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Is My STD Treatment Unaffective + What Could Be Causing Other Symptoms

Im a 18 year old female. I was recently diagnosed with gonorrhea chlamydia, Molluscum contagiosum and suspected Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. As well as previous diagnoses of anorexia, iron definitely anemia, malnutrition, bpd, and hypoglycemia. I have constant vaginal/throat infections since 8, and easily get sick.

Im also a sex worker, daily methamphetamine and fentanyl and usually homeless, with limited access to food, health care water etc since (12-16+) if that matters at all.

They started me on Doxycycline 100mg 2x daily for 7 days and gave me 4 pills prior. Idk what. But originally i was supposed to have a shot after but they said the meds were a substitute so my terrified of needles ***** ass took the meds instead.

Before antibiotics, my symptoms were: occassional burning urination, increased need to go, hard/pain starting/stopping urination, itchy/burning in urethra, intense burning and itching inside anus/vaginal opening, discharge (up to i wanna say around 1-4tbsps ebery 1-6hrs) that was originally mildly yellow/green and mostly mucusy. My urine vagina and discharge had an intense almost vomit like smell, everytime i peed it smelt the room up. Severee abdominal pain. (Always tender but they'd be moments its so severe i cant stand, move, breathe and i fall/fold) Creamy discharge from anus/vagina. Sometimes blood from both aswell. Severee pain with sex, or even a tampon.


After the diagnoses/day 1-2 meds, i noticed an improvement. Discharge less frequent and less amounts, less pain and discomfort. Thought ir was working. Until days 2.5-4 (now) Halfwau thru day 2, i noticed waaayyy more vaginal discharge. Like havier then peeing yourself. Felt like i was on a heavyy ass period. Discharge was extremely heavy and constant, filled with green-grey-yellow mucus like pus clumps. (first just giantt gtey-yellow balls with pain and vomit smell)

Last day or so - current its cloudy  mucusy/watery, occasionally puss filled, and smellys severely like rotting/smelly feet. Every 1-2hrs theres enough discharge for atleast 1/3 cup. Whenever i use the bathroom or shower and with most movements, it pours out of me like a ******* faucet. I have to change the pads 4-7 times a day cause theyre mostly/completely filled!

-Idk if its relevant, but last 5 or so days i noticed other probably not related symptoms. Swollen lymph nodes in: neck, by collar bones, head, forehead, jaw, chin, lower back both sides, abdomen, groin both sides, right armpit, behind ears. (continue to notice more every bit) Each mildly-severely tender. Numbness and tingling in head, neck, fingers, feet,. sometimes parts of my face and back. Joint stiffness, severe migraine for a week, jaw pain + moderate headache from then-now. (Migraine went down a bit finally) Shortness of breath with movement/rest, blurry and double vision, sometimes mild confusion, and i noticed aswell a mild red rash starting to spead from my fingers + shins around and some minor cuts from 7+ days ago that were almost healed, swelled up dark red and stopped healing. Now im left with the red bunps and a hole/indent where the scabs were once forming My body feels warm, but also freezing at the same time no fever.  And my toenails appeared mildly greyish.

I went to the hospital, blood labs and ultrasound came back abso***lutley normal? So they sent me home in worse pain then i came.

What the **** is going on man? No HIV or other infections by the sounds of it, they know abt my prior diagnoses, normal blood labs but worse std symptoms+ unusual pain ? What could it be? Is the doxycycline helping or is my infection(s) worsening?
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You posted another thread, so I'm going to post that here, just so I have everything in one spot -


Your post:

Here's an update on my treatment/symptoms/appointments.

-Got the shot 2+ weeks ago, some symptoms treated, others worsened?

- vaginal discharge heavier, watery, light brown - golden yellow color, and now has an extremely strong poo like odor. Lots pours out 5+ times daily, in large ammounts. Even a small drop is enough to stink up me and a room. Usually lots lf air comes with the discharge, amd floaty stringy looking things come out aswell sometimes, along with blood streaks.
Pain deep in the vagina / under belly button tender and painful with pressure.
Cloudy strong smelly urine, bubbly, hard to start/stop stream, burning snd painful discomfort during and after urinating. Discharge also pours out more when i use the bathroom.
Yellowy-red scally rash around vaginal opening, as well as on my pubic hair area, binkini line and possibly elsewhere. Has tears, just today noticed the color, not all patches have the color or anything, just dry skin and itchyness.
Intense side head pain/neck pain/body aches/low fever. Started when i stood up and briefly lost conciousness (few secs) got inteense quick. Muscles feel achey/stiff for a few dys now. When i move head soemtimes, of whenever i stand/sit up i get very dizzy. If i stay stabding i pass out. Sometimes i dont have the feeling to sit down first, itll just start so intense i pass out for a sec.

And i thats all that id says important/new. Idk whats wrong, bur since 1-2 days before getting the shot, i got pains in lower back + some that shot, and last 1-2weeks noticed small discharge changes. Until 2-3 days ago, whem jt got THIS bad.

How do i manage the odor? It never goes away it smells thru 4 layers on my clothes, one small drop smells a room. Its embarrassing and gross. What could it be? I have a folloe up i believe this week, or early next.


