Brief Answer: Try Monistat Detailed Answer: Hi, Thank you for using HCM, I would love to help. Based on your description, I think I may be able to help you figure this out. Since the triamcinolone made it worse instead of better, and the estrogen gel didn't help, that kind of rules out lack of estrogen as the cause of your problem. It is also unlikely that it is due to a skin allergy to a substance, because the steroid cream like triamcinolone should have helped. I think you probably do have a years infection, which although it may not seem typical, you haven't been treated for that yet, and your symptoms could certainly be caused by a yeast infection. You may want to try an over the counter treatment for yeast such as monistat and see if it works. I hope this helps you out, please let me know if you have further questions or comments.

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Brief Answer: Thanks, I just checked the picture Detailed Answer: Hi, Thanks for sending it. I can only imagine how frustrating the problem is for you. I glad up hear that she checked under the microscope for yeast, because what you showed me certainly appeared like it could be yeast. I wonder if it might be a good idea to ask to have yeast cultures done to look for atypical types of yeast. these are more rare than typical yeast, and they won't usually respond to the over the counter medicines. Also, how long did you try the estrogen gel for? sometimes you need to use it for 4-6 weeks before you have relief. I am trying to think of other possibilities. it does appear like it could be vaginal surface that sloughed off due to irritation, which could be a result of estrogen deficiency, yeast, or something else. personally, my next step would be yeast cultures. these are not usually done with the standard vagunal cultures so they were probably not done yet. just thinking some more, sometimes polyps growing on the cervix or inflammation on the cervix can cause unusual discharge as well, but I would suspect that the OBGYN already checked for that, but maybe he/she can check again to make sure? I hope this is at least helpful, I will let you know if I think of something else,

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Brief Answer: Thanks for the additional info Detailed Answer: Atypical yeast (not bacteria) are usually not in swimming pools, but that are found in the environment. I wonder if you may have been sensitive to the cream that the estrogen was in, but you may still need estrogen. Maybe you can ask if your doctor can prescribe an estrogen tablet or ring? then you can use it for a while and see it helps and maybe it won't cause irritation? There are several brands that he/she can prescribe. now that I know you only were able to use the estrogen once, I suspect that estrogen deficiency is likely the cause, but because of the irritation you couldn't get treated long enough to get relief. A swimming pool can cause several problems, years due to moisture and maybe even bacterial vaginosis, but but often from just using a pool a few times. I suspect that it is the estrogen. Regards

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