Question:
Hello Everybody. I have a reoccuring bacterial vaginosis case. It makes me have alot of discharge and burning sensation when I urinate. Ive taken 4 different medications in the last 3 months. It will go away for a few days and it comes back 4 or 5 days after i am done with my medication. I dont know whats causing it. My doctor said it isn't related to sexual intercourse, there is no way my boyfriend could be reinfecting me. I read somewhere there is a link to herpes virus and bacterial vaginosis.
Does anybody get bacterial vaginosis with an outbreak or quite frequently?
My OBGYN is so horrible. I hate going to their office. Their nurse acts liek she knows me and treats me horrible. My doctor tells me Im overreacting. But she has no idea how painful it is to urinate. UTI's have been ruled out. My blood count is normal. She even did a stool culture and that was normal. MY OBGYN tested my discharge and said i didn't have a yeast nor a bacterial infection. I went to my family doctor and she tested it and said I had a bacterial infection. I went back to my OB Gyn and she read the lab results over the computer on a shared network and said no that isn't a bacterial vaginosis. But I was treated anyways. And now when i pee it was fine...I was so happy my infection went away. I started the mdeication 02-13-07 for 7 days..and now today its started to burn when i pee....I dont know whats causing this. The only thing i can think of is sex. Me and my boyfriend of many years, do not use protection. We also use lubrication to avoid a herpes outbreak. Could it be the lubrication? Its the orginal KY jelly....no scent no warming..no nothing..plain jane....He also pulls out before he ejaculates..sorry to much information. and I immediately pee and take a shower and use st. ives..intimate wash. id o not douche....do not do anything and i dont know whats causing this.....I think it might be rrelated to the HSV 2...

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sex is def a issue.
You SHOULD NOT be having sex while you have these infections, and he can be passing it back and forth (just like a yeast infection) has he been tested?

first thing, stop having sex - you can do it- i would rather go a month with out sex, then have chronic bacterial vaginosis. get your stuff under control, get his stuff under control (that means hes going to the doctor no-if-and-or-buts)
then when everything looks ok..... no issues, go for it like wild rabbits

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I have to go back to the hospital once again .... my doc is so silly she always like rushes me out of the hospital room. Anyways so i will be tested and treated once again.....do u know what kind of test he would have to do...and what kind of doctor he has to see? Stupid stupid question but women have OBGYNS what do men have? :confused: :oops: :oops:

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OMG .. BV!!

I get CONSTANTLY..I"ve had docs tell me I don't have it..find out I do later...and bottom line..is I'm always right on the money..

I know I have it every time..I'm talking every other stankin month..I hate them!!

I don't just get them w/an o/b...I get them no matter when it is.

Now I take Metro..something..for them IF THE DOC AGREES I HAVE ONE..OTHERWISE I SUFFER...
But.those meds cause a YEAST infection when I am on my 7th day..so than I suffer w/that! But at least I can go get over the counter remedy for that..

but I don't use lubrication..and I still get them...they give you the soap story, perfume this...laundry softener that...detergent that...BUT i use NONE of that and I still get them.

They say my husband can't give it to me but I know they can..
and mind you this is 3 DOCTER OPINIONS!!
THis issue gets me sooo pissed off.

Men can just go to their family docs for penis related issues, hun.
Bottom line docs say its sooo hard to diagnois because of how it looks under the microscope but I say if they made the meds OTC. .. screw the doc, i'd get my own stuff..

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So now I have a doc appointment today at 2:45. I hate telling her once again.....it burns when i pee...cause she does a Urine sample to see if its a UTI which i know its not, a UTI makes me strain to pee and burns bad all day. With a Bacterial vaginosis...that makes me have discharge.....and makes it burn when i pee....I am going to tell her.....The medicine she gave me completely healed the BV but immediately after i was done with the meds i had unprotected sex with my boyfriend and now i feel burning again...i hate it.....So now Once i take the meds......I feel like i dont want to have sex.......just to avoid the burning.....sad huh....oh well i just cant figure it out. I try to do everything right.....I....Use lubrication to avoid, rippin of skin so that i dont get an outbreak....I watch which kind of lubrication i use...fragrance free etc. Its original KY JELLY.....and.....i use st. ives vaginal cleaser...which is soap free so wont mess up any chemicals. I do not douche...do not even put a finger inside me when i wash.....and right after sex.....I shower......use the soap...and them pee immediately to avoid a urinary tract infection....then i get out of the shower....do not use any lotion in the area. pat myself dry and get the blow dryer to finish the drying.....but no matter what i still get this bacterial stuf....:(....sorry for my intesity but i am frustrated....my doctor keeps saying, i have Chronic Bacterial Vaginosis. But im convinced my boyfriend has the infection also. and she said there is absolutely no way he came have it. So now I am going to the doc today...going to get treated. going to stop having sex and see how long it takes for the bacterial vaginosis to come back.....I am going to experiment with myself....Also I wish I could try that purrell stufff...but i have a vagina...lol....but this bacterial vaginosis sucks.....cause it ruins my sex life. And......I think i have developed an anxiety. Every lil thing i freak out...When it comes to my health. I barely have a back ache and head ache.....and think....its.....meninggitis from the herpes......i have a tummy ache and think i have ovarian cysts....i have diarrea and i think i have chrohns or colon cancer....:(......my boobs hurt before my period so i think....i have breast cancer......then i realize i am freaking out...and think i have a thyroid problem...thyroid can cause panic attacks...then i cry and freak out and think im losing my mind......:(......I am the doctors constantly. On days when my body feels good i am on top of the world....and when it feels sick i feel as if i will die tomorrow. With this is it hard to concentrate on school...and yeah.....just want my body to get better dang it......oh well....sorry for the whole story...just want to know if anybody can relate. I know im not depressed because i am happy go lucky always, just when it comes to my health i nose dive....i think its because ive had herpes for awhile, just didn;'t know it. Until doctor did a blood test....so now i think....if i had herpes and didn't know it....what else could i have? i am 19 years old and have HSV 2, Asthma, Chronic Bacterial Vaginosis..Now developing an axiety disorder lol ....what else...?

