Yeast infection or vulvodynia after antibiotics
Over the past few weeks, I developed a Bartholin cyst twice, which is why I took antibiotics for a few days. After that, I started feeling burning and mild itching, so I thought it might be a yeast infection and began using clotrimazole; I’ve been using it for about four to five days. While using the antifungal, I’ve noticed that I now have barely any discharge at all, only a very minimal amount of white discharge. Before today, I had been feeling better, but I still notice that I’m very sensitive and feel much better when there’s nothing rubbing against my vulva. Today, I wore slightly tighter cotton underwear and within about five minutes I started feeling irritation around the vaginal entrance and some irritation toward the anus as well. I removed the underwear and continued walking with loose pants, but the irritation persisted. I’ve had this sensitivity and discomfort for about a week now, and I’m unsure whether this is still an infection, irritation from treatments or friction, or something like vulvodynia. I’m wondering whether I should continue clotrimazole and how to differentiate between an ongoing yeast infection and a pain or irritation condition
Posted Jan 10, 2026, 12:38 AM UTC