She made two requests, the first being a request for a drug prescription; while the second was a request to send her a reply through the e-mail platform.
The first request was turned down because prescription by proxy is against the ethics of the medical profession.
A young lady who has similar symptoms with the scenario described above came for a consultation, with the history of whitish vaginal discharge. The following conversations took place during the consultation:
Doctor: Good day, how may I help you?
Patient: I have TD
Doctor: TD? What is TD?
Patient: TD means toilet disease.
Doctor: What is toilet disease?
Patient: Toilet disease is infection, itching, whitish vagina discharge; these are the symptoms I am having.
Doctor: These are symptoms of candidiasis and are not likely gotten from the toilet.
Just the way this young lady thought she has toilet disease, a lot of women out there also believe that the vagina discharges they sometimes experience is associated with toilet use.
Women have a wrong notion that when they have vaginal discharge or itching, it is acquired from the toilet. This is not a true statement.
However, conditions that lead to these symptoms are, most times, not contacted by using dirty toilets but rather are either sexually transmitted or through poor hygiene or transmitted through fomites or through intimate contact with the clothing of people who have such conditions.
People, especially women, do not have to worry about contracting sexually-transmitted diseases such as herpes, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV through dirty toilet seats.
This is because these diseases are spread via unprotected skin-to-skin sexual contact. Most of the viruses or bacteria that cause them die very quickly outside the body; so it is very unlikely that they can be transmitted through a dirty toilet seat.
Yeast infection (candidiasis) is a common problem in women and some men. It can be seen in the vagina, vulva, mouth and on the skin, especially in moist areas. It can be present in the body for a long time without any obvious symptoms.
Yeast infection (candidiasis) can also be sexually transmitted. Men tend to be sometimes free of symptoms but should be treated, especially if the condition is recurrent.
Vaginal thrush, also known as vaginal yeast infection, is an inflammation caused by a type of yeast called Candida albicans.
Vaginal thrush is very common and about three in four women will have at least one episode of thrush at some point during their life.
Vaginal thrush can keep coming back. Having thrush symptoms more than four times in a year is known as recurrent infection.
Causes
Vaginal thrush is caused by an increase in the amount of Candida albicans in the vagina.
There are several conditions which make vaginal thrush more likely, including a weak immune system and poor nutrition.
Hormonal changes (for example, pregnancy), oral contraceptives, medication side effects, especially antibiotics and steroids, are also causative factors.
Medical conditions such as diabetes, human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV), immune suppression, some cancers and their treatment, wearing tight-fitting clothes, synthetic underwears, etc., are all possible reasons why people develop candidiasis.
Signs and symptoms
Some people may not have any symptoms, so they may not even realise that they have vaginal thrush. However, possible symptoms can include vaginal itch, which is often worse at night; soreness, discomfort and irritation, thick and white vaginal discharge.
They may also experience pain during sex or while passing urine, vaginal discharge, redness and/or swelling of the vagina or vulva, stinging or burning when passing urine, cracked skin, and swelling.
The symptoms can be confused with bacterial vaginosis or trichomonas infection, genital herpes or urinary tract infection.
Bacterial vaginosis causes a greyish, frothy white discharge but also causes fishy odour; while trichomonas vaginalis causes greenish frothy discharge.
All three infections cause vaginal and vulval itching and soreness and are often misdiagnosed.
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