STD

[jendaisy]

I am married and I (stupidly) had unprotected vaginal and oral sex with a different partner. Two days after, I went to the dr and found out I had strep throat. (The day before our sex, I had a sore throat and the all around tired, run down feeling) I'm assuming that I already had the strep prior to the unprotected sex because of the timeframe. As a result of the strep, I was put on the Z-pack. 2 weeks after, I had pick eye and was treated with a saline antiobiotic. It has now been 3 weeks since this incident and my husband is complaining of having a burning sensation when he urinates and light discharge. My question is, could I have infected him with an STD? We did not have relations until a few days AFTER I finished the Z-pack. I have some mild odorless white discharge and I'm wondering it it could be a STD or even a yeast infection as a result of the antibiotics. I'm ashamed and afraid to go to my PCP but know its the best thing to do for my health and my husand.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Then you can safely assume you didn't transmit chlamydia or gonorrhea to your husband.

HHH, MD

[jendaisy]

The zpack was 2 days after my "casual encounter"  (big drunken mistake)for treating my strep throat and 1 week BEFORE I had relations with my husband.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

worried710 might be right, if you had sex with your husband after your other exposure but before you took azithromycin.  Your question doesn't say one way or the other.

HHH, MD

[worried710]

Since you are both having the discharge, and he is having the burning sensation, it's likely that you contracted and transmitted chlamydia or ghonnoreah to him.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

An azithromycin Z-pack would treat or prevent chlamydia, most gonorrhea, and most syphilis.  Your pink-eye might be viral; a virus called adenovirus type 19 can cause both genital and upper respiratory infection--not usually sexually transmitted.  Or you could have acquired an STD not protected by azithromycin, such as herpes.  Or the azithromycin might have triggered a yeast infection in you, which is also causing symptoms in your husband.  Or he also has other partners and caught another infection (perhaps no surprise, but when one person in a relationship strays, it's often a sign that both persons are at risk of life's temptations....).

Bottom line:  I can't distinguish between these possibilities or make any suggestion other than the one you anticipate (and fear):  you and your husband need to be seen by a knowledgeable health care provider.

Good luck--  HHH, MD