Re: 'Dead flesh' odor
From: TJ (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 22 Oct 2001 21:45:39 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks so much for replying. I (amazingly!) was able to get an appt
with her for tomorrow afternoon. I've come across fistulas in some of
the articles I've found on IBD - how do I find out if I have one of
those? Is it the gyn who would look for that or my gastro? Either way,
what is the exam or test for that? OR is this something the surgeon
might see when she removes my gall bladder this Friday? I don't think I
can take having one more thing wrong with me!
God, what a mess I am.... I hit 30 and everything went to hell in a
handbasket..
>
>At Sun, 21 Oct 2001, TJ wrote:
<SNIP>
>>I have menstrual cycles that are at least 35+ days. I notice once I get
>>far into my cycle, I'm assuming soon before my period arrives, that I
>>have a HORRIBLE odor during sex. I mean, it's so bad that I can hardly
>>continue. It smells just like dead flesh. This has been on and off for
>>like a year or so; hard to remember when it started. My fiance has
>>never said anything but I know there is no way he can't notice it. I've
>>read info on bacterial vaginosis and that seems to mention a fishy odor;
>>this is anything but fishy. I don't have any other symptoms, no
>>itchiness, etc. I do have PCOS so I know my hormones can be very out of
>>whack at any given time. I also have either colitis or Crohn's disease
>>(in the testing phase) and I am due to have my gall bladder removed this
>>Friday. Could any of this be related? If not, does anyone have any idea
>>what this could be? I am wondering what to expect at the gyn's office.
>>
>>Please give me your input! Thank you.
At Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Richard Chudacoff, MD wrote:
>
>It does sound like you might have bacterial vaginosis. I'm sure that
>the examination your gynecologist will perform will determine the cause
>of this odor.
>
>When you have a fluctuation in your hormone production you can have
>excess of abnormal growth of the vaginal flora. Also there is a
>possibility, with inflammatory bowel disease, to have a fistula from the
>intestine and colon into the vagina or uterus, and this can give a fecal
>smell.
>
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