Can You Have Sex While Using Monistat

Can you have sex while using Monistat? Your yeast infection is caused by a fungus that is eating your skin cells on the inside of your vagina. This fungus can be passed onto your partner, and then when you're cured, your partner can pass the fungus back. Monistat takes a week to cure your infection, if you can abstain from sex for a week then you'll benefit from it, and so will your partner.

Mutating Candida yeast

Contraception

Monistat can weaken the effectiveness of all barrier types of contraception so if you use these during sex then you have the risk of getting pregnant.

Your vaginal health

Sex while using Monistat means that you're causing friction on skin that is at present being eaten. The skin inside the vagina is already sensitive so you don't really want to do anything that can cause further harm.

The effectiveness of the Monistat

If you're using Monistat one then you're only applying the treatment once. If you have sex and the effectiveness of the treatment decreases then you could end up needing to treat your infection again. If you keep exposing the fungus to more Monistat then your have the risk of the fungus becoming resistant to it, and then you'll need to start taking oral anti fungal drugs to cure your infection.

It is up to you though

At the end of the day no one can force you not to have sex. I think the risks far outweigh the benefits especially as you can be cured in 7 days providing the treatment works first time.

Yeast Infection Causes, Candida Fungus.

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