YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for August, 2001: Re: confliciting diagnosis

Re: confliciting diagnosis

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 11 Aug 2001 07:22:35 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 8 Aug 2001, dez wrote: >
>Drs. I have asked questions of you guys many times regarding warts,
>yeast infection and bacterial infections since February. My question
>today is a result of just getting home from another dr.s appointment. My
>problem is that I end up getting a discharge every month though they may
>vary in the type of discharge there is never an odor until this time no
>itching involved that’s why I usually go to the doctor instead of
>treating it myself. Every month I go to the doctor and every month I’m
>either given a combo of metron gel and diflucan or diflucan and terazol
>7 cream. This time I went to one doctor and she told me bacterial
>infection (one week ago) then today I went to another doctor and he
>didn’t bother to look inside me he inserted his finger and said that it
>was yeast on the outside only though. But I have discharge and he gave
>me a cream to use for the outside only for the itching and he said I
>didn’t really need to take the medication for the bacterial infection. I
>cant read his writing to well but I think it says Mycolog. How do u
>treat discharge which comes from the inside with an external cream. My
>question is why do two doctors give me different diagnosis. So now I
>have two different prescriptions and I don’t know if I should trust
>either of them. I’m starting to feel frustrated and like the drs are
>just trying to get me out of the office. Do any of the doctors have any
>suggestions. Also is metron gel an antibiotic that can cause yeast
>infections and does having warts removed have anything to do with these
>constant infection, they started after i found about the warts.
Dez

First, warts do not cause infections, but the wart virus, as it is sexually transmitted often travels with other sexually related issues. Go to one doc and stay with him, be sure you feel comfortable with him. Suggest he do cultures on you, bacterial, chlamydial and gonorrhea. Do not overreact to your discharge. In general, if it does not itch, burn, have an odor or horrible color, it can be watched. Too much treatment is a bad thing.

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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Editorial Advisor-Pregnancy and Birth
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.

*Please understand I can not respond to private emails.

*These comments are for educational purposes only.  They are
not meant to take the place of an examination by a qualified
health care provider.  They are not intended to be the start
of a physician-patient relationship.

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