Hello, following on from my other posts about symptoms of vaginitis following trimethoprim treatment and 2 fluconazole tablets I treated myself successfully for cytolytic vaginitis with sitz baths of bicarb or soda followed by dead sea salt and coconut oil. This brought speedy relief and I have been mostly comfortable since. I had my mirena coil removed on Monday and today I received my swab result through the post from the private gp service. I expected it to be nagative as the previous one two weeks before was and as I am not having too many symptoms....apart from bladder irritation....I thought for sure it would be negative. It has come back with the result of moderate growth of candida which I dont understand because I had taken 2 fluconazole tablets 2 weeks apart at this time and it should have wiped out the candida in my system. The GP has sent a prescription for 7 days of 50mg fluconazole which I am reluctant to take just now as things seem much better at the moment. Also it says the gram film shows mixed flora, intermediate between normal flora and bacterial vaginosis. Assess with clinical criteria and send a repeat sample to confirm if necessary. What does this mean? Do I also have BV? and how is that possible if I have thrush? I thought it was one or the other depending on the PH. Im feeling anxious about this and it had all just settled down. I dont look red any more either and no itching or anything. I feel like I whould maybe just keep to my regime re salt and coconut oil sitz baths and let nature take its course to settle the flora down there on its own. Is that even possible to do? Or will the infection run wild if I dont treat it? I hate health anxiety!
