you are worrying needlessly.
Hello Grace, I have a question and this in in regards to BV, not the herpes or anything else. I was just wondering what causes the BV to come back after repeated treatment. I have been treated four times for this and three times it has come back, now I have a yeast infection from an antibiotic i was taking for abcess teeth. I went to doctor today and have the yeast on my tongue and personal area. I was just wondering if BV is capable of coming back with so much treatment and what does it mean if it does..
bv is usually from an alteration in the ph of the vagina that allows bacteria to overgrow. it's not unusual for it to come back :( I hate bv far more than I could ever hate my herpes believe it or not!!
pretty much bv is just one of those things that suck about being female :(
if you have yeast in the oral and genital areas, in addition to the antifungal you were given , I recommend picking up a gi probiotic like culturelle. You can find it at most drug stores, walmarts etc. It replaces the "good" bacteria in your bowels so that you can better fight off overgrowth of the "bad" stuff like yeast. culturelle has so much research behind it to show it works that we even use it in hospitals. take it 2x/day for a week or two to help your body fight off the damage caused by antibiotic use.
if you continue to get vaginitis easily, either yeast or bv, I've had good luck with fem dophilus by jarrow. you can find it cheapest on amazon. just store it in the fridge once you get it. you take it daily and it replaces the "good" bacteria in the urogenital tract of females to help ward off vaginitis. it helped me lick a 4 year battle with bv!!
I was shocked that this time around was actually not bv and the yeast infection like i have suspected. the last treatment for it was last month and the doc told me not to use soaps inside my vagina just to rinse. I have stopped using soap and it wasnt as bad but now the yeast. The doctors paperwork that she gave me when i seen her yesterday stated that if the yeast infection recurrs for 2 months or more with treatment that it may be early signs of HIV.. I was just wondering if that is the same with BV recurriing 4 times. I have been tested for HIV through the oraquick rapid testing by drop of blood from the finger and tested negative all three times this year. I have also looked into the accuracy of that test and even asked a doctor and was told that the accuracy rate was 99.98% accurate. However I am still paranoid somewhat about it especially with not being able to keep the bv away.. and now due to this medicine i have the rash on the back of neck only and yeast infections in my mouth and vaginal area with irritation and swelling of the cervix. I also have been having diarrhea yesterday as well. I don't know if this is from eating soup all week due to having teeth pulled or something worse. I just want to catch what ever it could possibly be early so that I can treat it. I appreciate your patience with me and thanks again.
I am actuallly feeling like i am ok now that i know i have hsv 1, but its when other things arrive and any symptom i feel i get paranoid. I was never like this until i found out i had hsv 1. Since then i feel i have become a hypochondriac always assuming the worst and i try to fight those feelings back but find it hard. The guy that i got the hsv 1 from that i was with for so long left me and then contacted me and apologized for being a jerk, but admitted that he messed around with different woman he met at different ports he pulled into as he was in the military. He admitted to going and paying for sex... He had this attitude about it to when he says he preferred it unprotected as he doesnt like the way the condom feels and that he is healthy and wouldn't catch anything, but i feel like i have to worry about every single thing because he was not totally honest with me.. I know you are not a therapist and to get these thoughts out of my head i really need to see one, but you are comforting.
no reason to think hiv is why you have been getting vaginitis. as I said, it's a girl thing as much as anything.
it's hard to trust someone and form an intimate relationship with them, especially once you have been burned. it's why we recommend full std testing before sex, less surprises later.
I keep telling my current bf that if we ever break up, I'm buying more cats. Just easier :)