Discharge: menstrual_cups

Discharge

I use a cup everyday for what I've considered heavy discharge for a long time. I was not using cups at my last annual exam, nor had had any sexual partner for over a year. After last year's exam it was determined I had an "abnormal" pap smear, but it was probably okay. So this year I go in, and as per usual, she asks if I had abnornal bleeding, pain, discharge...yada-yada. I have always considered my heavy discharge normal, as it seems to have been that way since aldolecence, so I say no. After the exam the doctor went to look at one of the slides under the microscope. She came back in and said I have Bacterial Vaginosis, and that is why I have such heavy discharge, and what caused my last abnormal pap. She said it was common for those with this problem to complain of always having to wear a pantyliner (or my case a cup) because it's so heavy, and prescribed an antibiotic. But what I also found interesting is I don't fit any of the suspected risks. So if someone else has been going through the same thing, ask at your next pap. Even if you don't fit the causes!

***UPDATE 10/04/09***

After finishing off all the antibiotics, I sure enough ended up with a yeast infection. The first I've ever had in my life. :( Even worse, it was the guy I was having sex with that informed me afterwards of my condition. Also, after he had his mouth down there even. :((

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