Anonymous
06/04/2026 18:52
Subject: How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
Just buy her something OTC or do a telehealth appointment and say you have the symptoms she described. Then put it in packaging of something you already had at home. This will satisfy her rule of taking medications only if you already have them in the house.
Anonymous
06/04/2026 18:06
Subject: Re:How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP here. My daughter is an adult now, so it's really not my job to make her go to the doctor. She makes her own healthcare decisions.
Based on her symptoms, it doesn't seem like a UTI or an STD—it appears to be a yeast infection. She's planning to eat yogurt and doesn't want to use any OTC treatments. I'm willing to buy something for her if she changes her mind, she still hasn’t,but I've heard clotrimazole 7 day is better than but the prices are a bit jarring.
Your job is to parent her. She does not magically get "good judgment" when she becomes an adult. It's your job to tell her "The adult response here is to go to the doctor or go to CVS and pick up some medication." It's not just about respecting their autonomy - when people are young, they do not know things that older people know, as witnessed by this "yeast infection" your 18yo diagnosed herself that she won't talk to anyone about or medicate appropriately.
I make my own healthcare decisions as well, but that doesn't include "avoiding medical care" and calling it "making my own healthcare decisions."
OP. Yes, she makes her own healthcare decisions. I can’t force an adult to go to the doctor. How would you like if you were forced to go to the doctor against your wishes as an adult? Not good, right?
As a 45yo woman, when my mother tells me, "That sounds like something you should see a doctor for" I actually listen to her.
You are saying "force" as though the only options are "give her this random medication we have lying around" or "hog-tie her and put her in the trunk to the ER."
Saying, "The appropriate way to handle this is either to make a doctor's appt or to get some Monistat" is not forcing her. It's making a recommendation grounded in adult reality.
I do not believe that you actually inhabit adult reality.
Anonymous
06/04/2026 17:39
Subject: How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
Op, try sprite from McDonald’s with no ice or try pop rocks
Anonymous
06/04/2026 17:36
Subject: Re:How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP here. My daughter is an adult now, so it's really not my job to make her go to the doctor. She makes her own healthcare decisions.
Based on her symptoms, it doesn't seem like a UTI or an STD—it appears to be a yeast infection. She's planning to eat yogurt and doesn't want to use any OTC treatments. I'm willing to buy something for her if she changes her mind, she still hasn’t,but I've heard clotrimazole 7 day is better than but the prices are a bit jarring.
Interesting what you perceive your job to be.
I mean also she literally just turned 18. Mom should have been taking her to the doctor for years and years now. So the whole doctor phobia should have been handled ages ago.
Anonymous
06/04/2026 17:34
Subject: Re:How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
Anonymous wrote:OP. My daughter still doesnt know how to swallow a pill, but I think she might consider boric acid. Can I have a link?
How does she eat?
Anonymous
06/04/2026 17:31
Subject: Re:How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
Anonymous wrote:OP here. My daughter is an adult now, so it's really not my job to make her go to the doctor. She makes her own healthcare decisions.
Based on her symptoms, it doesn't seem like a UTI or an STD—it appears to be a yeast infection. She's planning to eat yogurt and doesn't want to use any OTC treatments. I'm willing to buy something for her if she changes her mind, she still hasn’t,but I've heard clotrimazole 7 day is better than but the prices are a bit jarring.
Interesting what you perceive your job to be.
Anonymous
06/04/2026 17:27
Subject: Re:How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
Anonymous wrote:OP here. Okay, I guess I'll have to wait until she decides she wants to go to the doctor herself. She really hates doctors and has been trying to find home remedies instead. At this point, there's only so much I can do, so I'll let her pursue that for now and hope she changes her mind if things don't improve.
I hope you are willing to be an organ donor if that’s a UTI and it spreads to her kidneys
Anonymous
06/04/2026 17:26
Subject: Re:How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
Anonymous wrote:OP. My daughter doesn’t want to go the doctor, and she doesn’t want an OTC medication, and she dislikes medication. I’ve heard of multiple home remedies for treating vaginal yeast infections, but I’m not sure which is best. She says she’s had this infection for weeks now, but the burning sensation comes and goes, so she just kind of ignored for a while, but she wants to treat it now.
