Some common symptoms of yeast infection are

1. Vaginal itching
2. Vaginal burning
3. Vaginal irritation
4. Painful urination
5. Painful sexual intercourse
6. Odorless vaginal discharge like thick whitish-gray and cottage-cheese-like or may be watery in consistency.

How to identify infection:

Most medical types say that one should go to a doctor to get it diagnosed the first time, and then once got diagnosed and confirmed about virginal yeast infection then one can figure it out in the next time and respond appropriately. Most of the women used to blow this off as a bunch of MDs protecting their territory and their profits but more and more evidence is accumulating that women often misdiagnose themselves as having a yeast infections when they actually have something else. This is bad since one might have a more serious problem that is not getting treated while someone futz around with yeast treatments. Just as bad, if someone uses an over-the-counter treatment for yeast and the person do not really have yeast infection, then one might be creating the own personal race of drug-resistant super-yeast and next time the person have a real yeast infection it could be damned hard to get rid of.

Seeking medical advice:

Doctor can tell for sure if someone have a yeast infection by taking a swab and looking in a microscope. Most of people cannot do this at home but sometimes one can tell by the feel, look and smell that it is a yeast infection or not. If the symptoms do not match this list, or someone is confused or uncertain go see a doctor if at all possible. Feels like a strong itching, burning feeling, localized in the vagina and vulva. This itching is not always present but can get really bad, so bad that one can hardly walk, let alone ride the bike to the pharmacy or doctor to get it treated. Symptoms other then this are when there is discharge that looks like clumpy nasty white stuff. Most medical descriptions evaluate the discharge to ricotta cheese, but it can range from thick and not clumpy to slightly yellow to thin and clear. It can also smell like bread or beer. It smells pretty much exactly like yeast, though the yeast used in brewing and baking is a completely different species. No bacteria could stink like that, so it is a great diagnostic.