How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?

[Anonymous]

Links to what, OP?

The dangers of self (mis)diagnosis?
The complication of intreated vaginal infections?

You and your daughter are both being ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Why is she so uncomfortable with her own body that she can't use a suppository? Would she feel better with gloves? I assume she's never used tampons.

She needs therapy, OP. And don't say you can't make her go. If she's living in your house and you're paying the bills you can aboslutely make the continued access to a phone or car contingent upon a medical visit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, why are you not insisting she go to a doctor? Even if she can get a pill and it goes away, she has a serious problem apart from the infection.

I’m not sure what else to say—I posted here looking for advice. If no one is going to offer any suggestions, I’ll have to stop posting. My daughter refuses to go to the doctor, and I can’t physically force her. She may have anxiety issues, and we’re going to work on that, but right now she wants to cure her infection.

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Anonymous wrote:Dare I ask for an update?

Op. She didn’t go to the doctor, but she was trying to find telehealth companies that would work for her (give liquid med) and that she felt she could trust. She was having a hard time and kept putting it off, which made it difficult for her to find success or follow through. If anyone has links, multiple, they could share, that would be really helpful so I can show them to her.

Understood. Sorry if this has been answered but

- does she suffer from anxiety? maybe that is the bigger issue here

[Anonymous]

Can she telemed with her PCP?

[Anonymous]

Does your insurance company offer telemed? Mine offers something called Included Health.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, why are you not insisting she go to a doctor? Even if she can get a pill and it goes away, she has a serious problem apart from the infection.

I’m not sure what else to say—I posted here looking for advice. If no one is going to offer any suggestions, I’ll have to stop posting. My daughter refuses to go to the doctor, and I can’t physically force her. She may have anxiety issues, and we’re going to work on that, but right now she wants to cure her infection.

There are. no. suggestions, because the parameters you specify are impossible. There is no home remedy that works for a yeast infection with this duration. So yes, you should stop posting—no one is going to come up with anything because there IS NOTHING. She cannot cure her infection on her terms. The end.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, why are you not insisting she go to a doctor? Even if she can get a pill and it goes away, she has a serious problem apart from the infection.

I’m not sure what else to say—I posted here looking for advice. If no one is going to offer any suggestions, I’ll have to stop posting. My daughter refuses to go to the doctor, and I can’t physically force her. She may have anxiety issues, and we’re going to work on that, but right now she wants to cure her infection.

There are. no. suggestions, because the parameters you specify are impossible. There is no home remedy that works for a yeast infection with this duration. So yes, you should stop posting—no one is going to come up with anything because there IS NOTHING. She cannot cure her infection on her terms. The end.

Seriously-i’m starting to think OP has more issues than the daughter at this point. This is insane. She can’t just leave it. It’s never going to go away without treatment.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, I should’ve been clear. My daughter is willing to use the mediation but, she’s not willing to use the applicator to insert it inside. She doesn’t use tampons.

If that is the case, she needs an oral med. With an infection of this duration, it will take two single-dose pills of Diflucan to eliminate it. I don't know what you are doing dithering about home remedies when this is available. Call the doctor and get it.

The doctor isn’t an option. At first she didn’t want to go because it’s too far and doesn’t like appointments, but now she knows that yeast infections are diagnosed with pelvic exams or visual screenings, which makes her uncomfortable. Her doctor is male, so that’s not an option, and she wouldn’t feel comfortable with a woman either.

Her only option now is telehealth that doesn’t involve video calls, because she doesn’t want to talk to anyone about this. The issue is she needs a liquid medication, and not many telehealth companies offer that. Also, she’s not sure which telehealth services are reliable, and provide uncontaminated medication.

Thanks—any suggestions for which telehealth service to use that’s safe and trustworthy?

They won't be diagnosing this via telehealth with any kind of accuracy. They probably need to take a sample and verify whats happening. They can't do this without talking to her, and doing an exam. She's 18 - she needs to see a gyn about this. If she's not comfortable with a male doctor, schedule with a woman. Perhaps she would be more comfortable with a midwife? Most do well woman care in additional to pre-natal care.

If she calls and says she's nervous, a provider should be willing to have a conversation with her and explain everything they're going to do, BEFORE she changes into a gown. Look up trauma informed providers near you (I have no recommendations, sorry).

She has no trauma history. She’s just nervous about something going up there because that has never happened, and she’s very private person. She didn’t like going to the doctor for past infections like ear infections, and even colds. She’s not willing to do any internal exams, even if she’s the one putting something up there, so Telehealth is her only option. She’ll use one now.

