WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2008: Re: GENERAL: Persistent Yellow Discharge

Re: GENERAL: Persistent Yellow Discharge

From: Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 5 Jan 2008 15:14:03 -0600 (CST)

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Chronic cervicitis can cause a persistent discharge. You should have a culposcopy done and consider having a cryo cautery of the cervix if the endocervical glands are secreting abnormal discharge.

Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb New York Downtown Hospital, http://www.nohysterectomy.com

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At Thu, 3 Jan 2008, kulala wrote: >
>I have yellowish discharge for years. Except occasional odor, I don't
>have other symptoms. My GYN ran tests for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and
>Trichomona for more than a couple times already. They came back
>negative. My pap smear has been normal. My problem started long before
>I became sexually active and I always use condoms.
>
>My GYN diagnosed my condition as BV and prescribed me metronidazole
>treatment, both oral and vaginal and a couple times in combination, as
>well as clindamycin. I tried to eat yogurt and probiotics daily.
>Nothing works. The medication and use of other antibiotics (e.g.
>Pennicillin after oral surgery) may clear the discharge when I take them
>but the discharge comes back as soon as I stop. My doctor called my
>case "the most resistant."
>
>However, some materials that I read said yellow discharge is unlikely to
>be caused by BV. I would like to ask whether there are other possible
>causes for my discharge. If my case is in fact BV, how can such a
>resistant case be treated?
>
>Thank you very much.
>Kulala.
>

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