OK - I know this is the womens section,
but I have to ask a question.
My girl has been on YAZ for a few months
now, and the past month or two she's had a
major irritation inside her vagina, more
notable during sex, and when wiping. It's
become dry a few times, and very
irritated. She claims its like a burning
sensation and has ruined sex for her more
than once as a result.
She went to the Dr who said it looked
irritated and put her on a medicine for a
bacterial infection which she's had before
(mainly when she was taking anti-biotics).
She thought the problem got better with
the medicine, but after a week or so when
we gave sex a go again, she still had the
burning pain. This has lasted about a
month or so.
She went back and had an STD test. The
swab or sample of the irritated area
showed no signs of anything, although a
blood test showed signs of Herpes 1
antibodies. She has in the past 6 months
had a cold sore on her mouth, which to my
understanding would cause those antibodies
to show up anyway. But the Dr is putting
her on VALTREX to see if by chance it
clears the problem down there.
My questions to you ladies are:
1. Have any of you had this side affect
from YAZ? I've read that some people
reporting definate dryness as a side
affect, but not irritation that burned
from what I've seen.
2. Wouldnt a direct test from the
irritated area show positive of the STD if
it was HERPES 1 in that area or something
else?
3. Wouldnt her blood tests show positive
for Herpes 1 if she has had cold sores on
her lip in the past 5 months?
1. Vaginal irritation could be a side
effect from the YAZ but any vaginal
infection should be excluded first.
2. If she had Herpes infection in the
vagina, direct test (detection of the
antigen or viral DNA) from the affected
area would be positive.
3. Blood tests for Herpes would be
positive if she had Herpes infection on
her lips 5 months ago. Blood tests can't
give us information about the infection
location.
