Re: Infections and PCOS/Thyroid/IR - thanks belle
From: anne2 (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 8 Oct 2001 11:15:02 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks for your reply. I finished 10 days on my first antibiotic and am
on a second awaiting the results of the culture done Friday. My mother
commented - where is you immune system, why are you having this problem,
and I just wondered if there was a connection.
I am so tired of these infections, and I'm just so tired from it.
I have to drive an hour to see my endo on thursday to discuss PCOS,
whether I'm up for it or not, I'm going...
Anne
At Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Belle wrote:
>
>Anytime your body if fighting something, it makes it more difficult to
>fight other things. The insulin problem problem alone may make it
>difficult for you to fight infection, but the medication should make it
>easier on your body and you should respond in the regular amount of
>time. Relatively healthy people respond tho the antibiotics within the
>first 24-72 hours. It might take you 3 - 4 or even 5 days to respond,
>but you should respond within the 10 days. There are resistant
>infections out there. Many people stop taking the antibiotics before
>the full 10 days are up. When they do this the infection has been
>controlled but it has not been killed, it then mutates and becomes
>resistant to the particular anti-biotic that they are on. When you come
>along and pick up that particular germ, you get the super strong
>bacteria and you have a hard time getting rid of it. If you do have a
>super strain of strep. for the secong time in a year, this is not
>normal, you need to check out your enviroment. Having PCOS does not
>make a normal strain of a bactrium resistant to anti-biotics. Sometimes
>they will go ahead and put several antibiotic covered disks in the petri
>dish where the bacteria is growing to see what causes it to die, I hope
>your culture indicates an effective treatment for your particular strain
>
>Your temp. being below normal is normal for people with PCOS because of
>a lower metabolism.
>
>At Mon, 8 Oct 2001, anne wrote:
>>
>>I have, for the second time this year, a resistant strep infection (in
>>throat and ear, last time nose and throat) and am on a second cycle of
>>antibiotics, a culture was done Friday results will be in today.
>>
>>I am now wondering if it is more difficult to fight infections when you
>>have PCOS/IR or if I do have a more resistant type of infection, as I
>>initially assumed? My fevers have not been high, and sometimes I have a
>>temperature that is below normal.
>>
>>--
>>Anne
>>
>--
>Hope this helps,
>
>Belle
>
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