Desperate for answers...

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Hello, my fellow nurses! I am a nursing student that is being plagued with some rather bizarre symptoms and (as many of us know all too well) it seems like every doctor I talked to didn't learn a thing in medical school.

This may be unrelated to traditional topics on this site, but please understand I am at my wit's end! I've seen almost every doctor under the sun and the only people that have been able to give me any answers whatsoever have been nurses (thus, why I decided to go into the field)... so cheers to you, and maybe you can give some insight and advice?

I've had chronic lady partsl yeast infections for the past year (which have within the past month somehow spread to my navel). I've tried EVERYTHING to get rid of it: monistat, terazole, gynazole (which has been recalled), diflucan, relagard and even flagyl to treat bacterial vaginosis. I've tried acidophilus, Align, yogurt, folic acid, cranberries, not eating sugar, abstaining from sex; I've been tested for Lupus, Diabetes, HIV, etc.

And of course, whenever I mention to my doctor that NOTHING seems to be working, she just writes me another script for diflucan. Have any of you ladies had this problem? Have you seen this sort of infection in a patient?

I have an appointment with an immunologist in a few weeks. :o

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

Per TOS we are not able to give medical advice.

Best of luck with your appointment and I hope you get the answers that you seek.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Above poster is correct - your best person to advise you is either your current provider or seek a second opinion.

Good luck - I hope you feel better soon.

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