WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 2000: Re: but wht should i expect from using metrogel?

Re: but wht should i expect from using metrogel?

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 28 Dec 2000 10:17:25 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 28 Dec 2000, al wrote: >
>thank you for the response, but what would be expected as a
>discharge/side effect of metrogel use? would the gel and lumpy white
>matter wash out? The white discharge (the supposed bcterial infection)is
>gone, but the gel comes out with little clumps of white stuff. is this
>bacteria being washed out of my system? no pharmacist can tell me what
>to expect with this treatment. my dr. is on xmas vacation, and i can't
>get the dr. who is filling in to get back to me, or her nurse. Also,
>what is a normal amount of healthy discharge? May a woman expect to see
>it when she pushes down to go to the bathroom, or should no discharge
>come out? I'm confused about this. thank you so very much.

Some of the gel will certainly come out. The discharge that is whitish is likely a combination of cervical mucous and maybe some reactive discharge containing white blood cells and cellular debris and certainly some small amounts of bacterial matter-all of this only microscopically visible. The amount of normal vaginal discharge varies significantly from person to person, as well as the time of the cycle in the same person. Some women have no significant discharge, while others require a panty liner at all times. The main thing to consider when gauging normal versus abnormal is that it shouldn't be malodorous or irritative. If it is neither, then it is probably normal... Lynn

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

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