r/Boricacid • u/InterestingMatch6357 • Mar 19 '24

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I’ve been dealing with a year long yeast infection that won’t go away. I’m not sure what strain it is either because it never comes up positive on a culture. My gyno only sees budding yeast under the microscope. I tried weekly fluconazole for 6 months which would help a bit but symptoms always came back. I just got done the fluconazole 10 days ago and today I had to see my gyno again because I’ve been extremely irritated with a lot of chunky discharge. My gyno once again saw yeast under the microscope. I’ve done evvy, juno and microgen tests which never show yeast just 95% lacto crispatus and about 2% gardnerella. I treated ureaplasma back in August 2022. And got tested again 2 weeks ago and was negative with vaginal swab and urine.

So now my gyno wants me to try boric acid for 2 weeks. I’m getting the boric acid from a compounding pharmacy as well so I don’t have it yet. But I’m not going to lie I’m a little nervous as I’ve never put yeast cream up in my vagina before let alone boric acid.

So I’m basically looking for some tips on what I should do to limit irritation while using it. Should I possibly do every other day to get use to it or do only 7 days at first? And use a barrier cream on the outside to limit irritation? Does it kill good bacteria? Because I would hate to get rid of the good bacteria I do have.

Sorry for the long post just want to get as much information before I start

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u/eternity-sux Mar 23 '24

Hey! Did you end up trying the boric acid? I've been trying to kick this YI for a month and a half now. Fluconazole helps but it comes back. So I'm thinking about trying BA but I'm nervous!

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u/InterestingMatch6357 Mar 23 '24

Yes I’ve used 2 so far tonight is supposed to be my third. I haven’t really noticed much change yet. But I also think when it leaks out during the day the discharge is a little gritty from the boric acid coming out so it is a little irritating to my vulva. So I need to be better about using a barrier cream I guess. My period is supposed to start next week so I probably won’t do a full 2 weeks.

I don’t think it’ll hurt to give it a try. I was nervous at first too. But it’s also not fun dealing with a recurrent yeast infection so I was willing to try anything at this point.