Irene: re: Strep

June 13, 2002

Irene,

Did you have Strep B? I had high Strep B also and was given antibiotics. I

did do a lot of research on the internet and my doctors didn't like that

either...well I think it helps a lot and at least you can ask intelligent

questions. It seems that Strep B resides in the bowel and in the vagina

and is mainly a problem for newborn babies during delivery. It may always

show up on testing. I think the antibiotics did more harm than good and I

still had the Strep B.

Keep reading here...you'll get a lot of good information. You do need a

doctor who is willing to work with you though. I hope you find someone,

even though they really don't know how to solve the problem. I ask my

doctor for prescriptions to things that have helped others here. Have they

checked for atrophy? Actually, several doctors said that I didn't have

atrophy and then I had to go to a woman urologist for extremely frequent

urination and she said my atrophy was severe and prescribed topical

Estrace, which did make an improvement, although not a cure. Try sea salt

baths with a LOT of good sea salt, might give some relief. I put plain

yogurt on during my morning shower. Ice packs are great for instant

relief. A Physical Therapist that specializes in Women's Health and can

give internal massage. You can call the APTA, American Physical Therapy

Association, to try to find one in your area.

Just keep up hope and keep trying things that are mentioned from this

group.

Lynne (NJ)

Message: 4

Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:06:50 -0000

Subject: Re: does anything help itching and burning

Thanks for your replies. I don't really know my diagnosis and that's

why I didn't post it. My gyn said vulvodynia. He sent me to

specialist who is dermatologist. She said lichen planus although she

didn't see active signs of it. She is not wanting to do a biopsy. She

now says I have strep on culture and wants me to take clindamycin and

diflucan to prevent yeast. My gyn said he didn't normally treat

strep. Some gyn on another board is adament that strep doesn't cause

infection, says it only colonizes. I told the derm this and she said

that wasn't current info. I can't find anything that supports her

claim though.

So basically I am just hanging out and doing nothing. I don't trust

the derm. and don't know any other doctors to see for this in my

area. I can't find a local support group.

This derm did not like me getting on the internet and researching

this problem. She also likes to tell me that it won't kill me but it

will depress me. And that's the good news? LOL

Apparently she thinks I am over-reacting because I find this

stressful. Doctors don't know what causes these problems and

treatment is experimental. And that is not enough to cause stress?

I've got to have support from somewhere and I can't exactly go up to

people in the grocery store and ask if they have this problem and

would like to get together. Why can't doctors understand how it

affects our lives?

September 14, 2002

Hi Irene,

I'm new to this site, but am desperate for some help since I've been

dealing with a very uncomfortable situation for some time now.

I haven't had any problems in the vaginal/bladder area for many years

and about 6 weeks ago I felt the need to urinate quite frequently (and

I haven't been sexually active in about 7 months). I figured I could

have gotten a bladder infection from my tampons or something and when

I went to the OBGYN, he said it was yeast and that's what was probably

causing that need to urinate.

So I went on Diflucan and 7 days of Terazol which on the 4th day

started burning me to death. I go back to the OBGYN after that

experience and then he tells me I have a bacterial infection and puts

me on 2 days of Flagyl and 5 days of Metrogel. Well, that almost

killed me (burning wise), but I figured it was doing the job so I

finished it. Then after all that was over, I couldn't even sit for a

week. I was so raw it was awful. But I still felt the urge to

urinate all the time.

Then I went to the Urologist and they said there was no infection,

but my urethra was probably short so I should get a cystoscopy and

dilation. So I do this (thinking this is the problem) and then

things just got worse. Now I'm feeling the need to urinate all the

time, but they don't think it's coming from my bladder, the doctors

say the Vagina is still off PH wise and very acidic. I even went on 5

days of CIPRO in the event it was a low grade infection, but didn't

have that much improvement on it (so I guess it really isn't a UTI).

So my question to you is, do you know of a lot of people who can have

that need to urinate (even right after I urinate) just from an

inflamed vaginitis? I know it makes sense because the bladder/urethra

are right next to the Vaginal wall, but I've never experienced

something like this. Could it just take a while for the vaginal walls

to come back to a normal PH and the burning is what's causing that

need to urinate a lot?

Any help would be much appreciated!! I've tried everything and now

the doctor wants me to do a baking soda douche. I tried it once, but

it didn't help much.

Please write me back at MARIA_TESS@...

Thank you sooooo much!!!

but I begged for an antibiotic and was on CIPRO for 5 days. By the

fifth day I thought I

> Irene,

>

> Did you have Strep B? I had high Strep B also and was given

antibiotics. I

> did do a lot of research on the internet and my doctors didn't like

that

> either...well I think it helps a lot and at least you can ask

intelligent

> questions. It seems that Strep B resides in the bowel and in the

vagina

> and is mainly a problem for newborn babies during delivery. It may

always

> show up on testing. I think the antibiotics did more harm than good

and I

> still had the Strep B.

>

> Keep reading here...you'll get a lot of good information. You do

need a

> doctor who is willing to work with you though. I hope you find

someone,

> even though they really don't know how to solve the problem. I ask

my

> doctor for prescriptions to things that have helped others here.

Have they

> checked for atrophy? Actually, several doctors said that I didn't

have

> atrophy and then I had to go to a woman urologist for extremely

frequent

> urination and she said my atrophy was severe and prescribed topical

> Estrace, which did make an improvement, although not a cure. Try

sea salt

> baths with a LOT of good sea salt, might give some relief. I put

plain

> yogurt on during my morning shower. Ice packs are great for instant

> relief. A Physical Therapist that specializes in Women's Health and

can

> give internal massage. You can call the APTA, American Physical

Therapy

> Association, to try to find one in your area.

>

> Just keep up hope and keep trying things that are mentioned from

this

> group.

>

> Lynne (NJ)

> Message: 4

> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:06:50 -0000

> From: " lren29 " <lren29@y...>

> Subject: Re: does anything help itching and burning

>

> Thanks for your replies. I don't really know my diagnosis and that's

> why I didn't post it. My gyn said vulvodynia. He sent me to

> specialist who is dermatologist. She said lichen planus although she

> didn't see active signs of it. She is not wanting to do a biopsy.

She

> now says I have strep on culture and wants me to take clindamycin

and

> diflucan to prevent yeast. My gyn said he didn't normally treat

> strep. Some gyn on another board is adament that strep doesn't cause

> infection, says it only colonizes. I told the derm this and she said

> that wasn't current info. I can't find anything that supports her

> claim though.

>

> So basically I am just hanging out and doing nothing. I don't trust

> the derm. and don't know any other doctors to see for this in my

> area. I can't find a local support group.

>

> This derm did not like me getting on the internet and researching

> this problem. She also likes to tell me that it won't kill me but it

> will depress me. And that's the good news? LOL

>

> Apparently she thinks I am over-reacting because I find this

> stressful. Doctors don't know what causes these problems and

> treatment is experimental. And that is not enough to cause stress?

> I've got to have support from somewhere and I can't exactly go up to

> people in the grocery store and ask if they have this problem and

> would like to get together. Why can't doctors understand how it

> affects our lives?

September 14, 2002