Info on Group B Strep Please!

[confused681]

I just recently got diagnosed with Group B Step. I'd really like to know more about it. From what I've been looking up it mostly effects pregnant women and newborns, I don't fall under either of those catagories. My doctor said that it most likely happend from having sex with my (monogomous)partner. He's been away, at war, for about 10 months and when he came home we obviously were trying to make up for lost time in the sex department. About two weeks from the time we started having sex again I started to get symtoms similar to that of a yeast infection. (which I sometimes get) I noticed though that the symptoms were stlightly different, which concerned me, usually when I get yeast infections, I'll have some discharge with minimal itching. This time there was little discharge and the itching was through the roof. So, I went to the doctor and they tested me for a bunch of different STDs and baterial infections as well. I didn't have any STDs and she said that this GBS isn't serious and she put me on a antibiotic supository.I'd like to know more about GBS.  I know that it can go back and forth between two people from having sex. I realize it's not the same thing as when you have strep throat, but is it possible that because my boyfriend was sick while preforming oral sex on me I got this GBS? Or, is this strictly a genital thing. Also I know it can effect the anal area too, which I think it may have, will that be cleared up with the antibiotic supository that she put me on? Is this likely to come back again? Are there things I can do to prevent this from happening?

[ediddy]

So happy to find this site.  My doctors think I'm crazy - saying Group B Strep has no symptoms.  I've had it for YEARSSSSSSSSS thinking I had some crazy yeast infection problem that could never be cured.  I am no so sure that there is an answer to this problem - but it's just nice to know that I'm not alone.  

[peanut900]

Thank GOD i found this site i was diagnosed with strep b after i swelled in my vaginal area and had welts going down my thighs i was in so much pain and the inching was so bad i thought that i would die, well like all of you i was put on antibiotics and it got better but it has never gone away it has been going on 6 months now i told my husband i cant keep going on like this, i am going to go to the heath food store and give the natural remedies a try.    

[peanut900]

Thank GOD i found this site i was diagnosed with strep b after i swelled in my vaginal area and had welts going down my thighs i was in so much pain and the inching was so bad i thought that i would die, well like all of you i was put on antibiotics and it got better but it has never gone away it has been going on 6 months now i told my husband i cant keep going on like this, i am going to go to the heath food store and give the natural remedies a try.    

[ewert12]

I have the same problem. It went away after double rinsing my underwear and washing it in baby laundry soup. After I dry my laundry I rinse my underwear in a sink couple times and let it air dry. It helped.

[beachbuddy]

I too have been diagnosed with Group B Strep ...but rather than vaginal discharge, I have rectal discharge and intense itching.  The moisture around the rectum tested positive for yeast, however the culture revealed GBS.  Seems that I have an infection within the intestinal tract that is causing this discharge?  It's been ongoing for 10+ months.  Help!!

[Nellydelaluz]

I am pregnate and was diagnosed with group B strep. I always thought I had yiest infection because it burns when I try to have sex, and after when I urinate. Can gbs cause this?? Anyone I want to enjoy sex again. Will wat the doctor give me get rid of my symptoms?