Contents:
- Medical Video: Vaginal Yeast Infection | What are Vaginal Yeast Infection Symptoms & Causes?
- Having sex when a fungal infection is still attacking the vagina will worsen the symptoms
- When can you have sex again if I have a vaginal yeast infection?
Medical Video: Vaginal Yeast Infection | What are Vaginal Yeast Infection Symptoms & Causes?
Vaginal yeast infection is one of the most common female problems. Symptoms are characterized by smelly discharge, pain during urination, itchy vagina, and a hot, painful vagina. Having sex when your vaginal yeast infection is still active will feel uncomfortable, even painful. However, that's not all you have to worry about.
Having sex when a fungal infection is still attacking the vagina will worsen the symptoms
Doctors and sexual health experts agree that you should never have sex when your vaginal yeast infection is still active. Heal until completely complete, then you and your partner may return to bed.
The problem is that sex when the infection is still actively attacking the vagina can actually worsen your condition. When you and your partner have sex, your vagina will continue to be moistened with genital fluid that comes out when you are both aroused. The moist vaginal environment is ideal for fungi to continue to multiply.
As a result, your infection will heal more and more. It is also possible that new symptoms will emerge from new germs that come from the partner's body and move to your body during penetration.
Can transmit the disease to a partner
The risk of transmitting fungal infections to a partner is indeed small, but not impossible. Men may get fungal infections of the penis from having sex when the vaginal infection of the female partner is still active. The chances of transmission will be even greater if the man is not circumcised.
Vaginal yeast infection is not a sexually transmitted disease. However, fungal infections are closely related to HIV / AIDS. It is known that 50-70 percent of women with HIV also experience fungal infections. HIV is what can be transmitted through sex. That's why using condoms is very important to prevent transmission of venereal disease.
When can you have sex again if I have a vaginal yeast infection?
Having intercourse when a vaginal infection is still active needs to be avoided for a while until it is completely cured. So, you must first treat the infection completely until you can continue to have sex again with your partner.
Treatment for fungal infections is usually relatively fast, around 4-7 days. If this is your first time getting a yeast infection, you can treat it with a non-prescription antifungal ointment or consult a doctor to get a more effective antifungal drug.
Fungal infections that may be prescribed by your doctor include miconazole (Monistat), butoconazole (Gynazole), or terconazole (Terazol) creams. These drugs can be used to treat fungal infections in the vagina or penis.
What needs to be understood, antifungal creams are usually oil-based so they can damage condoms. So if you intend to have sex using a condom, use the medicine for hours beforehand so that it seeps properly into the skin to dry and no longer left on the surface.
Medical drugs are the most effective way to treat vaginal yeast infections. Home care with natural ingredients is only limited to relieving symptoms, but does not completely eradicate the infection. The risk is that the infection can recur at any time and heal longer.
