Some Reasons for Vaginal Itching include:
Synthetic Clothing
Clothes made from synthetic (man-made) fibres such as polyester, rayon and nylon don’t allow your skin to ‘breathe’. Breathe in this context means air moving around the vaginal areas. These synthetic materials – especially when made into tight-fitting panties, can cause moisture to build up on the surface of the skin they cover. This moist skin rubbing against itself or against clothing can cause itching and redness. Wearing panties made from natural fibres such as cotton can help to keep your vaginal areas drier.
Chafing Caused During Sex
Many women become itchy in and around the vagina after sex, mostly due to chafing caused during sex. Chafing often happens during intercourse when pubic hair rubs against sensitive genital skin. Hair removal can help to prevent this from occurring.
Fungal Infections of the Vagina
Please make sure to read the next few paragraphs properly, the matter and the plans have alot of variations. Fungal infections, also known as Yeast infection, Candida (Candidiasis) or Thrush are a common cause of intense vaginal itchiness, redness and soreness. Signs of Candida include a white or yellowish “cottage cheese”-like discharge and a “cheese-like” smell. There are many products on the market – both natural and over-the counter (OTC) pharmaceutical products that can help to reduce or eliminate this overgrowth of the naturally occurring fungal microbe, Candida Albicans. If you’re in doubt about whether you have a fungal infection of the vagina or not, please see your doctor to be diagnosed.
Bacterial and Other Infections of the Vagina
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Bacterial infections such as bacterial vaginosis, and protozoan infections caused by a little parasite called Trichonomas vaginalis can cause itching as well as unpleasant smelling discharge (fishy or like decaying meat), and soreness. If you suspect you may have a bacterial or protozoan infection or don’t know what the problem could be, please consult your doctor – antibiotic treatment may be necessary.
Sexually Transmitted Infections
STIs (sexually transmitted infections) can cause itching. Some examples of STIs include chlamydia, gonorrhea and genital herpes. If you suspect you may have an STI, please see a doctor so that it can be properly diagnosed and treated.
How to Relieve Vaginal Itching
There are a number of different types of products on the market for the relief of vaginal itching including:
Local Anaesthetic-Type Creams
Local anaesthetic creams dull the nerve endings around the vagina. These products have a chemical anaesthetic such as benzocaine as their active ingredient. They’re recommended for external vaginal use. When the local anaesthetic wears off, the itching often returns because the creams don’t contain any ingredients to help resolve the cause of the vaginal itching.
Anti-Fungal Pills, Creams and Pessaries
Anti-fungal products work well if you know you’re suffering from a fungal infection. Oral pills generally contain the anti-fungal chemical, Fluconazole. Fluconazole taken orally can affect the whole body, however and not just the vagina. Indiscriminate ‘whole body’ anti-fungal action can cause other microbes such as bacteria to proliferate elsewhere in the body since bacteria are usually kept in a state of natural balance by healthy competition from other microbes.
Antifungal creams and pessaries contain other “-azole” drugs such as Clotrimazole, Miconazole, Tiocinazole and Butoconazole. These pharmaceutical antifungal treatments can be effective for vaginal itching if the itching is caused by Candida microbes. These drugs are ineffective for vaginal itching that’s not the result of fungal infections. There can also be problems with antifungal drug treatments when Candida fungal microbes develop resistance to them. Antifungal drugs are becoming ineffective for many women who suffer frequently from Candida infections.
Natural Options to Relieve Vaginal Itching
Douching with tea tree oil
The essential oil of tea tree has been used widely in herbal medicine for the treatment of vaginal itching. Tea tree oil is naturally anti-fungal and anti-bacterial which helps to address the causes of vaginal itching as well as relieving the itch itself. If you plan to use tea tree oil as a douche, you must take care to dilute the oil with water to avoid burning the delicate skin around and inside the vagina. Always test a tiny area of skin on the outside of the vagina first before squirting the mixture inside the vaginal opening.
Yoghurt
Always use the unsweetened, natural plain type of yoghurt. Yoghurt contains beneficial “lactobacillus” bacteria – “good bacteria” which may be able to effectively compete with any “bad” microbes that might be causing your discomfort. Yoghurt can be applied directly using clean fingers to the vagina. Eating yoghurt, while beneficial is not going to be directly effective!
Vinegar
Douching with diluted, unfiltered apple cider vinegar can help to restore the correct acidity to your vagina. Be careful to notice whether the itching increases or decreases, however. A vagina that’s too acidic is an environment where Candida fungus thrives.
Epsom Salts
Soaking in a sitz bath which contains Epsom salts may help by lowering the acidity of the vagina. Be careful again to notice whether the itching increases or decreases – bacteria loves vaginas that aren’t acidic enough!
LadySoothe Herbal Vaginal Cream
“LadySoothe” herbal vaginal cream has been formulated especially to soothe itching and irritation of the vagina and vaginal areas. Using tea tree oil as an anti-itch agent and other essential oils known for their natural anti-fungal and anti-bacterial action, LadySoothe’s 99% natural and has been made for women by women specifically for this purpose. Apply with clean fingers where and as needed.
Jenny K Thompson is a qualified natural health practitioner specialising in women’s health. For more than ten years, Jenny has advised women on diet, weight loss and herbal remedies for various ailments.
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Dry/itchy vagina?!? Helpp…? Ok first of all I’m not having sex I never in months. But, last week when I was on my period, out of nowhere I got reallly itchy, I was wearing a pad, but I never took much notice to it considering I’ve very sensitive skin and the slightest touch could make me break out in a rash. I've been told 2months ago that I was anemic, due to my iron. But at my last check up I was told my iron is back up now because I've been taking iron tablets. Now for the past week my vagina has been really dry, I'd describe it has crusty, hard, flaky. And it gets itchy on and off. AND, I’ve barely any discharge at all!? What could help this!? I’m sixteen by the way, if that matters.
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Well I know your only fourteen , but a lot of fourteen yr olds these days are sexually active. If so, not saying you’re, it could be a sign of chlamydia. That’s one of the first signs(Lumps or Bumps), that and they itch., They can be dormant, and flare up…. But for this, there is a cure. Definitely gather yourself and go to the doctor. Anything going on down there is not good, and you wanna catch ANYTHING, sooner rather than later. I know from experience. So I strongly urge you to. There could be many possibilities of what it could be, so don't let what I said worry you too much. Just trying to help!
It happens. Its normal. You have all of that dead skin.. That’s slowly seeping down your vagina (tmi. I know) but think about it.. If you have a bead of water run down your scalp to your toes.. You feel it.. And it can itch or tingle. So its normal!
Do you shave?.. It could be hair growing back.. Or perhaps it's dry skin so it's becoming irritated?
This sounds like a yeast infection. I’m going through the same thing right now. You should definitely go to the doctor to get checked out and get a prescription. There is a Vagisil screening kit which you could buy for about fifteen dollars and it’ll test the ph balance in your urine. But, the safest thing would be to go to the doctor, if it’s a yeast infection they’ll give you two Diflucan pills, one to take the day you get it and the next in two days to make sure the infection is gone. I hope this helps. I always use a cold towel when my vagina is sore to try and numb it.