Written by Dr. Caleigh Sumner, ND

We all know those tell tale signs, the itchiness, the redness, the agony; the instant you notice them you run to the nearest pharmacy and grab an over the counter pill and cream and go about your day waiting for the discomfit to pass. Then the next infection hits and you’re going through the same thing all over again. We just assume it truly was a yeast infection because the anti-fungal medication sort of works, and well, we really hope it’s not anything else! But, what about when it doesn’t work? What about when you keep getting them over again and no amount of Canesten or Monistat is doing the trick? In these cases the yeast infection you think you have may actually be cytolytic vaginosis.