Re: Nerve Conduction Test/Pudendal Nerve

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YOu mean like a clitoral swab of some kind? My doctor will only do a urine test for mycoplasma and chlamydia. My v doctor said it looked like I had a yeast infection, but the cultures are always negative. Sales wrote: just a thought, but have they tested you for yeast under the clitoral hood? --- Halpin <jessiemaybeath (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote: > Hollis, > > I was diagnosed with lyme as well with a positive > IGM from Igenex. I've

been to five infectious > disease docs. Two think I have it, three don't. > What's confusing to me is that I only have > clitoradynia and some bladder issues. I do not have > any of the other symptoms. I'm more confused by the > day. This doctor wanted to put me on four months of > IV antibiotics and that scares me to death. Whenever > I've been on antis, my clitoradynia gets worse, > which makes me think my problem is yeast related (no > positive yeast cultures of course). Given my > symptoms, do you think it's possible that I really > do have lyme? Do you know anything about the CD 57? > Mine was 64 when I first had it checked. Most > doctors think that it doesn't mean anything. > > Zdamask (AT) wmconnect (DOT) com wrote: > In a message dated 8/31/2007 11:26:23 PM > Eastern Daylight

Time, jessiemaybeath (AT) yahoo (DOT) com > writes: > > > Hollis, > > Do you have any other lyme symptoms besides > vulvadynia? I'm assuming you have vulvadynia. Who > diagnosed you with lyme disease? > > > > I have IC, very severe muscle/nerve > hypersensitivity/exercise intolerance (fibro), > very bad hyperacusis (collapsed tolerance to sound), > photophobia, and > Hashimoto's thyroiditis (hypothyroidism). Boy, i > sound like a total mess when > i type that all out! > > Lyme is still ultimately a clinical diagnosis, based > on history and symptoms, > although having a positive blood test (which can be > hard to get for a variety > of reasons) can cinch the deal, definitely. After > years of suspecting it, > based

on my long list of symptoms and my history of > a distinct bull's-eye rash, > i got the test confirmation through testing with > IgeneX Lab, the premier Lyme > lab in the country. > > Hollis > > > > > --------------------------------- > Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network > Research Panel today! __________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list & sid=396545469

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Whenever I have gotten a yeast infection what I do is get a

mirror and look at the area and I can see the whitish film that

relates to yeast, and I can see it in the clitoral hood. One

way I can check this out too is by taking a q-tip that is wet

and take some of it out and put it on a piece of toilet paper to

see if it is. And it ends up being that: a yeast infection.

I just had a bit of one recently that my doctor gave me a

Diflucan for. As it turns out it's a good thing I've been

taking acidophillous for the last several months for a different

reason and it must have helped to keep it from being a bigger

problem. But I decided that I will continue to take the

acidophillous tablets.

Kristy

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,

Whenever I have gotten a yeast infection what I do is get a

mirror and look at the area and I can see the whitish film that

relates to yeast, and I can see it in the clitoral hood. One

way I can check this out too is by taking a q-tip that is wet

and take some of it out and put it on a piece of toilet paper to

see if it is. And it ends up being that: a yeast infection.

I just had a bit of one recently that my doctor gave me a

Diflucan for. As it turns out it's a good thing I've been

taking acidophillous for the last several months for a different

reason and it must have helped to keep it from being a bigger

problem. But I decided that I will continue to take the

acidophillous tablets.

Kristy

________________________________________________________________________________\

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I saw this message from Kristy and wanted to comment on the EMG (electromyography)

testing. Kristy’s

description of the EMG testing is very accurate. It is not a very pleasant test

and it can be very uncomfortable/painful for some - but it is over very

quickly.

This February I had the EMG test to see if

my pudendal nerve was compressed – which it was, on both sides. From

then on, I did all the conservative treatments (medications, PT, acupuncture) for

pudendal neuropathy. None of them worked for me – so on August 23, I had bi-lateral

decompression surgery for release of the pudendal nerve.

