Help with an unusual question

[lizwinlove.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I am currently dealing with my second ever yeast infection. The first one I had came like a day and a half before my period, and so that cleared it up and I didn't have to worry about it anymore. I'm currently treating it with oral AZO yeast and vaginal itching cream. Not the most aggressive treatment, but I lost my job last week so I can't afford to see a doctor right now. One application of the cream seems to last until I shower, and the pills are helping too.

Anyway, the discharge is pretty bad, a clumpy creamy yellowish color. If I look with a hand mirror its bad internally and externally. My underwear are a wreck (last night I slept in a pad just to protect my undies, it was that bad.) When I pee, the toilet is full of much darker than normal yellow liquid and is very cloudy: obviously the yeast.

Why do I mention that part? Well, I had some unprotected sex recently, and the day to test for pregnancy is coming up on Wednesday. I'm fairly certain with my unaggressive treatment I will still be battling this then.

My question is: will the yeasties affect the pee test? Will they give a false negative or positive?

Thanks!

Comments

[hadespuppy.livejournal.com]

Not likely. The tests test for hCG, which is only ever present when produced by an embryo. The only way I could see a yeastie interfering is if you get some discharge on the strip and it clogs things up somehow. But as long as you test mid stream, you should be fine.

[archangelbeth]

I agree -- should be little or no problem. I'd consider wiping up before the test with a damp paper towel or washcloth, and maybe holding your labia apart so the urine stream isn't touching them, but... well, my urine test for pregnancy was accurate despite decidual bleeding. O:>

[fireaphid.livejournal.com]

I agree with the other comments, but, to be honest, that doesn't sound like a yeast infection at all. Copious, creamy, yellow discharge with itching is characteristic of a bacterial infection, not a fungal one, and that needs antibiotics. Do you have a local Planned Parenthood or health department? Do you need help finding one?

[lizwinlove.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Maybe I described it weirdly. Through the big YI post in the YI tags I found a link to a site with pictures. What I have is exactly the picture labelled as a YI. When I described the discharge as "creamy yellowish" I didn't mean creamy in texture and yellow, I meant creamy in color, with a yellowISH tinge as opposed to bright white, although since writing this post it's become a lot whiter. And it was a little clumpy to begin with but its definitely predominantly been the texture of egg whites. The meds I've been using have been helping immensely. The itching is gone now and the discharge nearly is too.

[fireaphid.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay, yeah, that sounds different. . . good to hear it's getting better!