WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2001: Re: Vaginal discharge

Re: Vaginal discharge

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 07:14:38 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Julie wrote: >
>At aroutine examination last Oct/Nov my doctor suggested I had thrush-
>so took over the counter remedy.When i went for a smear test- it came
>back as inadequate- so I went back again and the nurse suggested there
>seemed to be a lot of mucous and that I may have pelvic inflammatort
>disease and gave me 2 lots of strong antibiotics- and suggested if the
>discharge was still there I may be referred for a colposcopy. Swabs
>were taken too- yielding negative results for chlamidya and bacteria.I
>do have a consistent discahrge- does this mean that the nurse suspects
>cancer? ( the nurse realised that all my smear testa since 1992 had been
>inadequate.
>Please help.
>Thanks
>Julie
>
>--
>J.Salt
>

It is certainly bothersome that all the paps since '92 have been inadequate and nobody has thought to follow-up. That said, there is no way for me to know what the practitioners thoughts were. You need an adequate exam to first rule out cervical problems, then concentrate on the discharge issue... Lynn

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

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