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I might have behcet's...
Approximately two weeks ago, on May 9th, I woke up and discovered that I had vaginal ulcers. I spent most of the day in bed and my parents had to pick me up from college.
May 10th my parents took me to the ER and the hospital said that it looked like I had herpes and bacterial vaginosis to them. They took cultures and prescribed me vicodin, valtrex and clindamyicin.
May 11th I saw a gynecologist who also took a culture for herpes and took blood.
May 12th I noticed white clumping around my tonsils, which I figured to be strep throat. I called my gynecologist and she prescribed me something called the Z pack. I started taking it that day.
May 14th all of the cultures and blood that the hospital and my gynecologist took came back negative for any STDs or HSV1 or HSV 2.
May 15th I saw my dermatologist who guessed that it might be Behcet's. She prescribed me prednisone and a topical cream for the ulcers.
May 16th the genital ulcers disappeared before I even got the prescriptions filled. I still had white stuff around my tonsils and increased pain while swallowing and I was finished with my Zpack.
May 22nd I woke up and was covered in hives. I started taking the prednisone this day after receiving a call from my dermatologist telling me it might help with the hives which may or may not be an allergic reaction to the clindamyacin I was on previously. I caved and saw my family physician about the throat this day as well. She prescribed me a ten day strep medication. The quick strep came back negative, I'm waiting on the results for the culture. My cheeks are very red and my ears ache but I'm not sure if that's relevant to anything.
A couple of things as far as background- I'm allergic to penicillin and sulphonamides, and I have had one previous incident with vaginal ulcers which my doctor thought was an allergic reaction to Bactrim that I was taking for acne, the incident lasted about three days compared to the eight that this last incident was. I had mononucleosis my fall semester of college. I only experienced the extreme fatigue.
Is any of this characteristic of Behcet's for those of you with symptoms? I'm scared, I'm only 19. Is there anything else that this could be? I have an appointment with a rheumatologist June 9th. I just need answers now.
May 10th my parents took me to the ER and the hospital said that it looked like I had herpes and bacterial vaginosis to them. They took cultures and prescribed me vicodin, valtrex and clindamyicin.
May 11th I saw a gynecologist who also took a culture for herpes and took blood.
May 12th I noticed white clumping around my tonsils, which I figured to be strep throat. I called my gynecologist and she prescribed me something called the Z pack. I started taking it that day.
May 14th all of the cultures and blood that the hospital and my gynecologist took came back negative for any STDs or HSV1 or HSV 2.
May 15th I saw my dermatologist who guessed that it might be Behcet's. She prescribed me prednisone and a topical cream for the ulcers.
May 16th the genital ulcers disappeared before I even got the prescriptions filled. I still had white stuff around my tonsils and increased pain while swallowing and I was finished with my Zpack.
May 22nd I woke up and was covered in hives. I started taking the prednisone this day after receiving a call from my dermatologist telling me it might help with the hives which may or may not be an allergic reaction to the clindamyacin I was on previously. I caved and saw my family physician about the throat this day as well. She prescribed me a ten day strep medication. The quick strep came back negative, I'm waiting on the results for the culture. My cheeks are very red and my ears ache but I'm not sure if that's relevant to anything.
A couple of things as far as background- I'm allergic to penicillin and sulphonamides, and I have had one previous incident with vaginal ulcers which my doctor thought was an allergic reaction to Bactrim that I was taking for acne, the incident lasted about three days compared to the eight that this last incident was. I had mononucleosis my fall semester of college. I only experienced the extreme fatigue.
Is any of this characteristic of Behcet's for those of you with symptoms? I'm scared, I'm only 19. Is there anything else that this could be? I have an appointment with a rheumatologist June 9th. I just need answers now.
I saw the doctor, and she took some blood samples. The test results for those revealed that I had a vitamin d deficiency so I'm on vitamins for that now. I have a follow up in two months unless something happens before then.
how did the appt with the doc go ?
it does sound like behcet's to me... i hv had behcet's since i was 5 yrs old... thankfully i dont hv uveitis... but the remission periods are few and far between - i hv been in chronic pain from ulcers and arthritic symptoms for the last 38 yrs now... most of the time i hv learnt to cope and live a full life... it is possible...
do update us on ur progress... cheers!
it does sound like behcet's to me... i hv had behcet's since i was 5 yrs old... thankfully i dont hv uveitis... but the remission periods are few and far between - i hv been in chronic pain from ulcers and arthritic symptoms for the last 38 yrs now... most of the time i hv learnt to cope and live a full life... it is possible...
do update us on ur progress... cheers!
I know the ulcer's of Behcet's is often thought to be herpes. Since your cultures came back negative, it would be a good guess. You can also get ulcers in your mouth. Hang in there. Hope your appointment goes well on the 9th. ~K
The strep culture came back negative, but whatever it was has cleared up. Not really sure what to make of all of this...
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