Symptoms of thrush depend on where it is on the body. It usually causes itchiness, irritation and a white discharge that looks like cottage cheese. Thrush symptoms in women: white vaginal discharge (often like cottage cheese), which does not usually smell itching and irritation around the vagina soreness and stinging during sex or when you pee Thrush symptoms in men: irritation, burning and redness around the head of the penis and under the foreskin a white discharge (like cottage cheese) an unpleasant smell difficulty pulling back the foreskin Thrush in other areas: Thrush can affect other areas of skin, such as the armpits, groin and between the fingers. This usually causes a red, itchy or painful rash that scales over with white or yellow discharge. The rash may not be so obvious on darker skin. Sometimes thrush causes no symptoms at all.