Can Birth Control cause yeast infections?

I take my birth control at 10:30pm and for about the last 5-6 days when I wake up, I am itchy. I do not have a sugry diet in the first place, but I have cut all the sugar I can out of my diet. I have been eating yogurt with live cultures in it almost every day but usually by lunch time im not itchy anymore and the only reason it starts to itch again is if i have sugar. it also burns to have sex. whats going on? what can I do (I am not sticking yogurt up my vagina)?

No, Birth control doesnt give yeast infection. Go to a OB/Gyn doctor! I dont know if you have had infection before, but what if its not a yeast infection? Be careful, Find out what it is before you try to treat yourself. And Yogurt is a great idea. However its not going to get rid of the infection, its something that helps ward off infection from starting. Make sure the brand you are eating has the L Acidophilus, thats the live culture specifically that helps (Yoplait does)...And there are many reasons why you have an infection not sugar. If your boyfriend or you had sex with other people, You could have gotten it that way. Some Antibiotics can make you get one too. Never use a douche, it can bring on a infection, or make it worse! Well, dont use anything down there since you are prone to get infected. Like no powder, perfume, body spray, sex lotions either. Also, you could be allergic to some condoms that can make you very irritated. Please talk to your doctor. If ya dont have one, go to a clinic like planned parenthood, it may not even cost you there.. And if your boyfriend didnt use condoms, it could be on him too, he can use the same creams the doctor gives you, so you dont keep giving it to eachother when you have sex. Even if it feels like its ok for a day it will come back without medicine

Call your gyno and ask her. Based on your symptoms she may recommend an OTC yeast infection treatment or she may want to see you. Using an OTC treatment is easy nowadays because it's a one-dose thing. You need to not have sex for like 7 to 10 days but since having an infection makes sex burn it's not a big sacrifice. Just give her a call, she def knows your body and your symptoms better than any of us!!!

Good luck!

sometimes it does

I don't think birth control causes it. I've been off of it for years, and don't have those symtoms because of it. However, I do experience the itching to which you refer. Try "Yeast-Gard". It is a nice cream, well-excepted, which relieves the itch on contact.

Birth control does not cause yeast infections. It's from other causes (improper hygiene for example).

Are you sure it's a yeast infection? Itching and burning are NOT yeast infection unless you also have the telltale yeasty discharge. Do you have the discharge as well? You may just have a UTI. The itching and burning sound like a UTI. Or you could have another kind of infection or an STD.

See your Gyn for cause and treatment. (You never stick yogurt up your vagina. That's a myth.)
Your symptoms sound like you have an infection or STD of some kind.

I would make an apt. with your doc & get checked-out, you want to rule anything more serious than a yeast infection.
Causes of Yeast infection:
Antibiotic treatments
Oral contraceptives
Hot weather or non-ventilating clothing, which increase moisture and warmth, fostering fungal growth
Repeated intercourse over a short period of time
Stress
Suppressed immune system (including HIV)
High carbohydrate intake, especially refined sugars and alcohol
Pregnancy
Diabetes
Hopes this helps.