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==Overview==
 
The diagnosis of [[Candida]] [[vulvovaginitis]] cannot be made on the basis of a positive culture alone, but rather requires signs and symptoms of vulvovaginal inflammation. The most common presenting symptom of [[Candida]] [[vulvovaginitis]] is severe [[vulvar]] itching or burning.<ref name="pmid9794664">{{cite journal |vauthors=Eckert LO, Hawes SE, Stevens CE, Koutsky LA, Eschenbach DA, Holmes KK |title=Vulvovaginal candidiasis: clinical manifestations, risk factors, management algorithm |journal=Obstet Gynecol |volume=92 |issue=5 |pages=757–65 |year=1998 |pmid=9794664 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
==Symptoms==
==History and symptoms==
Symptoms include severe [[itching]], burning, and soreness, irritation of the [[vagina]] and/or [[vulva]], and a whitish or whitish-gray discharge, often with a curd-like appearance.
Symptoms of [[Candida]] [[vulvovaginitis]] include the following:<ref name="pmid9794664">{{cite journal |vauthors=Eckert LO, Hawes SE, Stevens CE, Koutsky LA, Eschenbach DA, Holmes KK |title=Vulvovaginal candidiasis: clinical manifestations, risk factors, management algorithm |journal=Obstet Gynecol |volume=92 |issue=5 |pages=757–65 |year=1998 |pmid=9794664 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid16990387">{{cite journal |vauthors=Eckert LO |title=Clinical practice. Acute vulvovaginitis |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=355 |issue=12 |pages=1244–52 |year=2006 |pmid=16990387 |doi=10.1056/NEJMcp053720 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid9500475">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sobel JD, Faro S, Force RW, Foxman B, Ledger WJ, Nyirjesy PR, Reed BD, Summers PR |title=Vulvovaginal candidiasis: epidemiologic, diagnostic, and therapeutic considerations |journal=Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. |volume=178 |issue=2 |pages=203–11 |year=1998 |pmid=9500475 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
 
*[[Vulvar]] itching or burning
Many women mistake the symptoms of the more common [[bacterial vaginosis]] for a yeast infection. In a 2002 study published in the ''Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology'', only 33 percent of women who were self treating for a yeast infection actually had a yeast infection. Instead they had either bacterial vaginosis or a mixed-type infection.
*Pain on urination ([[dysuria]])
 
*Pain on sexual intercourse ([[dyspareunia)]]
In men, symptoms include red patchy sores near the head of the penis or on the foreskin. The sores may feel irritated and itchy, and sometimes they will burn as well.
*Change in the amount of color of vaginal discharge: [[Candida]] [[vulvovaginitis]] is typically characterized by a thick, white "cottage cheese-like" vaginal discharge
*[[Vulvovaginal]] soreness


==References==
==References==
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Overview

The diagnosis of Candida vulvovaginitis cannot be made on the basis of a positive culture alone, but rather requires signs and symptoms of vulvovaginal inflammation. The most common presenting symptom of Candida vulvovaginitis is severe vulvar itching or burning.[1]

History and symptoms

Symptoms of Candida vulvovaginitis include the following:[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eckert LO, Hawes SE, Stevens CE, Koutsky LA, Eschenbach DA, Holmes KK (1998). "Vulvovaginal candidiasis: clinical manifestations, risk factors, management algorithm". Obstet Gynecol. 92 (5): 757–65. PMID 9794664.
  2. ↑ Eckert LO (2006). "Clinical practice. Acute vulvovaginitis". N. Engl. J. Med. 355 (12): 1244–52. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp053720. PMID 16990387.
  3. ↑ Sobel JD, Faro S, Force RW, Foxman B, Ledger WJ, Nyirjesy PR, Reed BD, Summers PR (1998). "Vulvovaginal candidiasis: epidemiologic, diagnostic, and therapeutic considerations". Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 178 (2): 203–11. PMID 9500475.



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