BV?

[trancefreak.livejournal.com]

I am wondering what Bacterial Vaginosis is like from personal experience (memories is too vague).

For the past couple months I have smelled different, a bit fishy, with a slightly yellow discharge. My vulva does not itch, but is slightly generally uncomofrtable. I thought this was a yeast infection so I tried monistat which I thought helped until a week or so after the symptoms came back, so I figured it came back and used another monistat. Also, I have had my period twice, and the symptoms were the same before and after bleeding.


Do my symptoms describe BV or something else? My gyno can't see me for almost 2 weeks so I'm pretty clueless.

Thanks!

Comments

[queensugar.livejournal.com]

The fishy smell is usually the dead giveaway for bacterial vaginosis.

BV infections can be extremely different between people (and between infections!) and many women do not show symptoms of BV at all; that said, when I had it, my symptoms were an overpowering, foul fishy smell (it was noticeable through jeans), a thin greyish discharge, and some mild vaginal soreness.