how can I handle this from taking the doxycycline
Doxycycline - slight vaginal itching/irritation?
Question posted by mzzasp on 28 March 2012
Last updated on 28 November 2023 by Lucille29
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I am not totally sure but I have the same issue. I take my first dose and within 30 minutes I have the slight itchiness.
Normally when I get yeast infections from antibiotics, it’s near the middle or end of my course of antibiotics.
I wonder if this may be happening to us because the doxycycline is expired somehow, we may be allergic and the sensitive skin in the vagina reacts more, or more unlikely perhaps there is an STD or other infection of the genitals might have that we just don’t know about that the doxycycline is taking care of.
as my point of view you have to first of all concern with the gynaecologist after that you have to take any medication
I agree, thats what I said in my third sentence! :)
Sounds like you might be developing a Candida or "yeast" infection. This is quite common in women on antibiotic therapy and is characterized by a thick cottage cheese like discharge with intense itching. If this is the first time you have ever had this you should talk to your primary care doctor or your GYN and let them know your symptoms and that you have been on antibiotic therapy. Antibiotics are designed to kill bacteria. We women have good bacterias in our vagina to keep bad organisms in check, like Candida, but antibiotics cannot distinguish between the "good" organism and the "bad" ones. It just kills them all which allows organisms unaffected by antibiotics overgrow.
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