Re: 2 questions for docs
From: Richard Chudacoff, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 9 Aug 2003 21:08:05 -0500 (CDT)
At Sat, 9 Aug 2003, Sally wrote:
>
>I have two quick questions for the docs.
>
>1) I am about to start a dosage (twice a day) of metrogel to treat
>bacterial vaginosis. I am also on clomid and trying to conceive. I
>will end the cream only a few days before I should ovulate. Should this
>medicine interfere at all with the sperm, or can it cause any defects in
>a conceived child?
Probably not.
>
>2)The doc gave me the metrogel because I had symptoms of itching and a
>fishy odor. He could not actually see the bacteria under the mocroscope
>because it was cloudy due to a recent Monistat treatment. The itching
>has almost gone away, so I wonder if this is really bacterial vaginosis.
>I am starting treatment in the morning. If it is not actual BV, can it
>hurt to use the metrogel just in case?
>
>Thank you!
If aint broke, don't fix it. If it doesn't bother you, don't treat it
--
Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG
Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC
Sugar Land, TX
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