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What could this be?
I'm very, very lost.
I became sexually active in early October, and received Depro-Provera, (the shot), for birth control. We did not use condoms. I had a UTI in late November and was told it was caused by bacteria getting shifted around from sex. I stopped being sexually active in December. I had my period in January, as I didn't get my second shot, but haven't had one since. This February and March my labia majora was itching on and off. I thought it might have been caused by detergent, toilet paper, or the water here on campus. (Heavy chlorine). In the last couple weeks of April, the itching has increased, and has been followed by burning when urinating, frequent urge to go, fishy odor, a "wet" feeling, minimal discharge, frontal pelvic ache, and slightly cloudy urine. My vulva was so chapped that I had split the skin from scratching. The doctor checked the sores, and didn't think it looked like herpes.
She also did a pelvic examination one week and the next, and couldn't feel anything.
They didn't find anything in my urine, but they did find some yeast. They decided to treat the symptoms and gave me two antibiotics and something for the yeast for a week. (Wednesday)Well, it cleared up the yeast, but I'm still having frontal pelvic aches and pressure on my bladder. The antibiotics that they gave me caused(?) me to have another set of symptom like yeast infection,(Monday) and I took some medication for it today. (Tuesday)
I didn't get tested for herpes, so I'm wondering if this could be a flareup. I'm thinking that the fact that the yeast-like infections went away with the meds may have just coincided with a herpes "flaredown". I'm really starting to get worried about this. I have sores or scrapes or whatever you want to call them in the same place I did last time. I squeezed them to see if pus would come out, but it looked like blood. They're very small, and they look like fingernail scratchings.
My doctor suggested that because my period has been delayed, I might have a cyst or that an imbalance of hormones might be causing the delay of my period, and that might be why I feel the ache/ pressure. I'm going to get an ultrasound to check, but I am still really worried about herpes. I've read that they can cause pelvic aches and feelings of pressure as well? Can flares last within a week? Is it possible that the skin just didn't get the chance to heal up the first time and that's why I got the sores in the same exact places?
I became sexually active in early October, and received Depro-Provera, (the shot), for birth control. We did not use condoms. I had a UTI in late November and was told it was caused by bacteria getting shifted around from sex. I stopped being sexually active in December. I had my period in January, as I didn't get my second shot, but haven't had one since. This February and March my labia majora was itching on and off. I thought it might have been caused by detergent, toilet paper, or the water here on campus. (Heavy chlorine). In the last couple weeks of April, the itching has increased, and has been followed by burning when urinating, frequent urge to go, fishy odor, a "wet" feeling, minimal discharge, frontal pelvic ache, and slightly cloudy urine. My vulva was so chapped that I had split the skin from scratching. The doctor checked the sores, and didn't think it looked like herpes.
She also did a pelvic examination one week and the next, and couldn't feel anything.
They didn't find anything in my urine, but they did find some yeast. They decided to treat the symptoms and gave me two antibiotics and something for the yeast for a week. (Wednesday)Well, it cleared up the yeast, but I'm still having frontal pelvic aches and pressure on my bladder. The antibiotics that they gave me caused(?) me to have another set of symptom like yeast infection,(Monday) and I took some medication for it today. (Tuesday)
I didn't get tested for herpes, so I'm wondering if this could be a flareup. I'm thinking that the fact that the yeast-like infections went away with the meds may have just coincided with a herpes "flaredown". I'm really starting to get worried about this. I have sores or scrapes or whatever you want to call them in the same place I did last time. I squeezed them to see if pus would come out, but it looked like blood. They're very small, and they look like fingernail scratchings.
My doctor suggested that because my period has been delayed, I might have a cyst or that an imbalance of hormones might be causing the delay of my period, and that might be why I feel the ache/ pressure. I'm going to get an ultrasound to check, but I am still really worried about herpes. I've read that they can cause pelvic aches and feelings of pressure as well? Can flares last within a week? Is it possible that the skin just didn't get the chance to heal up the first time and that's why I got the sores in the same exact places?
The only thing I can add to jess's suggestions is - return to the gyn for further work up. You could have other infections going on. While there get a herpes blood test to see what your status is since it's on your mind. It's been long enough since you would've possibly been infected it sounds like that a blood test will be useful.
Also any problems with constipation?
grace
Also any problems with constipation?
grace
Yes, I did post this in the std forum auntiejessi, and thank you for responding. I just wanted to ask more people, get more responses etc. ( I really do appreciate it tho, btw :)
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
