Vaginal condition treatment update: Men should get treated, too
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I hadn't payed much attention to who the author was, until I saw the section heading "Firm recommendation" and laughed and knew in my soul this was Beth Mole.
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And probably throw into that also some sort of nonsensical claim that boils down to slut shaming and claiming that it won't be an issue for people who only have sex with their spouse (even though, sounds to me, like even in an actually faithful marriage, this could still be a problem, if the woman first develops an imbalance that leads to BV, not due to sexual activity, but then her husband picks up the bacteria from her and keeps reinfecting her?)
Then on top of that, the whole, "Ignoring doctors is how you pwn the libtards" mentality of part of this country. . .
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In light of where we are as a society with current events in the middle east we really shouldn't be showing any potential benefits from circumcision
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I am so amazed to see that as a society we have finally reached a place of equity that allows science to be used to show just how much cause for concern there is in the behavior of cis males
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I had a colonoscopy to investigate IBD. It came back clean, no polyps, no damage to the intestine, everything is fine.
My IBD disappeared after the colonoscopy and has never returned.
I’m fairly certain that it’s not an approved treatment plan, but it sure seems to have worked.
Edit: oh yeah, and the IBD started that time I couldn’t eat yogurt for ten days because of the amoebic dysentery treatment. I’ll never know if it was the dysentery or the treatment that sparked it of course.
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This is yeast infection right? Way back during college my girlfriend got it at one point and it spread to me mainly just minor itching. She went to doctor and I believe the doctor prescribed her enough pills so she could have me take some. He also suggested to stop having sex till both cured. Well that didn't happen so I believe it bounced back and forth one more time before finally despelling it.
I believe my genius doctor recommendation at the time was telling her to eat more yogurt and get some vagisil.
I believe my genius doctor recommendation at the time was telling her to eat more yogurt and get some vagisil.
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Ha! Sex-ed! That's a great joke!
We are basically legally prohibited from teaching sex ed in my state. I have to get opt-in consent to teach the reproductive system in Anatomy and Physiology, with the special prohibition that I can't talk about contraception or anything sex-ed-like.
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If it means more sex, they’d do it. Not sure why this isn’t the standard for all nominally STDs. Is it so hard to imagine that jock itch isn’t passed back and forth for example?
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FranzJoseph
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"So you have now completed your first lab rat dissection successfully and have learned all about the neuromuscular, vascular and lymphatic systems, congratulations on your progress! Now we will move onto the reproductive system – you see, a bird & a bee walk into a bar…"
Apologies, I feel for you. Anybody still teaching in the US of A should be commended, as I do you. It's just that I can't process the Talibanisation of once a great nation without a joke or two, since the reality of it is just too grim otherwise!
Have a
for keeping up the good fight in education, even if everything sounds so skewed against it!
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It's amazing it's taken this long to test the effectiveness of doing something so common sense.
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This comment repeats a common misconception and needs clarification and correction. No antibiotic is effective against or kills “all bacteria.” Every antibiotic targets or is effective against groups of bacteria that share certain characteristics. For example, some antibiotics are effective against gram positive cocci (like Streptococcus and Staphylococcus species). Others are effective against anaerobic bacteria (those that primarily rely on non-oxygen based respiration). Many are effective against more than one type of bacteria. Those that are effective against many types of bacteria are often referred to as “broad-spectrum” antibiotics.
It is true that when are person takes antibiotics, both pathogens and non-pathogenic bacteria that share characteristics targeted by that antibiotic are killed, and this is often why providers recommend taking probiotics to replace the “good bacteria” that are killed while on antibiotics (though to be honest, the evidence for the benefit of probiotics in this context is not particularly strong). Overuse of antibiotics, particularly broad spectrum antibiotics, can cause significant imbalances in the microbiome and give rise to opportunistic, often multi-drug resistant infections including C. difficile, which can in extreme cases be treated with fecal transplant, though this is very rare in the United States. Other infections associated with frequent or prolonged use of broad spectrum antibiotics include Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) and to a lesser extent MRSA.
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Metronidazole, as used in the trial, has broad-spectrum action against anaerobic bacteria, which include a lot of helpful gut bacteria.
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This is such a weird comment that betrays a fundamental lack of understand about how the medical field works. Providers don’t check with their malpractice carrier before prescribing medications and malpractice carriers don’t monitor a physician’s prescribing practices for antibiotics. There are state registries for controlled substance prescribing (e.g. narcotics), but I am unaware of any evidence that malpractice insurers assess this when issuing or renewing a policy.
In the US, treating partners for STIs has been recommended and endorsed by medical groups since 2006 - it’s called Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT). The CDC has a website that summarizes the legality on a state by state basis. Spoiler - it’s permitted in 48 states and potentially permissible in the other two (South Dakota and Kansas).
https://www.cdc.gov/sti/php/ept-legal-status/index.html
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Honestly, I'd sign up for the junk washing in isopropyl alcohol and antimicrobials before I'd deal with clindamycin again.
My last experience with it was a 2 week course for a dental infection and it trashed my digestive system.
My last experience with it was a 2 week course for a dental infection and it trashed my digestive system.
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I'm just basing this on the fact that I've specifically had doctors tell me I had to jump through certain hoops to keep their insurance company happy, or that they couldn't prescribe for certain conditions because their insurance wouldn't cover their risks.
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I dunno, nothing says you're getting so much vagina that you need this treatment both for yourself and to not put others at risk.
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In some places it’s not available to men, or at least not on the subsidised vaccination scheme. It’s also only useful if you get vaccinated before you’re infected with HPV, but since most infected people (especially men) are asymptomatic it’s probably too late for most adult men.
However, it also protects against penile cancer, so there’s no ethical issue about vaccinating men, and a solid selfish reason to get it if you’re not infected yet.
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RickRoyLeonPrisZhoraRacha
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Would sex habits change if both partners were able to be vaccinated from SDTs? I would think so. But I would also agree that we need some serious focus on vaccines against HPV, HSV1&2, and others.
Intimacy is damned with virus-interruptus
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I'm concerned about the users who downvoted your comment. Folks, its basic hygiene!!
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Riskay alluded to this back in the early 00's. We can only learn from the past.
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Metronidazole has a long list of potential side-effects, one of which is (possibly permanent) peripheral neuropathy. I took it once, had a nasty reaction to it. Hopefully they can use other drugs.
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