Burning pain in crotch area help please

[chezfatcat]

thanks for the advice but at 35 I am not going through menopause yet. Yes I have been to my PCP who basically says "time off the bike" which has not helped. Any other ideas.

[SouthernBelle]

at night i use a progesterone cream I got at GNC. you use it 3 weeks on, one week off.

I also use a teatree oil cream and soap with great success, either before or after a ride; and every morning when the skin is irritated.

HTH,

[Triskeliongirl]

Two things to check are saddle height and saddle type. I rode with a terry butterfly for years and then had this problem. If the saddle is too high, your crotch is sawed over at every pedal stroke. Was the bike recently adjusted and perhaps returned to the wrong height? Saddles also wear out, break down, etc. I fixed the problem with a brooks finesses saddle. I found I prefer the firm support, but had to be sure to level the nose only which means the rear is higher than the front to avoid urethral pressure. Lastly are you using chamois cream (I like chamois butter, you can order it from TE).

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I would DEFINITELY go to a gynocologist to have that checked out- might well be an infection of some type, and your PCP is probably not the most knowledgeable in that particular field.

[makbike]

I hate to ask personal questions but here it goes - are you by chance taking birth control pills? If so, they can cause the thin and delicate tissues in your groin/labia/vagina to tear easily and in turn cause pain and burning (my gyno likened it to hundreds of tiny paper cuts). It may not be a yeast infection but vaginitis. It might well be worth a trip to the gyno to have it checked out and diagnosised. It took me 4 different doctors to finally have my problem properly diagnosed. I now use an estrogen suppository every other night along with a prescription ointment that helps to reduce the inflammation.

Good luck and keep us posted.