Change your pads often during your period. Sometimes cystitis is cause for concern. A medical practitioner should be consulted. UTIs, both mild and severe, are successfully treated with antibiotics. Also, pyridium may relieve symptoms, but will not cure the infection.
Yeast infections are a common form of vaginitis , an inflammation of the vagina.
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