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Urogynecology (Expert Forum)
I have a UTI, but now I have a strange discharge.
Answered by
Lennox Hoyte, M.D. - UroGynecology, Pelvic Surgery
USF College College of Medicine
Tampa - FL
Questions in the Urogynecology forum are answered by medical professionals affiliated with USF Health. Topics covered include overactive bladders, bladder pain, fallen/drooping bladder, bowel urgency, bowel prolapse, cystitis, incontinence, pain with intercourse, rectal prolapse, surgery, urinary urgency, and uterine prolapse.
I have a UTI, but now I have a strange discharge.
by sssssarah, Feb 20, 2007 12:00AM
I posted this in the women's health forum, but I just wanted to know if you could help.
I went to my gynecologist yesterday, he gave me an antibiotic for it and everything seemed fine to him. But, with this UTI, I occasionally have what looks like a vaginal bugger..
It's weird, but that's the only thing i can compare it to.
It's slightly odorous, jelly-like, and i think there was a blood clot in it the most recent one.
could it be vaginitis, or just a symptom of a UTI?
I went to my gynecologist yesterday, he gave me an antibiotic for it and everything seemed fine to him. But, with this UTI, I occasionally have what looks like a vaginal bugger..
It's weird, but that's the only thing i can compare it to.
It's slightly odorous, jelly-like, and i think there was a blood clot in it the most recent one.
could it be vaginitis, or just a symptom of a UTI?
Doctor's Answer
by Lennox Hoyte, M.D., Feb 20, 2007 12:00AM
, Feb 20, 2007 12:00AM
Usually UTI's are diagnosed by culturing the urine and this takes a few days for the culture to grow out the bacteria. They are normally confined to the bladder contents.
Thick, even jelly like vaginal discharge is another matter. It may help to know that in the second half of your mensrual cycle, the cervix gets clogged up with a mucuous like material, which can sometimes have spots of blood in it. sometimes this can be discharged into the vagina just before a period.
Some types of birth control pills can also thicken the cervical mucus, and pregnancy can also be associated with it as well.
The vaginal product which you describe is probably not part of the UTI symptom set. Also, yeast infections are usually associated with a whitish discharge without much of an odor.
Thick, even jelly like vaginal discharge is another matter. It may help to know that in the second half of your mensrual cycle, the cervix gets clogged up with a mucuous like material, which can sometimes have spots of blood in it. sometimes this can be discharged into the vagina just before a period.
Some types of birth control pills can also thicken the cervical mucus, and pregnancy can also be associated with it as well.
The vaginal product which you describe is probably not part of the UTI symptom set. Also, yeast infections are usually associated with a whitish discharge without much of an odor.
