Re: Foul-smelling, yellow discharge for years after several negative tests/exams. Pt. 1/2
From: Marisa Geller MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 7 Feb 2003 19:36:03 -0300
You migth need a culture of the discharge.
Marisa Geller M.D.
Coordinator Obgyn.net Latina
Specialist on Obstetrics and Gynecology
Specialist on Fertility and Sterility
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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From: ryver <anonymous@obgyn.net>
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Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 6:36 PM
Subject: Foul-smelling, yellow discharge for years after several negative
tests/exams. Pt. 1/2
> I am 32, no children. I have had this discharge, or some variation of
> it, for as long as I can remember. I was on tetracycline for acne at
> age 13. Horrible yeast infections ALL the time...I was so scared (and
> ignorant), I did not tell my mother. The infections went away on their
> own. My first sexual encounter at age 15 (two times with same person)
> and then met my now husband. We married right out of high school, then
> went to college. My 2nd or 3rd year in college, I lost 30 lb. The
> discharge and smell went away!!! I was SOOO relieved and happy. About
> 3-4 years later, it came back. Went to the doctor. She said I had
> trich..gave us both antibiotics. My husband and I both have always been
> monogamous. She said I probably got it from a towel/toilet seat. I
> don't know. Anyway, it goes away again....for a while. A few years
> later, my husband and I separate for year. I had one sexual partner
> during that time....discharge comes back. Go to the doctor and get the
> same answer that I have gotten ever since..."a few yeast....nothing
> else". Luckily, my husband and I are back together, and have been so
> for the past 7 years now. This discharge has been constant (sometimes
> it might go away for a day or two and then come back).
>
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