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um...yeah, I don't know how to tell you this, but....your doctor is a fuckin' idiot. I can't believe I am reading this shit. They should have their medical licence suspened and/or revoked. I am so sorry you have an idiot for an ob/gyn

You and your boyfriend CAN pass back and forth bachterial infections!!!!!!

You can have it, give it to him, it is then on him (more affectionately known as "jock itch" in men!!) and then once you are healed, He can give it back to you!!!! HE should be undergoing treatment the same time you are. HE should be on some sort of meds same time as you, as well as using any sort of external medicines to wipe this shit out. And yes, you SHOULD BOTH BE ABSTAINING FROM SEX FOR A WHILE, at least until you get this stuff cleared up. But all you two are doing is passing it back and forth to one another. Hence the "chronic" infection.

If I was you, I would look for a new doctor. Get this taken care of once and for all. This is insane. You shouldn't have to put up with this. The fact that the people in your doctors office are so rude is reason enough to tell them to piss off. They work for YOU.....they need to get off their high horse.

Grrrrr......this makes me so mad! Doctors and their God complexes such.

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I agree, you need good quality medical care - step one.

But if you continue to have anxieties about symptoms then try reading up on 'health anxiety' to nip it in the bud so to speak. There's some good self-help stuff you can refer to.

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Okay back from my apointment....the doctor did the usually urine analysis and tmi....and yup...positive for a bacterial infection....soooo.....the same antibiotic...clyndamycin...and she addmitted.....that my boyfriend could have a BV and can keep reinfecting me....i got mad and told her how she said the last appointment he couldn't be reinfecting me...and she said...wel what i ment was its not an STD, you cant catch it....but hey didn't she just contradict herself? cause tho it may not be an std, it can still be passed...dam i wasn't asking if it was an std...i asked.....if my bf could be giving it to me.................omg.............and then to make it worse... the nurse came back after the doctor left and she said, well hey its not bad.....its not like an std or anything and she made an ugly face.....id ont think she was away that i have genital herpes.....which is an std...and.....im not BAD for having it...:( so yeah i was so mad today....lol....but im so glad i have you guys to come talk to at the beginning and end of the day:)

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Okay I got a new revelation

My doc called me today to tell me that indeed I do have BV he seen it in the pap tests..NOT the pelvic exam.
He also said that a man can pass back and forth a yeast infection .. not abacterial vaginosis. I called over to the ob/gyn who delivered my sons and he said the SAME THING..and i really trust that man.

And this is what he sent to me in an email after I emailed him w/the same question: Bacterial Vaginosis is not strictly an STD as it is not transmitted via sexual intercourse. However, it can be exacerbated by sex and is more frequently found in sexually active women than those who have never had intercourse. It is caused by an imbalance in the normal healthy bacteria found in the vagina and although it is relatively harmless and may pass unnoticed, it can sometimes produce an abundance of unpleasant fishy smelling discharge. Whilst there is no clear explanation as to why BV occurs, there have been suggestions that the alkaline nature of semen could be one cause, as it may upset the acidic nature of the vaginal bacteria. Another cause can be the use of an intrauterine contraceptive device (coil). A woman cannot pass BV to a man, but it is important she receives treatment as BV can occasionally travel up into the uterus and fallopian tubes and cause a more serious infection. Treatment for BV consists of taking antibiotics, like you are taking now, Flagyl or the generic.

I totally believe that. I was given Flagyl today, 3 times a day for 7 days. He did say you can have sexual intercourse but use a condom because the semen can weaken the medicene.

I just wanted you to know this..