I often get the same symptoms around my menstrual cycle each month for the past eight months. It starts off as vaginal itching then turns into burning and irritation. It is so uncomfortable to sit down and especially cross my legs. I went to the doctor and got diagnosed with a UTI. I am currently on antibiotics, though it has been four days and no sign of the infection going away.
I am worried that it may be something more, like Herpes. I do not have any bumps or physical signs of the virus but have no other idea of what it may be. I was also tested for a yeast infection and BV, but turned out negative. During the course of all this I had gotten my period, of course, and then it stopped for a day and now I have a thick brown discharge, or it could be blood. I am on a birth control pill - low estrin 24, I believe and do not know if this is the culprit either. I will definitely get tested for std's, but does anyone have any other idea what this could be or have had the same symptoms in the past?
I am worried that it may be something more, like Herpes. I do not have any bumps or physical signs of the virus but have no other idea of what it may be. I was also tested for a yeast infection and BV, but turned out negative. During the course of all this I had gotten my period, of course, and then it stopped for a day and now I have a thick brown discharge, or it could be blood. I am on a birth control pill - low estrin 24, I believe and do not know if this is the culprit either. I will definitely get tested for std's, but does anyone have any other idea what this could be or have had the same symptoms in the past?