Chlamydia To Whatever.

[G54]

After a doctor told the g/f she had Chlamydia and she took the medicine as prescribed and I also took a course of antibiotics in case she had passed it on to me, there was no change in her symptoms.

6 weeks or so ago, the same doctor told her she could not take the birth control pill due to side effects and insisted she have a birth control injection that would last 3 months.

Yesterday the g/f went to see a gynaecologist at a private surgery as she had the same symptoms. The same doctor who delivered her baby.

He performed an internal examination and ran a few tests.

This doctor has said there is definitely no virus, no Thrush or anything similar and there never was.

Her problems stem from something physical - that she cannot explain to me clearly, but I get the idea that she has an internal problem in the upper left quadrant of her abdomen and the internal examination showed this. This is what has been causing her problems for so long.

Also, this gynaecologist is dismayed she has been given a birth control injection by the hospital doctor. He insists she does not have another injection as this is exacerbating her medical condition. And he has given her a course of birth control pills to be taken after her next period - due in about 6 weeks.

So, after the aggravation caused by the original doctor's 'misdiagnosis' - an STI is no laughing matter - and the unnecessary course of medication, you can imagine neither of us are happy at the treatment meted out. Add to that the stress of her fear of being in some way responsible for passing on an STI and scared she would face some form of prosecution, it has not exactly been the best experience for both of us.

It could also have done our relationship a lot of damage, but at the end of the day I saw it from the point of view that it was not necessarily her fault she got the fictional STI.

It is a pity there is little recourse for action in these cases here and I sincerely hope the gynaecologist is correct in his diagnosis. Only time will tell, but it does make you doubt the system

[Sheryl]

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Back to the issue at hand:

Because testing for chlamydia is complex and requires fairly sophisticated laboratory support, it is not uncommon to treat presumptively for it, especially among doctors based in small clinics. But of course in such a case, should make it clear to the patient that the idagnosis is presumptive, not confirmed. Should perhaps allow some benefit of doubt on that score since what the first doctor said is being reported second hand. However I must say his reported advice re contraception seems very odd to me. Most contraindications to the pill are also contraindications to the intjectable. Possibly she had complained of some specific side effect which would be less likely with injection, cannot tell from what is reported.

I'm not clear if the first doctor was not a gynecologist? Should never take a problem like thsi to other than a gyn specialist.

Second doctor sounds like s/he is being a bit more thorough, If I had to guess from the limited information available I would suspect that she has either endometriosis or an ovarian cyst. In any of these cases, management is going to take time and be complicated and it would be well if you could get a better handle on the situation by accompanying her on her nerxt visit and discussing directly with the doctor (if your gf agrees, of course).

If problem is language, there are plenty of English-speaking gyns to be found, some of them western-trained, and it would be worthwhile makin a change so that you can get a better handle on what the problem is and help ensure your gf is getting state of the art treatment.

[Dakhar]

I agree with Sheryl, a lot of what the OP stated does not add up. Sounds like a double dose of BC....

My wife had "the shot" two times, and it rendered her infertile for about 4 years!!!!

We actually thought we could not have any children.... and then gradually her "system" returned to normal... and POOF, knocked up!

The only complaint is, due to all of this, we started our family fairly late....

[zzdocxx]

The narrative is a bit confusing, sounds like you need better physicians.

Good luck.

[offset]

I agree with Sheryl, a lot of what the OP stated does not add up. Sounds like a double dose of BC....

My wife had "the shot" two times, and it rendered her infertile for about 4 years!!!!

We actually thought we could not have any children.... and then gradually her "system" returned to normal... and POOF, knocked up!

The only complaint is, due to all of this, we started our family fairly late....

My G/F was on injections for about a year she came off them and about 14 months after our baby was born may I ask how you knew she was infertile