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[tk112233]

i've been on birth control (yaz) since last august so i've been on it for a year now. but just recently i may have been developing something and i searched around the internet and it seems that i could have candida.

the past few days (it started around wednesday-thursday) i've been getting these weird lower stomach pains..it sorta feels like constipation/ bloating/cramps..it feels like im about to get my period. but i don't get my period til NEXT sunday. so i don't think my period symptoms would happen so soon like this.

and i thought maybe these pains were just sore ab muscles from exercising and doing crunches earlier in the week. but it still feels more like digestion issues. maybe i have a problem with my gastrointestinal tract?

i haven't had any itching or burning. BUT the past couple months, i've been getting this whitish discharge. i started to notice this around june. i thought maybe the discharge was some sort of side effect from spiro cause i started taking that in May so i didnt think anything of it until i just found out that the white discharge is a symptom of candida. and it says that birth control can cause candida..so im thinking my bc is causing this.

has anyone here ever had candida and can give me more insight on this..is it likely that i have it? can i get blood tests done to see if i really do have it? i have a dermatologist appt on monday so im gonna see what he thinks too. im kinda worried now cause if i have to stop taking yaz, then i might eventually get a really bad breakout from the change in hormones.

[happy23May]

Sounds like a yeast infection, you can get a very effective OTC from your local drugstore. Just make sure to follow the directions and use up the whole tube.

If you've been on it a year it's prob not the BC imho. I've had yeast infections from antibiotics if I didn't regularly take probiotics. You can also randomly get them from being hot and sweaty.

[tk112233]

Sounds like a yeast infection, you can get a very effective OTC from your local drugstore. Just make sure to follow the directions and use up the whole tube.

If you've been on it a year it's prob not the BC imho. I've had yeast infections from antibiotics if I didn't regularly take probiotics. You can also randomly get them from being hot and sweaty.

is it a yeast infection even though i have no itching and there's no burning? it's just the whitish discharge that i have. so i dont know if it's from the yaz or spiro cause those are the only things im taking. today my derm just told me to make an appt with a gyno so i did and i'll be seeing them next month.

i've also noticed that i mainly get the whitish discharge when im moving around more..like at work (im a waitress), i have to walk around a lot and it's pretty fast paced. but then like on the weekends where i don't work and don't do much activity, i never seem to get the whitish discharge.

Edited by tk112233, 08 August 2011 - 09:34 AM.

[happy23May]

Sounds like a yeast infection, you can get a very effective OTC from your local drugstore. Just make sure to follow the directions and use up the whole tube.

If you've been on it a year it's prob not the BC imho. I've had yeast infections from antibiotics if I didn't regularly take probiotics. You can also randomly get them from being hot and sweaty.

is it a yeast infection even though i have no itching and there's no burning? it's just the whitish discharge that i have. so i dont know if it's from the yaz or spiro cause those are the only things im taking. today my derm just told me to make an appt with a gyno so i did and i'll be seeing them next month.

i've also noticed that i mainly get the whitish discharge when im moving around more..like at work (im a waitress), i have to walk around a lot and it's pretty fast paced. but then like on the weekends where i don't work and don't do much activity, i never seem to get the whitish discharge.

Yes, it could be. I don't usually have burning and only mild itch sometimes.

It's good idea to see the doctor