WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 2000: Re: metrogel

Re: metrogel

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 27 Dec 2000 11:10:20 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 27 Dec 2000, al wrote: >
>have been told that a milky discharge is normal. not large amounts, but
>it does "sputter" out when I bear-down using the restroom. no
>irritation, no strong odor (what odor there is smells like baby
>formula?!) I have had a tube of metrogel that I never used, as the
>culture came back nonbacterial, a while ago. I decided that this
>discharge may be bacterial vaginitis, I am on my 2nd day of treatment.
>no more milky discharge, just clear gel and little chunks of dry white
>stuff. is this the metrogel at work?

It is hard to know. It is impossible to diagnosis a specific type of vaginitis over the net. Further it is concerning to treat something without really knowing what it is-it can compound the problem and the ultimate diagnosis. Now that you have started, finish the metrogel and see how things go afterward... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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