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Kelski

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P.i.d. - Still Painful After a Week of Antibiotics
Posted: 09-28-07 16:47pm

I'm 21 years old, generally in good health other than this problem! I'll explain as fully as possible, sorry if this is very long...

I went for an STI screen a couple of months ago, was all negative apart from B.V. which I was given Metronidazole (I think) for. At the same time I mentioned to the doctor that I had been having some lower abdominal pain; he gave me an internal examination and ruled out P.I.D. I was fine after that, but over the summer suffered from a recurring ear infection which I was on numerous courses of antibiotics for - Amoxicillin twice, and Cefaclor/Cefalon (can't remember the name). I then developed an infection in my wisdom teeth and was given Metronidazole again. I'm not sure if any of that is important but I wanted to point out the amount of antibiotics I have recently been on in case it has any relevance.

Moving on...

I took the morning-after pill about a month ago (I am on the pill but I had been on all these antibiotics and didn't want to take the risk). My period after that was 5 days late (started on the 3rd September), lasted for longer and was very heavy and more painful than usual, with terrible mood swings and lower back pain which I don't normally have. I put this down to the morning-after pill but about two days after my period had finished I began having spotting with thick, clear sticky discharge and blood clots, unlike my usual period blood, accompanied by a slight fever, occasional shooting pain in my legs, nausea and excruciating lower abdominal pain in a very specific area on the left. I went to a GUM clinic for testing and all the tests were negative but I was diagnosed with supposed P.I.D. due to the symptoms I was displaying (I'm at a loss as to how I got it; both my partner and I are STI-free - could it have been the B.V. from a couple of months back?). I am on a two-week course of Ofloxacin (400mg twice daily) and Metronidazole (400mg three times daily). After I had been taking the antibiotics for three days I was feeling worse, the pain had spread to the lower right of my abdomen aswell, my lower back was agony, I kept getting sweats, dizziness and headaches and on the second morning of taking the antibiotics I woke up genuinely feeling like I was going to die. I don't know if these were side-effects of the medication but I felt awful, so on the third day I went to A&E - still in terrible pain and still spotting - and was told by a doctor to basically deal with it, keep taking the antibiotics and take painkillers and anti-spasmodics for the cramps. Now I have been taking the antibiotics for 8 days and I feel generally better without the feeling of heaviness and weakness I had before, but yesterday the pain in the lower left of my abdomen has returned. It's certainly not as bad as it was last week but I am still worried. It's the same kind of cramping pain as before, and it's worse if I move around or do anything, so I've been pretty much resting at home. There's no bleeding, but I have started getting headaches again and I am not normally a headache sufferer. My period is not due for another week. The antibiotics have also given me awful thrush which is getting me down, and I keep reading on the internet about the high risk of infertility associated with P.I.D. which is worrying me.

Any advice would be appreciated, I will go and see my G.P. on Monday but to be honest I'm needing some reassurance right now! Call me paranoid...

K x
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Georgia59

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Posted: 10-01-07 17:38pm

Normally I would say see your doc but since you are, all I'm gonna say is good luck!! Random thought- are you treating the thrush too? Because that should be pretty easy to treat, although might come back before you get off the antibiotics.

Untreated PID can cause infertility, but don't worry so much! You're getting it treated. Did they actually do a lab test for PID the second time? I do think you can develop PID from BV, and the timespan of a couple months would explain why you're feeling so rotten now. Just remember to voice your concerns to the GP to make sure you have a good diagnosis.

And wear a condom until this all clears up- you know your pills won't be effective for a while, (I'd ask the doc how long) and the morning after pill (wonderful though it is) stinks. It made my period awful and I had similar problems.

Good luck!! I'm sure you'll make it. Smile
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karafarahara

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I Am Having the Exact Same Symptoms.
Posted: 11-02-07 18:15pm

Hi Kelski,

I have just come across your blog while searching for answers to my own problem and your story matches mine exact. I am 5 days into taking meds and same felt better at first but am still having weird cramping. I know your post is a few months old now but I'm really hoping you can touch base with me about how are you doing now and also to compare stories. I hope you are well. Thank you.
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