and persistent :

"Sex does not need to be avoided from an infection perspective as VVC is not a sexually transmitted infection"

And grade 1A evidence ( the best quality of evidence ) :

"There is no evidence to support the treatment of asymptomatic male sexual partners in acute or recurrent VVC. 155-158 (Grade 1A) "

and these are some of the references :

155. Bisschop MP, Merkus JM, Scheygrond H, et al. Co-treatment of the male partner in vaginal candidosis: a double-blind randomized control study. BJOG 1986;93(1):79-81. 156. Fong IW. The value of treating the sexual partners of women with recurrent vaginal candidiasis with ketoconazole. Genitourin-Med 1992;68(3):174-176. 157. Lisboa C, Costa AR, Ricardo E, et al. Genital candidosis in heterosexual couples. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2011;25(2):145-51. 158. Spence, D. Candidiasis (Vulvovaginal). BMJ Clin Evid 2010 5;2010.

Fongs article is visible here : ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/160...

and the 2011 study here : onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi...

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