Thankful for all this good information! Wanted to post about results. Advice about keeping area clean and not douching was brilliant. I hadn't heard that douching was not a good idea, but stopping it, has been helpful. Getting into a shallow hot bath with Epsom Salts has been good for keeping clean and easing itching at least for the short run. Both the Colloidal Silver soaked onto a cotton ball and the garlic clove, though, did the trick. The garlic clove was more convenient for me and I did slice/peal off that thin slippery outter layer to expose the juice a bit. No stinging whatsoever. Found that removing the clove of garlic in the morning, it was spotted with the tiny white toilet papery stuff, the (dead?) candida cells I think. Itching sorted is a good start. Thanks!