Vaginal Yeast Infection Symptoms:

• Intense itching, burning sensation, localized in your vagina and vulva. This itching is not always present, but can get severe.
• Vaginal Yeast Infections can be characterized by a white discharge that can range from thick to thin and clear white to faint yellow.
• Vaginal Yeast Infections can produce an odor like bread or beer....a smell that is lke yeast, although the yeast used in brewing and baking is entirely different.

Other things that have similar symptoms could be:

• A bacterial infection of the vagina that is itchy or painful. Unlike a yeast infection, the discharge can be dark yellow, green, or brown. See a doctor if you have these symptoms.
• Urinary tract infections are due to bacteria infecting the urethra rather than the vagina. UTIs can be fairly easily distinguished from vaginal infections by symptoms including pain or burning when urinating, blood or mucus in urine, needing to urinate often, pain or pressure in back or lower abdomen, and a fever or chills. See a doctor if you have these symptoms.
• Trichomoniasis is caused by a parasite that can infect both the vagina and the urinary tract, and is primarily sexually transmitted. If you have a trich infection you may have itching and pain, it can hurt to urinate, intercourse can be painful, and occasionally you can experience pain in your lower abdomen. See a doctor if you have these symptoms.