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Re: BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS??? PLEASE RESPOND!!!
From: Leah (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Aug 16 20:41:21 2006
This has been very interesting for me because I have had BV on again off
again since I was a young teenager and didnt know it till about 2 months
ago (I am now 22) I was not Sexualy active until I got married 2 years
ago. And nothing so far has made it go away. I just last week got a
gel called metrogel-vaginal and it seemed to have worked. It will only
last probably temporaryaliy though as for some reason this stuff always
comes back. Interesting that my husband could have it. I never knew he
needed to be treated as well. If it comes back when I talk to my doctor
I will ask for him to be treated. To make sure I wasnt miss dignoised.
Since I have been told before that it was nothing. What are the syptoms
you have had with BV?
Thanks,
Leah
At Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Lea wrote:
>
>It sounds like you may be being treated with the wrong medication for
>your BV. Flagyl is used for anaerobic bacteria infections only whereas
>doxycycline is the usual antibiotic used for BV. Doxycycline is a
>broad-spectrum antibiotic and is usually far more effective.
>
>Women with frequent UTI symptoms should be cultured for BV as that is
>often the only symptom. Women in monogamous relationships should not be
>made to feel suspicious about their husbands during recurrent infections
>- that is just bad bedside manners and should be reported to the
>hospital administration.
>
>The 100% sure way for you and your husband to be sure you are both being
>treated properly and completely is for both of you to go to the doctor,
>both of you be cultured and both of you be treated and then both of you
>be re-tested.
>
>Seek a referral to a high-risk OB/Gyn if your current ob/gyn is not
>willing to consider these options. You can search OBGYN.net for
>articles and easily find plenty of printable material to take to you
>doctor if you need help convincing him/her to consider the recurrent BV
>infections as a cause for your miscarriages and to obtain proper
>treatment.
>
>Good luck to you!!
>
>At Sat, 29 Jul 2006, PAMELA wrote:
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>>Lea,
>>
>>Only one time I got treated for BV where they had my husband take Flagyl
>>too. All the other times (mostly in the ER) they tell me it is not
>>tranferrable to my husband so they never treat him. I have been getting
>>BV since I was 18 or 19 years old (I was sexually active then, but
>>always used condoms) & I have been getting it ever since. I do know the
>>more sex that I have the more I get it for some reason & the worse it
>>gets. Another thing, I have never had an STD in my life & get tested
>>every time I go into the ER & they find out that I might have BV. I get
>>tested probably 2X every month for every STD. It is really getting old.
>>The last few times I was tested for BV I was asked if I had several sex
>>partners & when I told them no they said that my husband must have some
>>(which I know my husband & he is honest as they come). I knew it was
>>not from him because I have been having it for so long. It is
>>aggravating how doctors can be sometimes. It seems like they do not
>>listen. I have done alot of research & I was suspecting that BV could
>>be causing my miscarriages & my repeated Urinary Tract Infections. But,
>>I was not sure on that. Thanks again for the information. Because of
>>that I will go to my OB/GYN & get tested to make sure the Flagyl got rid
>>of the BV completely. I really do not know now though what to do about
>>my husband for him to be treated to. He will not go to the doctor. The
>>last time the clinic gave enough antibiotics for him to take too. Do
>>you think I should call the ER that I went to that prescribed the
>>antibiotics & ask them for some for my husband? I am not sure if they
>>will do that or not.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Pamela
>>
>>At Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Lea wrote:
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>>>This is a question that shows up in my inbox a lot!
>>>
>>>First: Bacterial Vaginosis - despite what the CDC says - is NOT an STD.
>>>
>>>Second: Bacterial Vaginosis - despite what the CDC says and many doctors
>>>believe - requires treatment of the woman AND her partner for complete
>>>elimination. Men usually do not have symptoms and can easily re-infect
>>>the woman.
>>>
>>>Third: Bacterial Vaginosis IS a cause behind many repeated miscarriages.
>>>
>>>There are no home remedies as it is a true bacterial infection requiring
>>>antibiotics. Sometimes it takes 2 full courses to bring it to
>>>resolution.
>>>
>>>If you have had BV and have suffered a miscarriage then you and your
>>>partner should both be treated through a full course of antibiotics and
>>>retested. You should not attempt conception until BOTH of you test
>>>negative.
>>>
>>>Hope this helps clear some of the myths and confusion that surround BV.
>>>
>>>Lea
>>>
>>>At Wed, 26 Jul 2006, PAMELA wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Have any of you have reoccuring Bacterial Vaginosis?
>>>>
>>>>If so, how many times do you get it?
>>>>
>>>>What do you usually take to get rid of it (Antibiotics, etc.)?
>>>>
>>>>Does it go away?
>>>>
>>>>If, so how quickly does it go away?
>>>>
>>>>If not, what do you do to get rid of it if the antibiotics that they
>>>>give you does not work?
>>>>
>>>>Do you have any at home remedies?
>>>>
>>>>If you have any at home remedies what are they?
>>>>
>>>>How well do the at home remedies work verses the treatment from a doctor
>>>>(antibiotics, etc.)?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Pamela
>>>
>>>--
>>>Lea Harth
>>>Operations Manager
>>>MediSpecialty, Inc.
>>>http://www.obgyn.net
>>>http://www.endometriosiszone.org
>>>
>--
>Lea Harth
>Operations Manager
>MediSpecialty, Inc.
>http://www.obgyn.net
>http://www.endometriosiszone.org
>
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