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Sludgy vaginal fluid
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Sludgy vaginal fluid
by devone, Oct 19, 2005 12:00AM
I am a male and I have been diagnosed with Genital Herpes. For the past couple of years after having unprotected sex with new girlfriends, within 1 week my female partner develops some form of thick discharge that decreases her natural slippery vaginal lubrication. I can see the discharge is white in color. The vaginal fluid also becomes somewhat sludgy in that I can rub my fingers together and it congeals into little clumps (similar to rubbing ones fingers with dried glue on them) My doctor is telling me that that is just a yeast infection. I find that hard to believe since this has happened with 5 different women.
Am i giving them yeast infections? I have also noticed that if i don't sleep with any of the affected women for some time (2 weeks or more) that her vaginal fluid isn't sludgy for the first week then the symtoms return after we restart intercouse. It's very frustrating not knowing how to stop the cycle. What am i passing on to these women that causes this? Is this Herpes related? Bacterial? Viral? Thank you for your help.
Am i giving them yeast infections? I have also noticed that if i don't sleep with any of the affected women for some time (2 weeks or more) that her vaginal fluid isn't sludgy for the first week then the symtoms return after we restart intercouse. It's very frustrating not knowing how to stop the cycle. What am i passing on to these women that causes this? Is this Herpes related? Bacterial? Viral? Thank you for your help.
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Oct 19, 2005 12:00AM
, Oct 19, 2005 12:00AM
I think you are reading too much into your own interpretation of the character of your partners' vaginal secretions. If the women themselves perceive a change or abnormality, they need to see their providers and get checked, but this isn't your role and I doubt your judgment that their vaginal secretions are normal or abnormal is valid or matters. Certainly there is nothing in your description that suggest either yeast or herpes.
Regards--- HHH, MD
Regards--- HHH, MD
Anyway, the doctor is the expert and he's a heck of a lot more knowledgeable than I, so he'll answer your questions much better than I can. I just wanted to add my 2 cents...seeing as I'm a female and have experienced variations of discharge myself.
HHH, MD