STREP.

[sadiedecayed.livejournal.com]

i just got a call from my doctor with pap results i had done last week. they said i have a yeast infection (not having any symptoms) and that i have strep. what IS strep? i'm being given some antibiotics and two doses of diflucan. anyone have any info on the infection and how the hell i got it, etc? thanks.

-kylie.

Comments

[lizdefiance.livejournal.com]

ohhhh, just my "i hate antibiotics" warning -- make sure you replentish your body with good flora. antibiotics have a tendency to kill off most of the bacteria that is healthy for your body. take some acidophalous to reintroduce it to your body!

[palliddreamer.livejournal.com]

Strep is a bacteria. Strep in general is a gram positive bacteria that colonizes the oral cavity and in about 25% of women, colonizes the vagina. Colonization is not in itself dangerous, and if you're showing no signs of active infection, I don't understand why they're treating it. Most of the time they only treat women about to give birth so as to avoid giving the baby meningitis.

What antibiotics are they using? The drug of choice for strep (group B in the vagina) is penicillin. It's good they gave you diflucan as well, because the antibiotics could have made the yeast infection worse...

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Do you have a sore throat and did you have a throat swab? If so, that would be strep throat. If the strep result came from the pap, you probably have some type of vaginal/cervical strep infection. Some kinds of streptococcus bacteria can be found in your vagina, naturally, along with other bacteria and yeast, but the pap probably showed an imbalance of some sort. It sounds like you have lots of yeasties and lots of strep, hence the diflucan and antibiotics. You could call your doctor's office back and ask for more information.

[therainqueen.livejournal.com]

I have strep and a UTI. We should start a club.

[kdivinny.livejournal.com]

Ok, just a dumb little thought but this seems a little counter productive. Give you Diflucan to get rid of the yeasties but then antibiotics. Don't they usually cause yeast infections? Huh, what do I know. Good luck and happy vagina to you.

[mejane-83.livejournal.com]

Some women have strep in their vagina. It isn't a bad thing.

It just means that when you have babies and are in labor, you'll be put on antibiotics to keep your baby from getting it.