Diagnosing a Yeast infection – Why You Should See a Doctor
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With all the information available online and in books today it is tempting to diagnose yourself when symptoms start to appear. But it really is important you get over the embarrassment you may be feeling and visit your doctor or a woman’s clinic for a proper diagnosis by a professional, particularly if this is the first time you have had these symptoms, or if these are symptoms that keep occurring.
A vaginal yeast infection has symptoms that include itching, redness, swelling, soreness, pain when having sex, pain when urinating, an unusual cottage cheese like discharge but no nasty odor, just possibly a yeast smell. Reporting them helps when diagnosing a yeast infection but unless you are a doctor yourself, there is no way for you to be sure that if you are experiencing itching it is not a sign of a different kind of vaginal infection or even an STD.
Although yeast infections are very common, around three quarters of women get them, it is also true that when self diagnosing women are wrong two thirds of the time! So out of 100 women who believe they have a vaginal yeast infection about 66% have incorrectly self diagnosed themselves.
Diagnosing a yeast infection is not as simple as seeing some symptoms. You need medical knowledge, you need to understand what other health issues could be involved. Here is a run down on why you need to talk to a doctor if you have any symptoms of a vaginal infection.
- It could be something as simple as the soap you are using to wash with or the detergent you are using to wash your clothes with that is causing an irritation. This means any self-treatment you use, whether home or over the counter will not work. Two thirds of the products bought for yeast infections are ineffective because it is not a yeast infection that is the problem. Don’t waste your money. Plus it is creating a problem where women are diagnosing a yeast infection and then overusing these anti-fungal medications and the yeast is becoming resistant to them making actual yeast infections more difficult to successfully treat.
- There are other infections that have similar symptoms, for example if you have pain when urinating it could be a urinary tract infection or if you have itching and a smelly discharge it could be bacterial vaginosis. Using an anti-fungal treatment on a bacterial problem will not work and leads to the problem mentioned in the first bullet. It also means the actual health problem you have is not being treated and could get worse.
- As well as asking about symptoms when diagnosing a yeast infection a doctor can take a vaginal swab and do a pelvic exam. Certainly something you cannot do for yourself. When results are confirmed they can then look at suitable treatments with you.
- A doctor can monitor you in case of complications, on rare cases if it is a yeast infection, of yeast entering the blood and becoming a systemic problem, or for secondary infections as a result of scratching and irritation.
- If you seem to have a recurring yeast infection problem it may be that you are diagnosing a yeast infection yourself when it is something else, or it can be a sign that there is something more seriously wrong with you. Recurring yeast infections are a problem for those with uncontrolled diabetes, HIV or hypothyroidism and a doctor can look for this.
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