Question: Dear doctor,

First of all the question:
is there any type of full, complete vaginal exam that would show possible fungi, bacteria or serious vaginal infections? I have no discharge nor itching but the following problems:

me and my husband are having BOTH all symptoms that seem the same as Candida Overgrowth (numbness in arms/feet, tingling, depression, mood swings, heavy brain fog, etc.)... We have these symptoms since over a year now, on a regular basis.... but the worst part is that it gets worse every time we have an intercourse, as if it is strictly related to sex.

He had/has athlete's foot for a very long time.

We lived in Europe and run a general blood ans stool. We moved to the States a year ago and have no insurance at the moment. We got only tested for STDs and nothing came up.
His athlete's foot seems to be clearing up... (after all the supplements plus foot creams used) but after an intercourse he feels sick again, as well as me... not related to ejaculation.

I am thinking that I might have some vaginal bacteria that might keep making him sick? We tried candida, parasites, colon cleanses.... but nothing seems to work

My husband feels it more than me. But I am definitely suffering as well from brain fogs, memory loss, difficulty focusing.. and lately I have numbness in my arms almost every day when I wake up (rarely during the day, my feet are tingling too).

I would like to run some more specific tests but have no idea where to start and would like to avoid just wasting money (no insurance!). What type of test would you suggest? We are kind of desperate... we really don't understand what is going on...

I have asked doctors before and got no answers or suggestions about:
a) having lack of vitamin D
b) having thyroid problems...
c) post orgasmic syndrome
But none of these seem to be the answer.

I need to do some real testing... but I don't know where to start without wasting a lot of money - because I don't know what to look for

All symptoms seems related to Candida Overgrowth, all of them...BUT Candida Overgrowth does not seem to make people sick after each intercourse :(

Should I do any of these tests?
1) Comprehensive Stool Analysis plus Parasitology x3 (CDSA/P). DOCTOR'S DATA KIT
2) Candida Antibodies, IgA, IgG, IgM, ELISA Blood Test

Thank you.

Hi and thank you for your answer.

Me and my husband have been married for 6 years and only since a little over a year we are experiencing symptoms that make us sick:
- brain fog,
- depression,
- muscle pain,
- joint pain,
- confusion,
- headaches,
- numbness and tingling in arms and feet...
- feeling as if something is traveling through our body)...

All these symptoms seem to be the same as the ones for "Candida Overgrowth"...

BUT the main problem is that for some strange reason it seems that it is connected to sex:
every time after an intercourse all those symptoms come back stronger than before.
These can occur after hours from the intercourse or in any case within the following day... and stay latent every day... we feel slightly better if we have no intercourse for days (or weeks), but the symptoms still remain.

My husband can feel all these symptoms stronger than me, almost immediately.
It is as if I had some type of vaginal bacteria that would trigger something and make us sick again.

During the intercourse (or after) we have:
- No pain,
- no itchiness,
- no redness,
- no discharge,
- no peeling,

The only thing my husband gets sometimes is some skin rashes that come and could disappear within hours. (In form of tiny little bubbles).

He has been suffering of Athlete's Foot (dark spots under his foot plantar) for years and he surely did not cure that fungus/those fungi well enough.

- No POS (post orgasmic syndrome). My husband is not allergic to his semen, nor is it related to ejaculation.
- No Vitamin D lack.
- No thyroid problems.
- Not suffering of OCD
- No STDs (we have been checked for those).

We have two kids (the youngest is almost 2 years old).
I am taking the pill, so no excessive bleeding or any vaginal visible problems.


I am just lost and don't know where to start looking for some answers.
I guess I could start doing another vaginal swab and culture (since I have not done it in a year).

No unfortunately I don't remember about food or drinks..

I remember that in the beginning of our symptoms we started taking antibiotics hoping it would get better.... but I think we took too many antibiotics and made whatever we have worse or stronger.

Do you have any idea of what type of infection/parasite/bacteria... can travel through the whole body and you feel it "moving"? Like a pain that first is on the arms.. and than moves to the feet for instance?

Or feeling confused and with a brain fog... and then all of a sudden it seems to have moved somewhere else after some hours...
Or even, going to the toilet and feeling slightly better (as if you expelled something).

Thank you. I will definitely try a vaginal swab test and culture as a start.... and will take it from there.

To be honest, I hope something will come up... if not, we are back at the start, not knowing what to do.

Oh and another thing. Why according to you would I wake up almost every single morning have tingling or numb arms or hands.... and than it would disappear after some minutes?