What does Zinc A Castor Oil Cream do? Can I buy it over the counter? What would a steroid cream do? Also, I did some googling and found that one person was using Xylocaine which was like an anaesthetic. Do you know much about this?
When you say Kenacomb may help - does that mean that it's probably not the best treatment for this issue? I ask this because it was prescribed by a different GYN to my current one and I have always thought she was tredding down the wrong path with my treatment.
Hi Amysarah
Zinc and castor oil cream will do 2 main things for you one is to sooth the are the other is to help it heal. As I said before one really knows what cause of vestibutitis but some circles suggest it could be related to infection. You would only need some very minor damage for a bug to get in and cause infection. Yes you can buy it over the counter and it is as cheap as chips.
Steroid cream will help with the inflammation.
I do know about xylocaine also called lignocaine. It is what they use when you get stitches. (often called a local). It is also in many products such as emla cream and SM 33. I am not sure if it would be ok to use on the vagina mucosa as it can cause irritation but if you want to take the chance then youst try a small amount first.
Kenacomb may help because it can help with inflammation. Again it is something that is not overly expensive so it would be worth giving it a go.
Alan - my first GYN suggested that it was an infection that could have been related to an untreated bout of thrush. This was the part I couldn't understand because I have never had much trouble with thursh (maybe once or twice in my life). I have Kenacomb and will start using it again until my appointment on the 5th. Can I use Kenacomb and the Zinc cream or is it best to use one or the other?
Sorry for all the questions but I really appreciate your help - I am seriously at my wits end with this.
Don't worry about asking me questions, that is what I am here for.
If you wish to use the 2 creams at the same time I suggest that you first apply the Kenacomb first. However I think it would be a littel better if you first applied the Kenacomb and waited a couple of hours befor using the zinc and castor oil cream
Salt water bath followed by Kenacomb and then before bed I'll apply the Zinc. Will I still be ok to use the DiFlucan once a week as well?? Would you recommend that?
This is just until I can get to my appointment on the 5th and work out a plan of action with my Doctor. At least I will be able to see if the combination of the creams and the DiFlucan has made any difference by then.
Diflucan is used for fungal infections and could well be useful. You can use it with the other creams but again try to keep the application of each cream apart by a couple of hours
This is in relation to your anticipation of pain... I had vaginismus and FSD (female sexual dysfunction - impotence for women, you don't get engorged or wet) for most of my teens and my early 20's because of the abuse i'd suffered as a child - ironically i never sought medical help because i thought sex was supposed to be mildly-moderately painful for women every time they did it...
Anyway, i was thinking, if you are there all tense and worried about pain, some of the pain you have could be that of vaginismus - the muscles around the opening tighten up hard and NOTHING is going in there without it hurting. It felt like the penis was made of sandpaper to me. People would say "use lube" but lube only helps if you can release your pelvic floor! With lube it would sometimes go in (mods if i'm too graphic then remove this and i'll PM instead) but within a few movements would feel like broken glass at the entrance because the muscles were still fighting to close my pelvic floor.
So eventually i realised it was muscular and the combination of some relaxation exercises and being with someone who i really trust and love (not a problem for you ) really helped. I banned lube, and if i cannot get relaxed and aroused myself we do not have sex (i almost always can nowadays). The problem is that physical issues can LEAD to psychological ones because nothing wears you down like pain.
I don't know if this is any help to you, but it's worth discussing with the gyn as they might well be able to help if you have vestibulitis caused by vaginismus. I think i read once that you can tell the difference because with vestibulitis the skin down there hurts whenever you touch it, and if the problem is vaginismus then it's inserting things which causes the pain, and many women can use tampons, insert a finger themselves etc. without issue but when it comes to sexual contact they have problems and pain (though some women with vaginismus can NEVER insert anything- it depends if it's sex causing the anxiety and spasming or just any and all general genital contact).
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) really helped. I banned lube, and if i cannot get relaxed and aroused myself we do not have sex (i almost always can nowadays). The problem is that physical issues can LEAD to psychological ones because nothing wears you down like pain.
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