WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 2001: Re: 'Dead flesh' odor

Re: 'Dead flesh' odor

From: j wang, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 23 Oct 2001 07:38:04 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 22 Oct 2001, TJ wrote: >
>Thanks so much for replying. I (amazingly!) was able to get an appt
>with her for tomorrow afternoon. I've come across fistulas in some of
>the articles I've found on IBD - how do I find out if I have one of
>those?

Often one passes gas vaginally.

Is it the gyn who would look for that or my gastro?

Usually the gyn.

Either way, >what is the exam or test for that?

There are specific tests including just looking and enema type tests.

OR is this something the surgeon >might see when she removes my gall bladder this Friday?

Not likely.

I don't think I >can take having one more thing wrong with me!
>
>God, what a mess I am.... I hit 30 and everything went to hell in a
>handbasket..
>
>>At Sun, 21 Oct 2001, TJ wrote:
>
><SNIP>
>
>>>I have menstrual cycles that are at least 35+ days. I notice once I get
>>>far into my cycle, I'm assuming soon before my period arrives, that I
>>>have a HORRIBLE odor during sex. I mean, it's so bad that I can hardly
>>>continue. It smells just like dead flesh. This has been on and off for
>>>like a year or so; hard to remember when it started. My fiance has
>>>never said anything but I know there is no way he can't notice it. I've
>>>read info on bacterial vaginosis and that seems to mention a fishy odor;
>>>this is anything but fishy. I don't have any other symptoms, no
>>>itchiness, etc. I do have PCOS so I know my hormones can be very out of
>>>whack at any given time. I also have either colitis or Crohn's disease
>>>(in the testing phase) and I am due to have my gall bladder removed this
>>>Friday. Could any of this be related? If not, does anyone have any idea
>>>what this could be? I am wondering what to expect at the gyn's office.
>>>
>>>Please give me your input! Thank you.

-- James Wang, M.D Assitant Clinical Prof. Tufts University School of Medicine

statements are informational only and should not constitute a medical plan or treatment recommendation.

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