Can you show your doctor this post? Just have them read it - you have a lot going on, and it may not all be related. It could also be PID, and that needs to be treated. It could also be related to your drug use, anemia, and the other conditions you have.

Have you had sex with any previous partners since your diagnosis? You could be re-infecting yourself, too.
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Im so sorry i thought it would be easier for people if i made a mew one instead of having them scroll through comments i dodnt know jt actually made it harder.

And i havent showed them the post, but ive explained the symptoms thag were worse at the time (odor, discharge, pain etc) And they even didnt know why i continue to get worse with treatments, so they decided to treat me for everything they thought could be causing that. (HSV2, BV, Yeast infection, another shot)

And **** thats possible i forgot those wpuld cause issues aswell, i stopped using fet finallyy and been cutting back for the most part on meth, hoping to get fullyclean soon

And no i havent. Since first diagnosis in July i havent even gone out tbh been too sick depressed and gross feeling

207091 tn?1337709493
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Oh MissGia, you have so much going on, and you must feel like crap.

The doxy won't treat gonorrhea - it only treats the chlamydia. The shot they tried to give you would treat it, but there are other meds that might work. There's a medication called cefixime that you take once that can also work, though the shot is really best.

If you have PID, you need additional antibiotics. If you can overcome the fear of needles, the shot they give you for the gonorrhea will work for PID, plus one other antibiotic that you take for 14 days.

There is something called disseminated gonorrhea. Some of your symptoms sound like that. I'm not sure it fits exactly, but it could be. Can you go back to a doctor or the hospital, and ask for an infectious disease specialist or a gynecologist, and ask to be tested for that?

I hope you feel better soon, and please let us know what happens.
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Im scheduling a new appointment, and im gonna ask them if they can give me the shot i just gotta remember itll hurt a lil for a min but itll fix the bad pain and that should help. Thank you btw and i have a obgyn appointment September but since thats waay too far ill see if i can get one sooner and get rechecked incase they misdiagnosed or theres something they missed. I hopee not tho but its a possibility
Yes, definitely get the shot. I hate needles, too, but the shot is quick, and is usually mixed with lidocaine (numbing agent) to help with the pain of it.

You'll feel a lot better after.

Let me know what happens, and how you're feeling.

And you're welcome. :)
It didnt help :( Things worsened and idk why but i have a appointment tmr. When i called them tdy they had no openings till monday. Then they asked my symptoms, and when i told them, the put me on hold then told me to come tomorrow at opening... It didnt sound good man. Idk whats wrong with me, neither do they, and all we know is each time i go in, i have more infections, and what they give me to treat it doesnt help and worsens it, and i dont even know what this one could be. Im gonna make a new post for an update, cause theres just so much comments on this one, as well as sooo much more info. Thank you tho btw
Please don't do that - it is helpful to the volunteers if you keep all of the information in one thread so they don't need to switch back and forth to remember what's going on.  
Yes, it is really helpful for us to have all the info in one place.

I hope by now you've been seen. Please let me know what happens. :)
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Keep taking the doxycycline. It is not the fastest of antibiotics, but it does work. If the discharge keeps going at this rate, though, I would consult with medical help again. I think they didn't do a good job of diagnosis the last time (at the hospital) and they did a better job the first time.
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Im on the last or second last day now for the meds and it still hasn't improved a bit just worse. And im trying to book an appointment hopefully for before the end of next week. The discharge is more of a mucusy gelly consistency now with little - no pus, a stronger more potent odor, and a dark green greyish cloudy apperance. Its a little less frequent, but way more amounts. I wont notice much discharge for around 1-3hours some days, ill take the pad off, and then alot of it will splatter onto the floor or through my clothes and what I'm sitting on.  Im not gonna stop the meds cause they did fs work a little bit, hopefully treated atleast the chlamydia but im worried that the discharge and odor will mever stop, or that ill never be able to have kids. And i agree, the hospitals here really dont like me and never treat me or do the correct tests, and never listen to or take me seriously. Im glad this doctor does, cause the few i went to before her didnt test they just assumed it was a yeast infection or uti from my symptoms
I'm sorry you aren't getting good treatment at the hospital. They often brush off women, people who use drugs, etc. Some doctors really just suck.

Continue the meds, for sure. Even if they aren't curing you, they are hopefully keeping the bacteria from rapidly growing and spreading.

If the doctor can't see you soon, ask to be put on a cancel list so that they'll call you if anyone cancels.

Don't douche or anything - that can push the bacteria up even higher.

Keep me posted, and take care of you. :)
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Update 2:

Went to docs on Aug 10, they did a visual exam. Tried to swab and look inside but was way too sore. They didnt know what was causing the worsening symptoms so they decided to treat me for anything they thought could be causing the discharge, odor, stinging etc.

During exam, she seen my vagina was very inflamed red and tender. As well as lesions around the vaginal opening, which caused the stinging. They gave me meds for HSV2, BV, Yeast infection and another shot Incase the gonorrhea didnt clear before.

I been taking meds and following instructions, however im STILL getting more sick quick??

