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Suggest Treatment For Vaginal Thrush?
Posted on
Sat, 11 Oct 2014
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Ask A Doctor - 24x7 Medical Review Team
Sat, 11 Oct 2014
Answered on
Fri, 7 Nov 2014
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Question : Vaginal thrush that wont go away and a lump in anus that is sore and itchy
Brief Answer:
vaginal tablets help
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
If there is a thrush and lump in anus then I suggest that you see a doctor and get an examination.
Thrush is commonly caused by friction, trauma and is more common in women with diabetes.
Use of clotrimazole vaginal tablets once every night for 7 days as well as washing the clothes in hot water and drying them in sunlight helps kills residual fungi and prevent reinfection.
Also have a blood sugar checked if the thrush is resistant or recurrent. You may need oral antidungal drugs like fluconazole for 5-7 days to help kill the fungi if they are not responding to vaginal tablets.
About the anal lump, it could vary from infection to piles [ hemorrhoids], to a sentinal tag and so on. So it is better to get an examination. Use of topical mixed antifungal and antibacterial creams help along with warm compresses.
So I suggest that you see a doctor and get examined to confirm that this is indeed thrush and then take above treatment.
Hope this satisfies your query.
Thanks for using HCM.
Feel free to ask any more questions that you may have.
Dr Madhuri Bagde
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist
vaginal tablets help
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
If there is a thrush and lump in anus then I suggest that you see a doctor and get an examination.
Thrush is commonly caused by friction, trauma and is more common in women with diabetes.
Use of clotrimazole vaginal tablets once every night for 7 days as well as washing the clothes in hot water and drying them in sunlight helps kills residual fungi and prevent reinfection.
Also have a blood sugar checked if the thrush is resistant or recurrent. You may need oral antidungal drugs like fluconazole for 5-7 days to help kill the fungi if they are not responding to vaginal tablets.
About the anal lump, it could vary from infection to piles [ hemorrhoids], to a sentinal tag and so on. So it is better to get an examination. Use of topical mixed antifungal and antibacterial creams help along with warm compresses.
So I suggest that you see a doctor and get examined to confirm that this is indeed thrush and then take above treatment.
Hope this satisfies your query.
Thanks for using HCM.
Feel free to ask any more questions that you may have.
Dr Madhuri Bagde
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist
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