Since August 2007 I have been suffering bad pelvic pain - like period pains with a feeling of fullness in the pelvis and pain in the back passage and vagina, along with a heavy vaginal discharge (a mixture of white and clear), which at one time smelled highly of amonia. I also suffered urinary frequency.
All swabs came back negative. I then had a PCR assay done on my urine and this showed the presence of ureaplasma urealyticum. I took four courses of azithromycin, of differing strengths and lengths, and my husband was also treated with a single 1g dose.
The next test I had done for ureaplasma showed it was no longer present. However, symptoms remained, and while they are not so severe now, I still experience dull aches, and an internal exam is quite painful (as was my PAP test in December). The discharge has changed to all white, but is still heavy - although this may be due to the fact that, having had breast cancer in August 2008, I am now on tamoxifen.
I have had all gynae tests (pelvic scan, hysteroscopy) which showed nothing untoward, and I also had a cystoscopy which showed that my bladder was healthy.
My questions, therefore, are:
1. - Could the ureaplasma have caused a pelvic infection/inflammation?
2. -Could the hysteroscopy actually have made things worse by introducing the ureaplama into the womb during the procedure?
3. - Could the fact that I am still suffering some pain mean that while, the infection has gone, there is still some residual inflammation there and, if so, will it eventually ease?
4. - Could the infection have caused permanent damage?
For your information, I am 56, have never had children, and was perimenopausal with irregular periods up until the time I started taking tamoxifen when my periods stopped altogether.
I look forward to your reply.
Thank you.