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Candida - female genital - Management
How should I assess a woman with vulvovaginal candidiasis?
- Assess symptoms to ensure they are consistent with vulvovaginal candidiasis.
- Enquire into any previous episodes. Is this an isolated episode, a recurrence, or treatment failure?
- Ask about any treatments that have been tried already (over-the-counter or prescribed).
- Assess severity — in severe inflammation there is extensive vulvar erythema, oedema, excoriation, and fissure formation.
Basis for recommendation
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