Recurring Bacterial Infections

by Aleisha
(Las Vegas, Nevada)

Q. I was just wandering if recurring bacterial vaginosis could also be cause because of a hormonal imbalance. I am 28 years old and since I was 22 I have have irregular bleeding so badly that I had to go to the emergency room.

Every time that I went to the doctor they each told me different things about the infections...3 out of 7 told me it is sexually transmitted that is why I keep getting it back and the latter says that I can't give it to my partner, Every time I get the treatment whether it is pills or cream I take the whole treatment and then about 1 to 3 months later I get it back again.

One time I went to see a gyno ( have no health insurance) and she told me that the only way a woman can have or get PID is through gonarreah or clamydia ( I have been told that before) and so I told her about my ongoing bacterial infections and I was told that that can NOT lead to PID only sexually transmitted diseases can... so when I went to another doctor he told me that I had to have my fiance treated cause the reason why I am not getting rid of it is because he keeps on giving it back to me.

I haven't gotten pregnant in almost 10 years now and I have been with the same man for 6 years. I go through 10 tampons in 5 hours in the last 3 days... the most I have gone through in 7 years... but when I went to the gyno 2 years ago she told me the reason for my blood clotting was because of my lack of hormone progesterone, but when she gave that to me I still had the symptoms.

Since I have no medical insurance and my pelvic pain is getting worse and worse and the bleeding as well...do you thing that my infertility can be treated by medicine or do you think it is too late for me?

A. Aliesha, I am not a doctor, simply someone who knows a great deal about probiotics. I honestly feel that what is happening with you needs much more assistance that I can give.

Probiotics are often very effective against Bacterial Vaginosis but you have much more than that going on.

I understand that without health insurance it can be difficult to afford decent health care. As I don't live in the USA I'm not sure where to suggest you should seek help.

Please, can any other reader give Aleisha advice on where she could get affordable (or better still free) health care where these problems can be looked at properly. It sounds as if you're being pushed around from person to person without getting proper answers.

I'm so sorry I can not be of more help.