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Hi Doc:
I started sleeping with a man (unprotected) in February and got two Bacterial Vaginosis infections from him. Each time they treated the infection with Metro gel, I developed a yeast infection from the meds. Treated once with a gel and the second time with Diflucan pill. A week later, I came home from the gym, and my vulvular area was burning/irritated. I kept complaining to my doctor/have them culture my vagina and my urine and everything came back negative, but because I was complaining they decided they thought it was a UTI and treated me accordingly. It wasn't so of course the meds didn't help.Then they thought maybe yeast, so they had me apply topical gel-it only made it worse!
I was off any meds for almost a week and developed a fever/felt like my body was fighting back a head cold (sore throat, ear infection) and have had diahrea/watery bowel movements for about two weeks(!). Shortly after this, I had the office test me for any/all STDs. Everything came back negative EXCEPT my Herpes test. Doctor was unclear about which type I had (I assumed it was HSV-2 because that's where all of my symtpoms were occuring-burning, pain, ). The diagnosis was devastating, but at least they finally knew what it was...or so I thought. They treated me with Acyclovir (5-day cycle) and I went in for a check up today (finished all the meds). They cultured me again, and said that I developed ANOTHER BV infection (I have no idea how) which they thought was odd because the previous two cultures tested negative for any infections.
I called the nurse to get info on my prescription and gave her a brief history of my diagnosis. She looked at my chart and told me my culture and HSV-2 blood test were NEGATIVE, but that my HSV-1 showed a .9 result which means positive? I am SO confused and SO angry. I STILL have a fever, sore throat and it seems like the burning/tingling is returning.
I really need/want to get my health under control and would really appreciate any insight you could provide/any questions that you think I should be asking my health care provider. They don't seem to know what they're doing. Is it possible my HSV-1 result was incorrect? I read somewhere that IgM tests can sometimes confuse HSV-1 with mono?
HELP please.
Best,
J
I started sleeping with a man (unprotected) in February and got two Bacterial Vaginosis infections from him. Each time they treated the infection with Metro gel, I developed a yeast infection from the meds. Treated once with a gel and the second time with Diflucan pill. A week later, I came home from the gym, and my vulvular area was burning/irritated. I kept complaining to my doctor/have them culture my vagina and my urine and everything came back negative, but because I was complaining they decided they thought it was a UTI and treated me accordingly. It wasn't so of course the meds didn't help.Then they thought maybe yeast, so they had me apply topical gel-it only made it worse!
I was off any meds for almost a week and developed a fever/felt like my body was fighting back a head cold (sore throat, ear infection) and have had diahrea/watery bowel movements for about two weeks(!). Shortly after this, I had the office test me for any/all STDs. Everything came back negative EXCEPT my Herpes test. Doctor was unclear about which type I had (I assumed it was HSV-2 because that's where all of my symtpoms were occuring-burning, pain, ). The diagnosis was devastating, but at least they finally knew what it was...or so I thought. They treated me with Acyclovir (5-day cycle) and I went in for a check up today (finished all the meds). They cultured me again, and said that I developed ANOTHER BV infection (I have no idea how) which they thought was odd because the previous two cultures tested negative for any infections.
I called the nurse to get info on my prescription and gave her a brief history of my diagnosis. She looked at my chart and told me my culture and HSV-2 blood test were NEGATIVE, but that my HSV-1 showed a .9 result which means positive? I am SO confused and SO angry. I STILL have a fever, sore throat and it seems like the burning/tingling is returning.
I really need/want to get my health under control and would really appreciate any insight you could provide/any questions that you think I should be asking my health care provider. They don't seem to know what they're doing. Is it possible my HSV-1 result was incorrect? I read somewhere that IgM tests can sometimes confuse HSV-1 with mono?
HELP please.
Best,
J
Thanks, Grace. I guess I'll try to figure out how to post on the doctor's forum.
I'm negative for both? I'm so confused and still symptomatic. Three different people (2 nurses and 1 doctor) have told me three different things. I just wish I knew what was going on.
I'm negative for both? I'm so confused and still symptomatic. Three different people (2 nurses and 1 doctor) have told me three different things. I just wish I knew what was going on.
This is not the doctor's forum. You have to pay to post there.
You are testing negative for both hsv1 and hsv2.
are you still with this partner? if so, has he been tested to know what his status is?
chunky white discharge is normal when you use metrogel. it usually is not yeast. Did they actually test you for yeast or just go for your description of symptoms when they prescribed yeast treatments for you?
grace
You are testing negative for both hsv1 and hsv2.
are you still with this partner? if so, has he been tested to know what his status is?
chunky white discharge is normal when you use metrogel. it usually is not yeast. Did they actually test you for yeast or just go for your description of symptoms when they prescribed yeast treatments for you?
grace
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