Yeast infections don’t burn she has the clap or a UTI
Anonymous
06/04/2026 17:21
Subject: How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
I had a yeast infection when I was 18 and was ready to kill myself I was so miserable! Get the monistat oTC. If that doesn’t cure it she really needs to see a doctor.
If she is on antibiotics she should also consider going off if she can. I got recurrent yeast infections at that age because my dermatologist had put me on antibiotics for mild acne and none of the doctors thought to warn me that this was a side effect. I think a formal nurse finally told me and I was so upset I’d be suffering so much. It’s a bit unusual for a non sexually active woman not on antibiotics to get a yeast infection, unless there is something else going on like wet bathing suits or an underlying autoimmune issue. So she really might want to see a doctor if this is not an isolated thing fixed by OTC monistat.
If she is on antibiotics she should also consider going off if she can. I got recurrent yeast infections at that age because my dermatologist had put me on antibiotics for mild acne and none of the doctors thought to warn me that this was a side effect. I think a formal nurse finally told me and I was so upset I’d be suffering so much. It’s a bit unusual for a non sexually active woman not on antibiotics to get a yeast infection, unless there is something else going on like wet bathing suits or an underlying autoimmune issue. So she really might want to see a doctor if this is not an isolated thing fixed by OTC monistat.
Anonymous
06/04/2026 17:21
Subject: Re:How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP. Thanks for the replies. She wanted to use Fougera, because it’s something we already had at home, but she doesn’t want to get something new. Any ideas?
Why not walk into any drugstore in the country and buy the OVER THE COUNTER medication specifically dedicated to treating vaginal yeast infections?
I’m not sure why people are being so rude about this. I said she doesn’t want to use any medication, and wants something that isn’t medication. She’s willing to buy that, but not medication.
That’s NOT what you said. You said she’d try fugaizzi or whatever leftover medicine you had but won’t buy new medication specifically for her nasty little infection but will buy anything else. That’s what you said.
Anyway if I see another stupid comment out of you I’m going to request this whole post be taken down because you are dangerously stupid and if you injure your kid it shouldn’t be faulted to this website because you don’t have the common sense of a
Anonymous
06/04/2026 17:19
Subject: Re:How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP. My daughter still doesnt know how to swallow a pill, but I think she might consider boric acid. Can I have a link?
It's a suppository and it doesn't treat active yeast infections. But good lord, you are even more dysfunctional than I originally thought. Why didn't you teach her to swallow pills FFS? Does she have special needs?
She just always took liquid meds, and had a hard time swallowing pills.
You know the doctor can probably order whatever it is she needs as an oral suspension, right? That's not a reason to not do to the doctor.
You can't make her see a doctor but enabling poor life choices by getting medical advice from strangers on the internet is a whole other ball of wax. Telling your daughter "home remedies could make you much worse and you could get a lot sicker if you don't get treatment and spend a lot more time in medical settings" is what you do here.
If she doesn't like the doctor, she'll really be miserable if she let's it get out of control.
OP. Yes she knows, but still doesn’t want to go to the doctor. Her choice, she’ll have to figure it out.
Okay, then seriously, stop googling stuff on the internet and getting tips from strangers. I could right now tell you "Oh yes, buy X and do Y" and you shouldn't listen to me because I could be two cats in a trench coat who somehow learned to type.
You need to be unequivocal that she needs to seek actual medical advice, you recommend she seeks medical advice.
When she says "hey mom, should I shove yogurt up there" your response should be "that's an excellent question for a doctor."
She may be about to learn a very painful and very expensive lesson. Maybe she'll get lucky. I hope she does. Maybe you're about to end up with very expensive ER bill. I sincerely hope you don't.
But you gotta get off the internet and googling random stuff. It sends a message that what she's doing has your approval.
I forgot to add, for the love of god do not give her random meds you have lying around the house.
