WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2000: Re: BACTERIAL INFECTION FOR 10 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: BACTERIAL INFECTION FOR 10 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 7 Jan 2000 09:56:24 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Becky wrote: >
>PLEASE HELP!!! I am 24 yrs. old, faithful to one husband, have had
>reoccurring bacterial infections for 10 years.

At this point I question most patients about whether or not it is a recurring discharge or a proven infection.

>For the most part I keep
>it & it never goes away.

Sounds more like a chronic discharge, which, I'm sorry to say to many women, may be incredibly annoying but normal for them.

>I have seen multiple Dr's and been subscribed
>everykind of oral & vaginal antibiotics you can possibily think of. I
>have tried numurous topical creams.

That's why it doesn't sound like an infection if no one could clear it up.

>I have tried every home remedy
>imaginable: yogurt, no douching, wipe correctly, acidophilus tablets,
>douching with vinigar and water, condoms during intercourse. My husband
>has been treated on numurous occassions. Not to mention I had this
>problem even for a period of years when I was not sexually active. I
>have even tried medication to get my PH balance corrected (Aci-jel). I
>have been tested for diabetes, Aids, and other sexually transmitted
>diseases that all showed up negative. Even my papsmear results come
>back normal.

With recurrent infection, it shouldn't.

>I am extremely clean and take daily showers and wear
>cotton panties and loose clothes. I have tried every preventive measure
>possible. In fact, I have even followed advice to iron my panties so
>the heat would kill the bacteria remaining after laundering my clothing.
>All my doctors have come to a dead end stop. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY
>SOLUTIONS??????

I see several very frustrated women a year with the same story, after having gone to many, many doctors without relief. Thisis the internet and I can't be sure, but is it just possible that this is a chronic discharge and not an infection? Just a thought.

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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