YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for May, 2003: Re: potato-smelling discharge, still BV?

Re: potato-smelling discharge, still BV?

From: Hector Nemirovsky M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 20 May 2003 17:39:53 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 20 May 2003, neo wrote: >
>ok, so I've been treated for BV twice already.
>Took 1 week of flagyl, it didn't go away, so I was prescribed another 2
>weeks of it and have just recently finished that.
>
>The problem is that although it seems to be somewhat better, it still
>looks like I still have BV. A little creamy, kind of watery discharge,
>white or sometimes clear, but one unusual thing about it is it's
>potato-like smell. And my vulva is a little itchy at times, but nothing
>I would equate to a yeast infection.
>
>Could this still be BV? Or is it normal, or could I have gotten a yeast
>infection from all the antibiotics? (I've heard of yeast infections
>smelling like bread, but not potatoes).
>
>Thanks for your time!

Try for yeast.

-- Hector Nemirovsky M.D. Fmr Head Obstetrics Division, Hospital Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina Fmr Assistant Professor in Obstetrics at Medical School, Buenos Aires University, Argentina Private Practice, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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