Re: Vaginal Itch - no diagnosis
From: John Essien MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 5 Jul 2003 10:14:17 -0500 (CDT)
>From your symptoms, it does not seem to me to be HPV. Again, HPV can be
diagosed through a DNA based test or more generally through a PAP
smear.The cultured bacteria can also be tested for antibiotic
specificity. A biopsy of the affected regions would help determine the
cause of your inflammatory condition.
At Sat, 5 Jul 2003, anonymous wrote:
>
>Please help. Any thoughts would be unbelievably appreciated.
>
>I am 33 years old and have been unable to conceive. I have been
>cultured many, many times and treated with various cream and pill forms
>of antibiotics. I have a profuse yellow discharge and vulval itch. The
>itch/irritation is rarely vaginal, and do not feel raw on the vaginal
>walls. The itch and irratation is intense at times and can be anywhere
>from my pubic hair region to my anus, and under my clitoral hood.
>
>I am desparate for relief. The only culturable bacteria is strep b, and
>is very heavily overgrown. It will not respond to antibiotics. It is
>also in my urine. I know that I also lack good bacteria (acidopholus),
>probably as a result of all the antibiotics.
>
>Could this be HPV? Is this regularly tested during annuals? Other
>thought was DIV (desquamatory inflammatory vaginitis)?
>
>Please, please, please any feedback would help.
>
>--
>Thanks,
>Kim
>
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John Essien, M.D. SOCOG
Camaguey, Cuba; Basseterre, St. Kitts
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