She 100% needs mental health counseling. It is insane that you do not recognize that she has SN. The only teens I know with this level of health anxiety are either trauma survivors or on the autism spectrum or have very severe anxiety disorder. This probably won’t be the thing that kills her. But her life and health is at extreme risk if this is her level of medical anxiety. I asked before if she is going to college. That’s so scary that she would be away from home and so utterly incapable of taking care of herself.

+1 this whole thread reads like my daughter wrote it - she has autism and anxiety. “Which telehealth is trustworthy?” Etc.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, why are you not insisting she go to a doctor? Even if she can get a pill and it goes away, she has a serious problem apart from the infection.

I’m not sure what else to say—I posted here looking for advice. If no one is going to offer any suggestions, I’ll have to stop posting. My daughter refuses to go to the doctor, and I can’t physically force her. She may have anxiety issues, and we’re going to work on that, but right now she wants to cure her infection.

There are. no. suggestions, because the parameters you specify are impossible. There is no home remedy that works for a yeast infection with this duration. So yes, you should stop posting—no one is going to come up with anything because there IS NOTHING. She cannot cure her infection on her terms. The end.

Seriously-i’m starting to think OP has more issues than the daughter at this point. This is insane. She can’t just leave it. It’s never going to go away without treatment.

NP.

Don’t these things sometimes clear up on their own?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, why are you not insisting she go to a doctor? Even if she can get a pill and it goes away, she has a serious problem apart from the infection.

I’m not sure what else to say—I posted here looking for advice. If no one is going to offer any suggestions, I’ll have to stop posting. My daughter refuses to go to the doctor, and I can’t physically force her. She may have anxiety issues, and we’re going to work on that, but right now she wants to cure her infection.

There are. no. suggestions, because the parameters you specify are impossible. There is no home remedy that works for a yeast infection with this duration. So yes, you should stop posting—no one is going to come up with anything because there IS NOTHING. She cannot cure her infection on her terms. The end.

Seriously-i’m starting to think OP has more issues than the daughter at this point. This is insane. She can’t just leave it. It’s never going to go away without treatment.

NP.

Don’t these things sometimes clear up on their own?

Well first of all we don’t even know it’s a yeast infection because the daughter refuses to see a doctor. And considering she has “had it for a while now” I think we can go ahead and assume that whatever it is, it is in fact not going to clear up on its own.

[Anonymous]

I can understand the OPs dilemma here. I mean, why haven’t they made monistat in pill form? It’s been around forever.

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Anonymous wrote:I can understand the OPs dilemma here. I mean, why haven’t they made monistat in pill form? It’s been around forever.

Are you joking? It’s called Diflucan, it’s a one time dose tiny pill that magically cures a yeast infection. OPs daughter can get it from literally any telehealth provider , without showing them her privates. She can ask for the med to be sent to the pharmacy in liquid form . It might take a few extra days to fill at CVS if they don’t have liquid fluconazole in stock. That’s it. The end. It doesn’t matter how “trustworthy” the telehealth company is, they’re all gonna send the exact same Diflucan 150mg x1 prescription to get filled at CVS.

[Anonymous]

I hope the daughter is otherwise healthy. Just leaving a yeast infection for months increases the chance of a systemic infection.

If she thinks going to the doctor is bad, she’s not going to be a fan of hospitalization.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, why are you not insisting she go to a doctor? Even if she can get a pill and it goes away, she has a serious problem apart from the infection.

I’m not sure what else to say—I posted here looking for advice. If no one is going to offer any suggestions, I’ll have to stop posting. My daughter refuses to go to the doctor, and I can’t physically force her. She may have anxiety issues, and we’re going to work on that, but right now she wants to cure her infection.

There are. no. suggestions, because the parameters you specify are impossible. There is no home remedy that works for a yeast infection with this duration. So yes, you should stop posting—no one is going to come up with anything because there IS NOTHING. She cannot cure her infection on her terms. The end.

Seriously-i’m starting to think OP has more issues than the daughter at this point. This is insane. She can’t just leave it. It’s never going to go away without treatment.

Yeah, I dunno, look, the solution here is to see a doctor. We can't magic up a solution for someone that doesn't involve proper medical care.

I think it's a very rare and odd duck who says "yay, pelvic exam" but we do it to keep ourselves healthy. That's just life. We do small uncomfortable preventative things occasionally so we can avoid the bigger more painful complications down the road.

That's something we teach our kids when they're very little, those shots might hurt for a second but they're better than disease. You may not enjoy getting sunscreen rubbed on your nose but you'll hate a sunburn. And so on.