Has anyone else had green-grey discharge with pelvic pain and no infection found?

[angelsweep.livejournal.com]

I've been more ill than usual (I have severe fibromyalgia, and suspected endometriosis and IBS) I been having more bowel trouble than usual, and also started urinating excessively, my vaginal discharge became very heavy all month for several months, then 3 weeks ago turned greyish-tinged green, that freaked me out so I went to the doc, got some tests, doc suspected a UTI as the dipstick test showed blood, and I had some vaginal swabs and a pap swab, and the nurse agree the discharge was very abnormal, but when I got my lab tests back, and it couldn't find any UTI, there was trace blood in my urine.  The nurse who did my swabs said it wasn't inflamed inside my vagina, but I did have an abnormal grey-green very clumpy thick discharge that was like an STD, or a cross between thrush and BV.  My swabs came back negative for the STD they tested me for (no surprise since I haven't been sexually active in over a decade), and was not clear on whether I had vaginitis either, only that I had elevated yeast and bacteria cells.  The antibiotics I'd been taking for the presumed UTI for over a week, were not helping at all, and I am only get worse, with pain and pressure in bladder, bowel, lower back and abdomen, frequent urination, and urgency.so I rang the nurse again, and told her my urinary symptoms were getting worse, and the vaginal symptoms had not abated, she talked to the doctor, and he told me to stop the antibiotics and use a thrush cream as well as another antibiotic in case it was also BV.  My discharge is still greenish-grey, but now is tinged with blood, but is not yet as excessive, I just had my period that finished about four days ago, I don't usually get spotting after a period, and its bright red and fresh, its a tiny amount though.   I used my first application of thrush cream last night, and woke up with burning stinging pain inside my vagina.  It went away after a few hours. I haven't started the other other antibiotics yet. I stopped the cranberry and previous antibiotics today, and don't seem to be urinating quite as much, and am trying to drink less even though I get thirsty often. I have pain and cramping in my pelvic area and lower abdomen.  A tender bruised feeling in my lower back, and burning muscular like pain all the way up my back and around my chest (that could just be my fibromyalgia.  When I eat I bloat, and it increased the pain and pressure in my bladder, I can't eat as much as usual without feeling full.  My doctor is not going to do any more tests for now, and instead the nurse has booked me into a sexual health clinic in two weeks.  This has been steadily getting worse for months.  Please, I am really frightened and so depressed about this.  Has anyone had anything like this related to vaginitis?   Also my back pain is getting worse, particularly around my kidneys, though I think it could be muscular - perhaps a fibro flare up.  I don't have burning when I urinate, although occasionally I have some slight burning around my uretha and inside my vagina and throbbing.  Also the new antibiotics I was given scare the hell out of me when I saw they can cause pulmonary fibrosis among other things. My appetite has reduced, probably because I am depressed.

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[spikeyannie.livejournal.com]

Bit of a long shot, but maybe it's diverticulitis? My boyfriend has it and when he had a flare-up (a bad one that resulted in a blockage), some of his symptoms were UTI-like because he had an abscess that pushed on his bladder. I am sorry you're going through this and hope you get some answers!

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

Kidney infection, which is running you down and changing your chemicals enough to cause discharge? They can wander on low grade longer than you would think.

[makale-83.livejournal.com]

I was thinking this too.

[angelsweep.livejournal.com]

I discovered cranberry capsules can have a diuretic effect, and so I stopped them. Only to discover the licorice root tea I've been happily sipping away on throughout the day is also a diuretic and is to be avoided by people with kidney problems. Although I only started drinking a while after I started getting the frequent urination and pain etc, but it's probably not helping! Also I stopped taking valerian, I was taking these supplements, after I stopped amitrip which I was taking to help my insomnia, but I've been taking them for about 6 months, I didn't know they are only meant to be taken short-term say up to 6 weeks. Apparently they can cause kidney and liver problems! I miss them though, I don't sleep at all well now. Another new supplement I've started taking, pretty much right before I started having all this bladder trouble is a multi-supplement for hair, nails and skin, which includes Silica, I've just looked up possible side effects of taking silica, and it lists excessive urination, depleted potassium and dehydration as possible side effects. Also in some people it can cause kidney stones or other trouble if used long-term, I have only been taking it for a few weeks though. It seems to be working very well on my scalp and nail problems though. I tend to have a vitamin D deficiency, but I was taking supplements, but stopped them when I started having all these issues. I should probably ask the doc to check my levels. I just found out that vit D defiancies can make a woman more susceptible to BV.

[makale-83.livejournal.com]

Can you find a different doctor? Perhaps a Gynecologist or Urologist?

[jaguarx13.livejournal.com]

It could also be interstitial cystitis. If there are Hunner's Ulcers in the bladder, there could be blood in the urine. When my IC flares up, it really affects my IBS.

[angelsweep.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I will ask my doctor to look into IC. And send me to a gyno and maybe a urologist too. I saw a three gynos earlier this year, but none have done any tests on me, except one who did a pelvic exam, and was 99% sure I had endometriosis. Years ago I saw a urologist for chronic cystitis, and he said there was nothing that could be done, as it was all connected to my ME and possibly also related to chronic stress. After a while I stopped getting it, although I have bladder and uretha irritation symptoms sometimes when I am having bowel problems, but nothing this bad for as long as this. I do get pretty excessive discharge from time to time but not this excessive for as long, and never green or blood streaked. The thrush cream may be irritating my vagina, as it feel more burning than usual, and the blood may be from irritation. But I've only go one more dose, then hopefully when that's all out of my system, I will see improvement.

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[angelsweep.livejournal.com]

Whoops, sorry! It's my first time here, and I'm still pretty inexperienced with livejournal, I was trying to add tags, but it just says loading for ages and nothing happens. What size font is standard? I have set it to small currently. The color appears to be right, it's set to automatic. I looked at the FAQ but couldn't locate any instruction.

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[wordsinviting.livejournal.com]

I'd second looking in to Interstitial Cystitis. It's not uncommon for IC patients to also have Fibro which is what initially made me think it might be IC.

I have IBS, IC, and Endo. When one acts up, they ALL act up. It wasn't until I was treated successfully for each that my bowels/bladder stopped turning on me (most of the time).

[angelsweep.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I was thinking that too, that is usually the case for me. I've had chronic cystitis in the past, most of the time infection was found, and had spread to my kidneys, sometimes nothing was found, but I had symptoms. I looked up IC thanks to you, and it does sound like that is a good possibility, it said that cranberry can make IC worse, I stopped taking the cranberry capsules 10000 dose x2 a day, yesterday, and since I stopped them, I am not urinating nearly as frequently and although my pelvis is still sore but has settled down a lot more. I will ask my doc about IC thank you.

[oceanhotel.livejournal.com]

maybe you should try the ic diet for a while and see if it helps you at all. if it does then it probably is ic.