Can regular doctors diagnose vaginal
infections such as a yeast infection or do
only gynecologists do that? How do they
diagnose this?
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 12-24-03 07:49am
A regular dr should be able to unless the
infection has been there too long &
spread up inside & perhaps become more
serious. Start with the regular dr,
preferably one with some common sense
& who will actually listen to you, the
patient before making a diagnosis!!
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ciao77
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 77
Posted: 02-29-04 16:40pm
If I were you, i'd go to the gynocologist.
They can diagnose the yeast infection and
check for other things at the same time.
If you do have a yeast infection, you
should get a prescription for the pill
diflucan. It's just one pill and it
clears away the symptoms in a few days.
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ciao77
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 77
Posted: 02-29-04 16:42pm
...By the way, they diagnose this by
checking various symptoms: if you have
terrible itching and a whitish, cottage
cheese discharge ( that typically smells
foul).
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2ferano
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 03-31-04 17:21pm
The way I have always been tested, is the
doctor (or gyno) takes a sample and looks
at it under a microscope. They can tell
this way if it is a yeast infection or
bacterial or whatever. A regular doctor
can do it as well as a gyno.
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