Re: Light Lower Back Pain
From: j wang, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Oct 2000 18:48:13 -0600 (CST)
It would be odd for a yeast infection to cause baack pain. It sounds
more like a back strain since the pain is not there in the Am but back
in the afternoon. If it persists, call your gyn or primary care.
At Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Jade wrote:
>
>I've already gone to the dr and had a papsmear done and blood tests for
>STDs. I seam to be fine. Well except that I had yeast infection.
>Something strange though. I had my pap done just the day before I had
>my period and I sometimes have this light lower back pain (I wouldn't
>even call it pain but maybe discomfort) just before and during my
>period. But after this last period I still feel that weird back pain
>like I'm still on my period but I don't have my period anymore. Would
>it be possible that something inside got irritated when it was messed
>with during a tender time period? Or do you think it could be something
>serious. If I did have something wouldn't the dr be able to know by all
>the exams I took? My dr says I'm fine. Last day I had my period was
>10/13/00. And the 'pain' usually goes away when I wake up in the
>morning and it comes back sometime during the day? Another funny thing
>is that I seam to feel like passing gas and it comes from that exact
>part I feel the discomfort in (the lower back). And sometimes my sides
>(at waist) feel sore. I thought these things were too strange just to
>be some faze my body is going through. I do have yeast infection is
>what my dr said and I did not know that yeast infections can cause lower
>back pains, which is what I read somewhere. Something about overgrowth
>of yeast .......
>Any input would be apreciated ... Thank you ....
--
James Wang, M.D
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine
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