WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 2001: Re: [Birth Control] birth control and infection

Re: [Birth Control] birth control and infection

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 29 Dec 2001 18:42:16 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 28 Dec 2001, babs wrote: >
>I started having intercourse with my current boyfriend about 4 years
>ago. We used condoms and a few months later I started using Lo Ovral bc
>pills. Months later I started getting a lot of vaginal infections
>(yeast and bacterial). I had never had any infections before. I
>changed many things to get rid of them, including my eating habits, but
>nothing helped. I was getting sick from worrying. I finally took about
>a year off from the pill, and only got one simple yeast infection. Last
>year, I started the pill again and the same thing is happening. I like
>the convenience of the pill and the regular periods, but I HATE the
>infections. Is there some other bc pill that might help, or another
>safe method of birth control?

the pill cna contribute to yeast infections -- ask your doc about a different pill - some are more troublesome for certain women than others.

--
M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
S. Lake Tahoe, CA

author of "Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide"

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