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'You don't really feel you can function normally': Women's perceptions and personal management of vaginal thrush

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Pages 309-319 | Published online: 04 Aug 2010

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Tori Ford, Amelia Talbot, Gail Hayward, Sarah Tonkin-Crine, Sue Ziebland & Abigail McNiven. (2024) Managing recurrent vulvovaginal thrush from patient and healthcare professional perspectives: A systematic review and thematic synthesis. Patient Education and Counseling 118, pages 108004.
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Moira Bradfield Strydom, Sohil Khan, Ramesh L Walpola, Chris Testa, Robert S Ware & Evelin Tiralongo. (2023) Intravaginal Combination Therapy of Acetic and Lactic Acid in premenopausal women with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: A randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled feasibility trial. Women's Health 19.
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Moira Bradfield Strydom, Ramesh L. Walpola, Sara McMillan, Sohil Khan, Robert S. Ware & Evelin Tiralongo. (2022) Lived experience of medical management in recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: a qualitative study of an uncertain journey. BMC Women's Health 22:1.
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Georga Cooke, Cathy Watson, Laura Deckx, Marie Pirotta, Jane Smith & Mieke L van Driel. (2022) Treatment for recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (thrush). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022:1.
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Jade E. Bilardi, Sandra M. Walker, Meredith J. Temple-Smith, Ruth P. McNair, Julie Mooney-Somers, Lenka A. Vodstrcil, Clare E. Bellhouse, Christopher K. Fairley & Catriona S. Bradshaw. (2017) Women view key sexual behaviours as the trigger for the onset and recurrence of bacterial vaginosis. PLOS ONE 12:3, pages e0173637.
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Syeda Shahida Fatima, Shazadi Sultana & Arshiya Sultana. (2017) A comparative study of two unani regimens in diabetic vulovaginal candidiasis. Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental Medicine 17:1, pages 19-27.
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Jade Bilardi, Sandra Walker, Ruth McNair, Julie Mooney-Somers, Meredith Temple-Smith, Clare Bellhouse, Christopher Fairley, Marcus Chen & Catriona Bradshaw. (2016) Women’s Management of Recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis and Experiences of Clinical Care: A Qualitative Study. PLOS ONE 11:3, pages e0151794.
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Jade E. Bilardi, Sandra Walker, Meredith Temple-Smith, Ruth McNair, Julie Mooney-Somers, Clare Bellhouse, Christopher K. Fairley, Marcus Y. Chen & Catriona Bradshaw. (2013) The Burden of Bacterial Vaginosis: Women’s Experience of the Physical, Emotional, Sexual and Social Impact of Living with Recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis. PLoS ONE 8:9, pages e74378.
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Christopher E. Ekpenyong & Koofreh G. Davies. (2013) Associations between Vaginal Douching Practice and Lower Genital Tract Symptoms and Menstrual Disorders among Young Women: A Search for Risk Modulating Factors. Advances in Sexual Medicine 03:04, pages 76-84.
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C E Ekpenyong, E C Inyang-etoh, E O Ettebong, U P Akpan, J O Ibu & N E Daniel. (2012) Recurrent vulvovaginal candidosis among young women in south eastern Nigeria: the role of lifestyle and health-care practices. International Journal of STD & AIDS 23:10, pages 704-709.
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Georga Cooke, Cathy Watson, Jane Smith, Marie Pirotta & Mieke L van Driel. (2011) Treatment for recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (thrush). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
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R.C.R. Martinez, S.A. Franceschini, M.C. Patta, S.M. Quintana, R.C. Candido, J.C. Ferreira, E.C.P. De Martinis & G. Reid. (2009) Improved treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis with fluconazole plus probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and Lactobacillus reuteri RC-14 . Letters in Applied Microbiology 48:3, pages 269-274.
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Marie V. Pirotta & Suzanne M. Garland. (2006) Genital Candida Species Detected in Samples from Women in Melbourne, Australia, before and after Treatment with Antibiotics . Journal of Clinical Microbiology 44:9, pages 3213-3217.
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Rosemary Theroux. (2005) Factors influencing women's decisions to self-treat vaginal symptoms. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 17:4, pages 156-162.
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Marie V PirottaJane M GunnPatty Chondros. (2003) “Not thrush again!” Women's experience of post‐antibiotic vulvovaginitis. Medical Journal of Australia 179:1, pages 43-46.
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