Re: bacterial vaginosis/chronic cervicitis
From: Alicia Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:11:17 -0500 (CDT)
Sounds a normal post-op.
At Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Jen wrote:
>
>I went to my Doc in January with a brown foul discharge and discovered I
>had left a tampon in. (I am estimating close to a week and had
>intercourse during that time, I am married w/three kids) They removed
>the tampon and said I had bacterial vaginosis and treated me with metro
>gel. I went in for my annual exam two weeks later, still had traces of
>gel, but everything checked out OK. Before my next period I began
>"spotting" and would bleed with intercourse. Then about a week after my
>period I began "spotting again...it would last about a week, stop and
>then start up about a week before my period. (I am on the pill) I have
>been to the doctor numerous times since then (diagnosed with
>cervicitis), taken 4 rounds of oral antibiotics, and 1 dose of
>prescription fungal cream and 2 diflucan 5 days from each other. The
>problem still exsisted so I had cryosurgery done July 3rd, bled until my
>follow up visit on the 16th of July. I still had a scab and "oozing".
>They asked me to come back in two weeks on 8/6. When I went I had
>(still do) a yellow discharge (no odor) and mild itching, some
>pelvic/lower back discomfort. They said my cervix looked better, but
>the center was still yellow and gooey probably still healing. Then they
>wrote me a prescription for Doxicyclen and said if the spotting started
>again to get it filled...no follow up visit!
>Does this sound normal following cryosurgery with my cervix still
>"gooey"? Should they have done a biopsy or ultra sound before and after
>to see what was causing this problem?
--
Alicia Lapidus MD
Head Obstetrics Division,
Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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