Yeast Infections

I'm 37 and have had my first yeast infection. I find this to be strange as I never ever had any problems like this before in my life. At first I was scared to death wondering what I had, because I never would have thought a yeast infection could cause such severe itching. I went to my gyn and she told me to take 7 day treatment of monistat and gave me a prescription lotion. I did and it seemed like it cleared up. Now, I started my period and I am again getting itching like it is coming back. I have a lot of excess skin in that area and I'm wondering if maybe the skin is coming together keeping that area moist so that the yeast can grow. The itching is all around, but a lot of it is around my clit where it is pretty closed in. This happen to anyone else? Any advice?

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