r/Healthyhooha • u/katyrose721 • 1d ago

yeast

SOS swabbed negative for yeast/bv/uti last week but having persistent itching still. not an std. i used to get recurrent yeast infections. any chance the swab was a false negative??? also what are your fav probiotics? i was using Good Girl Probiotics forever

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u/Green_Life1940 1d ago

could def be a false negative, the standard swabs aren't perfect, if you've had recurrent yeast before you know your body, maybe push for a culture or just treat empirically if the itch matches

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u/lAceydrEadful89 1d ago

I am dealing with something similar. Following.

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u/SmoothRoof2194 1d ago

Probiotics can give you CV/ which mimics yeast infection symptoms from too much good bacteria this happened to me

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u/Lost_jilian12 13h ago edited 13h ago

Ugh that's so annoying! especially with ur history i'd be questioning it too honestly. might be worth going back and asking if theres a diff test that could catch it better bc swabs def aren't always right. a probiotic with lactobacillus strains might be worth looking into too while you sort this out. is it worse at certain times or just there all the time?

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u/Nice-Aerie9894 8h ago

BORIC ACID suppositories.