Part of the surgery is the EMG test being conducted

while the surgery is going on in the operating room. To give you an example of

the readings – my left hand side was 5.7 and the nerve was released to a

3.1. My right hand side was 9.0 and the nerve was released to a 3.2. (anything

in the 3+range is a good reading).

Although my surgery was considered successful,

I still have a long way to go for complete recovery. In a couple of months, I have

to start PT, which is required for rebuilding of the muscles of the pelvic

floor and to prevent scar tissue. It can take up to two years for the final healing

of the nerves, and as this is a relatively new surgery, there is not much data

yet on the rate of success or how the recovery affects each person.

If you think your pelvic, anal or clitoral

pain may relate to your pudendal nerve, I would highly suggest you have the EMG

testing done.

nne

“To test the pudenal nerve the

tech places an electrode inside

the vagina around the area of the clitoris base and then an

electrode on your head. Then they measure to see if the nerve

is working.”

[Guest guest]

I saw this message from Kristy and wanted to comment on the EMG (electromyography)

testing. Kristy’s

description of the EMG testing is very accurate. It is not a very pleasant test

and it can be very uncomfortable/painful for some - but it is over very

quickly.

This February I had the EMG test to see if

my pudendal nerve was compressed – which it was, on both sides. From

then on, I did all the conservative treatments (medications, PT, acupuncture) for

pudendal neuropathy. None of them worked for me – so on August 23, I had bi-lateral

decompression surgery for release of the pudendal nerve.

Part of the surgery is the EMG test being conducted

while the surgery is going on in the operating room. To give you an example of

the readings – my left hand side was 5.7 and the nerve was released to a

3.1. My right hand side was 9.0 and the nerve was released to a 3.2. (anything

in the 3+range is a good reading).

Although my surgery was considered successful,

I still have a long way to go for complete recovery. In a couple of months, I have

to start PT, which is required for rebuilding of the muscles of the pelvic

floor and to prevent scar tissue. It can take up to two years for the final healing

of the nerves, and as this is a relatively new surgery, there is not much data

yet on the rate of success or how the recovery affects each person.

If you think your pelvic, anal or clitoral

pain may relate to your pudendal nerve, I would highly suggest you have the EMG

testing done.

nne

“To test the pudenal nerve the

tech places an electrode inside

the vagina around the area of the clitoris base and then an

electrode on your head. Then they measure to see if the nerve

is working.”

[Guest guest]

I saw this message from Kristy and wanted to comment on the EMG (electromyography)

testing. Kristy’s

description of the EMG testing is very accurate. It is not a very pleasant test

and it can be very uncomfortable/painful for some - but it is over very

quickly.

This February I had the EMG test to see if

my pudendal nerve was compressed – which it was, on both sides. From

then on, I did all the conservative treatments (medications, PT, acupuncture) for

pudendal neuropathy. None of them worked for me – so on August 23, I had bi-lateral

decompression surgery for release of the pudendal nerve.

Part of the surgery is the EMG test being conducted

while the surgery is going on in the operating room. To give you an example of

the readings – my left hand side was 5.7 and the nerve was released to a

3.1. My right hand side was 9.0 and the nerve was released to a 3.2. (anything

in the 3+range is a good reading).

Although my surgery was considered successful,

I still have a long way to go for complete recovery. In a couple of months, I have

to start PT, which is required for rebuilding of the muscles of the pelvic

floor and to prevent scar tissue. It can take up to two years for the final healing

of the nerves, and as this is a relatively new surgery, there is not much data

yet on the rate of success or how the recovery affects each person.

If you think your pelvic, anal or clitoral

pain may relate to your pudendal nerve, I would highly suggest you have the EMG

testing done.

nne

“To test the pudenal nerve the

tech places an electrode inside

the vagina around the area of the clitoris base and then an

electrode on your head. Then they measure to see if the nerve

is working.”