Anonymous
06/04/2026 17:16
Subject: Re:How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP. My daughter still doesnt know how to swallow a pill, but I think she might consider boric acid. Can I have a link?
It's a suppository and it doesn't treat active yeast infections. But good lord, you are even more dysfunctional than I originally thought. Why didn't you teach her to swallow pills FFS? Does she have special needs?
She just always took liquid meds, and had a hard time swallowing pills.
You know the doctor can probably order whatever it is she needs as an oral suspension, right? That's not a reason to not do to the doctor.
You can't make her see a doctor but enabling poor life choices by getting medical advice from strangers on the internet is a whole other ball of wax. Telling your daughter "home remedies could make you much worse and you could get a lot sicker if you don't get treatment and spend a lot more time in medical settings" is what you do here.
If she doesn't like the doctor, she'll really be miserable if she let's it get out of control.
OP. Yes she knows, but still doesn’t want to go to the doctor. Her choice, she’ll have to figure it out.
Okay, then seriously, stop googling stuff on the internet and getting tips from strangers. I could right now tell you "Oh yes, buy X and do Y" and you shouldn't listen to me because I could be two cats in a trench coat who somehow learned to type.
You need to be unequivocal that she needs to seek actual medical advice, you recommend she seeks medical advice.
When she says "hey mom, should I shove yogurt up there" your response should be "that's an excellent question for a doctor."
She may be about to learn a very painful and very expensive lesson. Maybe she'll get lucky. I hope she does. Maybe you're about to end up with very expensive ER bill. I sincerely hope you don't.
But you gotta get off the internet and googling random stuff. It sends a message that what she's doing has your approval.
Anonymous
06/04/2026 17:12
Subject: How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
Anonymous wrote:My 18 year old daughter has a vaginal yeast infection, and she says she's had it for a while now. The issue is she doesn't want to go to the doctor and wants to treat it at home.
Does anyone know any home remedies that actually work? We also have a prescription for Ketoconazole Cream 2% (Fougera) at home, and she wanted to use it. She’s getting conflicting reports online about whether it's okay to use for a vaginal yeast infection.
Can she use it? Has anyone dealt with this before or had success treating a yeast infection at home?
Those infections can spread and turn into major conditions. Take her to the dr
Anonymous
06/04/2026 17:10
Subject: Re:How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP. My daughter still doesnt know how to swallow a pill, but I think she might consider boric acid. Can I have a link?
It's a suppository and it doesn't treat active yeast infections. But good lord, you are even more dysfunctional than I originally thought. Why didn't you teach her to swallow pills FFS? Does she have special needs?
She just always took liquid meds, and had a hard time swallowing pills.
You know the doctor can probably order whatever it is she needs as an oral suspension, right? That's not a reason to not do to the doctor.
You can't make her see a doctor but enabling poor life choices by getting medical advice from strangers on the internet is a whole other ball of wax. Telling your daughter "home remedies could make you much worse and you could get a lot sicker if you don't get treatment and spend a lot more time in medical settings" is what you do here.
If she doesn't like the doctor, she'll really be miserable if she let's it get out of control.
OP. Yes she knows, but still doesn’t want to go to the doctor. Her choice, she’ll have to figure it out.
Anonymous
06/04/2026 16:58
Subject: Re:How can my daughter treat her yeast infection?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP. My daughter still doesnt know how to swallow a pill, but I think she might consider boric acid. Can I have a link?
It's a suppository and it doesn't treat active yeast infections. But good lord, you are even more dysfunctional than I originally thought. Why didn't you teach her to swallow pills FFS? Does she have special needs?
She just always took liquid meds, and had a hard time swallowing pills.
You know the doctor can probably order whatever it is she needs as an oral suspension, right? That's not a reason to not do to the doctor.
You can't make her see a doctor but enabling poor life choices by getting medical advice from strangers on the internet is a whole other ball of wax. Telling your daughter "home remedies could make you much worse and you could get a lot sicker if you don't get treatment and spend a lot more time in medical settings" is what you do here.
If she doesn't like the doctor, she'll really be miserable if she let's it get out of control.