Re: STD: Cervicitis
From: Garry Siegel, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:48:27 -0600 (CST)
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Try not to worry and wait on results. You can have cervicitis from
things OTHER than STDs, and yes, the old results could have been wrong.
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Garry Siegel, MD
Roswell, GA
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At Fri, 11 Jan 2008, Just Wondering... wrote:
>
>I was just diagnosed with cervicitis. My Dr. sent out cultures for
>staph/strep and also for chlamydia/ghonerrhea. I was tested for
>chlamydia/ghonerrhea back in August at my pap and it was negative. I
>have not been with anyone since April. I'm just wondering whether
>there's any chance the test results from August could be wrong. Could
>the other Dr. I saw for my pap have gotten a bad sample from me? Seems
>unlikely but just wondered if this ever happens. Results won't be back
>until later next week. When I was reading about it sounds like it is
>often the result of STD's so now I'm a little more worried.
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