Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Girly question ... really need some help here

Hey Guys,

Sorry for asking yet another girly question but I don't really have anyone else to ask. I was going to try asking my bf's mom, but chickenend out

Anyways, I've been having a lot of problems "down there" lately ... first I thought it was a bladder infection but was told my urine came back negative. I just have alternating bouts of pain and burning (especially when I urinate) and generally just don't "feel right" down there.

Anyways, last week I had my annual pap smear, and it went worse than usual, it was actually really painful. Now granted, the resident said she wasn't the most experienced at doing it but still, it was awful.

THankfully it came back negative, except that the lab noted that it was an inflammatory result or something. I don't know much about this stuff but my doc said that could mean I have some sort of infection (possibly yeast) going on which the pap wouldn't detect.

So, she suggested I just do the Canesten/Monistat thing and and see if it feels better. Thing is, I've never had a yeast infection before and I don't feel confident that is what it is so don't want to spend the money on the treatment and go through that for nothing. She said my other option was to come back and they can just take a swab (oh goody) and then they'll be able to see what it is (if anything) for sure.

Can I get some advice? From what I've heard it doesn't seem like a yeast infection but I'm definately suspicious of some other infection...but I don't even know what else you can get "down there"

Thanks guys, I hope this wasn't TMI...I'm finding I'm really missing my Mom right now.

Kelly

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