I noticed many cuts around vaginal opening, on inside of lips, most of my crack, aswell as what looks to be deeper cuts inside my vagina near the opening. The discharge has stopped, so im gonna say i did have BV. I been spotting on and off tho for about a week now, few drops at first, then nothing for day(s). Then light bleeding for about a day. After a few hours, started lightly bleeding mostly dark clots, with abdominal pain and pressure. I noticed tan flat patches on  my vaginal lip near my thigh. Urethra is sore, hard to start a pee stream aswell. Swollen numb feeling abdomen etcc.

Im starting to worry aloot concidering those symptoms listed s well as unrelated ones not listed. My doctor aswell seemed confused. Idk whats going on but im gonna continue meds, hydrating, eating and see if i can reschedule appointment at end of the week, for sooner.
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How are you feeling now? I think what you really need is a lot of rest, if you can find a place to get that, hydration, food, etc.

Do you think the meds are helping? If any part of it is herpes, the meds for that might take at least a few days to really help.

I also wonder if some of the symptoms aren't related to STDs, but to something else. It may be the drug use, or to another illness - I don't know. I know your life isn't easy.

Has anyone talked to you about options for care? A way to get rehab? I don't know where you are, and you shouldn't post that online, but talk to your doctor if you're ready for that. Your doctor should be able to help.
I feel worse at rhe moment, but i have periods where i feel wayy better then ones where i feel terrible. And i been at a place for a bit now where ive been able to sleep, and occasionally eat and shower. I just been sleeping too much loll.

The meds kind of helped, atleast for the bv stuff not much of anything else. But when the prescription was done i noticed not long after things got worse i dotb think its related to the meds tho but its possible. Cause it seems like something different but i hopefully will find out at my appointment laterr

So do i to be honest, but my docs and mom says jt sounds like stds or something related because of what i feel and what they see, but i also think its also something else as well. I dont rhink its the drug use because i havent been using much, and i never feel like or experience this because of it

And yea people have talked about rehab but i left detox a few times because i was scared and didnt feel like i deserved it. Thanks btw for everything i appreciate it, your comments have honestly helped alot and thank you.

And i do think i have herpes, because i noticed the itching and swelling zhe mentioned might happen, as well as many blisters and soreness. Im noticing more recently again aswell but im not still on meds, so im gonna try warm water etc to make things more comfortable for me. And ive also noticed my periods change like alot, theyre usually hwavy and painless, but last two cycles were extremely light, and lasting longer and painful. I'm on my period rn as we speak, and i got some sort of tissue like **** growing inside my vagina, and i noticed its mostly blocking thw opening and thats what i think is adding to the lightness. When i use thw bathroom i noticed clumps of white gluey-pus like discharge in the toilet as well as blood clots. I have intense pain in my back and abdomen all the time, and i noticed small hard lumps i feel on my left lip, left inner lip as well as right lip closest to my thigh. Im assuming those are probably normal tho and not freaking out about any of that. I know my doctor will fogure out whats going on,rather it be another sti, or something else. Again, thank you and i hope you have a good day
None of those things are normal, hon.

Blood clots can happen with really heavy periods, or with things like endometriosis, but white gluey-pus isn't, for sure.

If you think your period flow is partially blocked, get into the doctor.

If it's herpes, at least in part, meds should be able to help that.

I think everyone deserves detox, and deserves to feel better, especially you. You're so young, and have so much life ahead of you. Whatever your reasons for thinking you don't deserve it - I promise you, it doesn't matter. If people told you that you weren't worth anything, they were wrong. If you think it's because of things you did or didn't do - those things don't matter. You deserve to get better, to feel better, to heal.

I'm sure detox is scary. I'm sure a lot of what you've gone through is. You're so much stronger than you even know. Just give yourself a chance. :)

Hang in there, and keep us posted, okay? You deserve to be well.
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Update:

A week ago i went back in, they gave me the shot and said thatll fix it.
It got a bit better, the puss in the discharge is gone, the colors changed a biit, the discharge is a littlee less.
But the odor, burning and itchiness are worsee.

The discharge varies from a good few tbsps worth. clumpy and pale yellow/green almost? With an intense odor of glue/vonit.  Or itll be a good 1/4 cups worth, mucusy and some little floaty things all of which are mostly this weird mix of an almost faded pale golden color? Or itll be bright green mixed with pale yellow and smell strongky like rotten.

When i pee, it burns and is uncomfortable, and either clear and cloudy, or dark and cloudy. And smells strongg but i drink more then i usual would.

The itching and burning is sooo bad and never stops. In and around my vaginal opening, my anus, and just tbh everything down there just always itches.

I feel like everytime i do in i leave worse and what they do never helps
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I'm glad some things are better. I wonder if you have a yeast infection on top of things now. That's really common when you take a lot of antibiotics.

Do you have a follow up appt? Can you call them back for another appt? There is a medication you can take that's a pill for a yeast infection that is easier to take than the creams you get at the store, but the doctor has to give it to you.

You had a lot going on, and it may take some time for everything to clear up. I'm sorry you're so miserable.
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