[Renee2012]

Hi, I'm 17 and my vagina has been having weird white discharge that becomes crumbly and it also gets dry during sex which never used to happen and recently its started to hurt after sex and feel closed up. Also, sometimes, the inner lower lips begin to itch or feel irritatated, it doesn't burn when I urinate, there is a normal mucus smell , nothing foul and m urine ha been really yellow like yellow when I wipe and eveything, please help!

[TLR56]

I think I found my answer! I have a white, crumbly discharge, no odor, no itching - thought it was dry skin, then thought it was toilet paper leftovers! But, nope. And, no matter what I was doing, I could not get rid of it. Read a paper at NIH.gov after reading dozens of others and think I finally found the answer: cytolytic vaginosis. I probably misspelled that but basically, it's an overgrowth of lactobacillis in the vagina. It's natural to have the lacto, but a low Ph brings on the overgrowth. Treatment? Baking soda douche. Add 2-3 tablespoons of baking soda to 4 cups of warm water, douche twice a week with it. You can also make a watery paste of the same for external use more often. I am starting treatment today and think (HOPE) I've finally found the answer... without a $200 trip to the gyno, missing half a day of work, getting the wrong diagnosis and being forced to buy expensive Big Pharma 'solutions' that do nothing! I know what it was NOT, and now, I think I know what it IS! Testing started an hour ago! KEEP FINGERS CROSSED! Also, unlike heavy oral medications from the doc, baking soda can do no real harm, is cheap and I bet this will work out fine! (TR, Medical Anthropologist)

[CravenMorhead]

This is more likely a yeast infection. Considering the post is over a year old this woman will not see your advice. Douching is never a good idea. Baking soda douche... I don't even what to fathom that.

Don't ever do this. It is bad advice.