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Lush Baths and Yeast Infections

Feb 05, 2013 00:44

Hi, all. I had a couple of questions to ask, but darned if I can remember all of them, for some reason. There's only one that's remotely vital, though, and happily that's the one I remember ( Read more... )

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havocmangawip February 5 2013, 07:07:14 UTC

Check for Sodium Laureth Sulfate (misspelled likely by me... ) Also, look at the carb balance in your diet. You might want to go with just bath bombs and no bubbles.

abalone99 February 6 2013, 04:35:28 UTC

I was getting recurrent YIs this summer and talked with my doctor at one point about the carb relationship/influence on YIs and she actually said that no properly done study has shown any kind of causation between adjustments in carb diets and YIs. I actually was quite shocked as I occasionaly hear people on vaginapagina talk about this, but followed up with a few other doctors and they all confirmed. Apparently this falls into the urban myth/old wives tale/correlation but not statistically different enough than random chance category. Which was a bummer for me as I was hoping that (hard though it was going to be) that if I just stopped eating carbs I would get better.

OP, are you using any kind of hormonal BC? I stack mine (low dose), doctor-approved, to avoid horrible periods and I tend to notice that at about the 6 month mark I'm starting to experience these recurrent bouts. It SUCKS. I'm thinking I may just have to let myself have a period every 5 months or so just to stave this off. Boooo....

havocmangawip February 6 2013, 04:49:31 UTC

Good to know about the lack of scientific info on carb imbalance - YI. I worked with someone who SWORE that going lower on carbs helped... this was definitely not scientific and back in '99/'00.

As ICK as a period is, I'm off hormonal BC, and doing it monthly, the lady parts DO "clean themselves" out if left to their own devices. MILD soap on the exterior parts, JUST gentle wiping with warm/not boiling water on the more delicate parts. It's a PITA, but unlike the "mass market" hype on "Hail to the V", our stuff DOES work well if left alone and in balance.

I have noticed a correlation between carbs and activity. TMI, I know... I just work on reducing irritation post period. Blech, the curse is not fun, but at least I've got it managed.

mousebebe February 6 2013, 06:15:09 UTC

Hm. I've never reacted to SLS, but that doesn't mean I couldn't start to. I'll check the ingredients list.

Not on any kind of birth control. I do intend to get on an IUD in the next couple of months, but a non-hormonal one.

As far as leaving the lady parts to their own devices, oh heck yes. I tend to use only water to wash; even my Divacup gets a thorough rinse before it gets anywhere near there, since one YI definitely came from getting shaving cream somewhere unfortunate and almost anything sudsy would have the same effect.

dogscanlookup February 5 2013, 10:42:14 UTC

Seconded. Stick with bath bombs. Unused to get UTIs aaaaaaaaaall the time from the bubble bars until I figured out that was what was causing them :/

dogscanlookup February 5 2013, 10:42:39 UTC

*I used...

mousebebe February 6 2013, 06:19:11 UTC

Figured. :)

cienna February 5 2013, 19:24:30 UTC

I have also gotten UTI's from the bubble bars. Some people are just extra sensitive. I've never had a problem using just the bath bombs.

mousebebe February 6 2013, 06:20:22 UTC

This seems to be a consensus. Something to consider, at any rate. I'm just glad they're not UTIs; I've only had one and I NEVER want to repeat that experience.

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mercury_ca February 5 2013, 23:40:20 UTC

This, thank you.

earendilgrey February 6 2013, 05:40:33 UTC

I second this. I always scrub out my tub before I take a bath and then shower afterwards.

mousebebe February 6 2013, 06:18:48 UTC

Blind Mag!

(Sorry. Had to squee.)

It's entirely possible that that might be it or be contributing, yeah. I try to clean it frequently, but sometimes it gets away from me. Maybe try stepping it up more and seeing if that helps? I'd be a little leery of doing so right before a bath because of the chemicals.

je5s February 14 2013, 01:48:51 UTC

Beware of any products that may contain sugar. Sometimes Lush puts sweet things into products, so avoid those. Also, on a similar note, maybe see your doctor and get your blood sugar checked to rule out diabetes, since uncontrolled high blood sugar is a major contributor to yeast infections (you release sugar into your urine and bodily secretions, and yeast feeds on it). It's probably not that, but I'd get it checked just to make sure.

mousebebe February 14 2013, 05:23:37 UTC

I hadn't considered sweet stuff in the bombs, etc., actually. And related, I think they do put glycerin in some as well, which can have the same effect.

I did get my blood sugar checked for something unrelated recently as well, so I'm pretty sure that's not it. Thank you for the suggestion, though!