WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 2002: Re: Question about bacterial infection & itching during period

Re: Question about bacterial infection & itching during period

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 16 Apr 2002 14:09:56 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 16 Apr 2002, anon wrote: >
>I am on the last day of taking Flagyl for a bacterial infection. Before
>the Flagyl my doctor prescribed Diflucan (3 days) for what she though
>was a yeast infection. This was about 3 weeks ago. When it didn't
>clear up my problem, she prescribed the Flagyl.
>
>The symptoms have improved, but this morning I started my period and I
>have some itching, which hasn't happened before. Nothing unbearable,
>but it's different than the symptoms I had with the bacterial infection,
>which were more irritation than itching.
>
>1st Question:
>Could just 7 days of taking Flagyl cause a yeast infection? Or is this
>just the tail-end of the bacterial infection?
>

Could be either one, though Flagyl rarely causes yeast infections.

>2nd Question:
>She prescribed Diflucan because I had a reaction to Monistat (*severe*
>itching, unbearable). I notice that there are different active
>ingredients in different OTC yeast infection treatments...if I had a bad
>reaction to Monistat, will I have the same problem with others? Monistat
>was so bad I don't want to experiment if the chances are that another
>bad reaction will occur.

I would try Terezol first. It is not OTC, but it is quite effective, and different from Monistat.

>
>3rd Question:
>Also, should the symptoms of the bacterial infection be completely gone
>by the time I finish the Flagyl, or is it possible that they would still
>persist for a few days?

They should be gone.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute for consultation and examination by a licensed medical professional.

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