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UPDATE...felt great all weekend..but not today

Hi There!!  Well I have been experiencing this wierd burning/discomfort after having a yeast infection and BV.  Last time I was tested the doc said the BV was gone, but I still have this strange discomfort.  Over the weekend I felt great and it only bothered me for a few minutes and I felt back to my old self again, which I thought I had forgotten what that felt like since I have been dealing with this for like 4 months now.  Anyway, I had sex for the first time in 4 months on Friday, and no pain, everything was GREAT and I felt fine the rest of the weekend.  Now it's monday and I'm back at the office with this discomfort again..is it the pants? the sitting? I just keep pulling the my pants away from the area.  They are not tight and always cotton undies.  I don't have an odorous discharge, actually the discharge has diminished greatly since the onset of the BV (but I never had an odor then either).  I know some may say go back to the doc and stop posting.  But I haven't posted in awhile b/c I was feeling pretty good...I just need to ease my mind, I don't understand it.
Please, anything would help.
Worried0817
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No, I changed to the NuvaRing after all this began, my doc said that she has seen in her other patients w/ reoccurring BV the NuvaRing has helped clear it up...so I thought that it was worth a shot, nothing has gotten worse since, maybe actually a little better.
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I had recurring BV and yeast for almost a year until I did some research on some things that could be causing it.  Are you on birth control?  Birth control changes the normal environment from acidic to more basic.  Also do you use condoms?  My dr. recommended that I try using condoms because of sperm being basic as well it could offset the ph level.
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Do you have to wear pantyhose?
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Just wanted to let you know that I'm having the same experiences with recurring itching and discharge.  It's very frustrating and uncomfortable and I totally understand what you're going through.  I've been tested multiple times and always get different results, whether it be BV or yeast or frictional irritation.  Keep me posted, and best of luck.
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Thank you all sooo very much for responding.  Well, I don't wear pantyhose, just regular dress slacks.  I am also taking Acidophilus, Cranberry, & Candida Clear suppliments twice a day.   I am on birth control and I have been wondering if I should just stop it for right now untill everything clears up.  I hate to do that because we are not ready for children.  No, we don't use condoms, but I have heard about the sperm affecting the ph level.  I have been in a commited relationship for 7 years now, and on Ortho Tri cyclen and now on Nuva Ring.  I hate to go back to the doc, b/c sometimes people make me feel like I'm making this up or something...when I know I'm really not.  Well, I guess that's all I can add for right now.  Is it possible to still have the BV while having no odor?  It's just so wierd how I felt fine for like 3 days and boom...right back to where I was.
Thanks everyone!!
Worried0817
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Whay does BV stand for? I canf seem to kick the itching and watery discharge from the nuva ring. I was already prone to yeast infections but ive tried so many other birth control options that i need the nuvaring to work. Ive tried apple cider vinegar, probiotics, the yeast pill, yogurt, monistat. Nothing is helping. Im 16 and my mom wont talk about yeast infections. Shes kinda left me to fend for myself. Help.
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Did your trouble start when you changed bc?
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I'm going to paste a comment Dr. Handsfield made on either the STD or HIV boards, in response to posters who continued to feel genital symptoms after treatment and/or negative tests. I think it probably applies to your situation as well.

"The rest of this message is one I have posted in response to other questioners with chronic, unexplained genital symptoms. It may apply to you.

It is a fact of life that human beings get various aches and pains. Out of the blue there is knee pain, a headache, abdominal discomfort, a stich in the side, tingling down a leg. Sometimes such problems are continuing or recurrent, yet no specific cause ever is found and clearly no important infection or disease is present.

Why should the genital area be any different? Not every symptom means disease. People with such symptoms of course should see a health care provider. But when a comprehensive evaluation comes up with no good explanation for genital symptoms, and if they persist after treatment of the potential infectious causes, it is wrong to assume a serious health problem. Just as some people have to learn to live with unexplained but benign headaches or abdominal pain, others have to live with unexplained genital symptoms.

Our genitals have a special place in our psyches, and unexplained discomfort can be harder to ignore than a painful joint or even a headache. But the principle holds. It's fine to look for harmless things that might help control symptoms. But potentially harmful treatments (e.g., repeated high doses of antibiotics, potent pain controllers) make no sense, and doctor-shopping (or internet shopping) for different answers generally is fruitless."
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