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Re: question about the response I got - - - spermicide irritation

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 30 Jun 2002 09:17:20 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Tracy wrote: >
>Thank you for your answer(see below:Dr Chudacoff response); but I am not
>sure what you mean by: exfoliation of cells secondary to your patient.
>What does 'patient' refer to? Besides a trip to the gyn; how could I
>tell if that is what it is? Thank you!!!!
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>At Sat, 22 Jun 2002, Tracy wrote:
>>>
>>>My husband and I use both spermicide(1/2 dose) and withdraw. Every time
>>>I use the spermicide, two days later I get a heavy, white, "chunky"
>>>discharge. It does Not have a bad odor, and it does Not itch, so I
>>>don't think it is a yeast infection. Plus it only lasts 1-2 days.
>>>Is it normal for the spermicide to thicken, increase, and turn lumpy
>>>after 2 days? Or is this a sign that it irritates me?
>>>>>My other question is: if that thick discharge IS a sign that it is
>>>irritating; is it ok to use, or bad for me to continue using it? Thank
>>>you
>>>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>At Sat, 22 Jun 2002, Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG wrote:
>
>>It could be consolidation of the spermicide. It could be exfoliation of
>>cells secondary to your patient. I can't make that type of diagnoses
>>over the Internet. If it is the latter, then it is bad to continue
>>using it.
>>
>>--
>
>--
>Tracy
>

Tracy

I think he meant an exfoliation of cells secondary to the spermicide. If you are loosing too many cells, you could be more prone to infections and the like. This rarely happens, but mention it to gyn, he will look and see if any damage is done.

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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board
Pregnancy and Birth Section
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.

*Please understand I can not respond to private emails.

*These comments are for educational purposes only.  They are
not meant to take the place of an examination by a qualified
health care provider.  They are not intended to be the start
of a physician-patient relationship.

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