Obstetrics - Urinary or reproductive issue?:Health care

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Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgical field.

My experience over Obstetrics "Urinary or reproductive issue?"

23/F. In the end of Dec 2021, I started feeling burning from my urethra. I initially thought it was a uti, but was really confused because I used to have them loads in the past (not once with my current bf) but that urgent stinging feeling when peeing just wasn’t there. The burn was there during any part of the day and after I had peed for hours (not during). The burn was felt near my urethra and vaginal entrance. My urine is also concentrated (not dark but just yellow) even when drinking lots of water.

A few days later I thought it had gone away, and during sex there was a really foul smell (I can’t even explain what the odour smelt like, my bf said it was like a cheesy, beer smell). I was even more confused as I had never experienced this before and thought maybe it was a uti after all or a reaction to my first time using Tesco’s coconut oil toilet roll.

Anyway, my doctor prescribed me a 7 day course of antibiotics as it had gone on for over a week with the burning. I stopped having sex for a month till end of January to see if symptoms improved.

From Feb, I no longer experienced the foul smell at all during sex. However, since Dec, my burning in the urethra continued and it got to the point that if I drank 2 large glasses of water in the morning, I would feel no burning (crazy!). I was prescribed another round of antibiotics for UTI and another (all together 3 rounds). But I knew it was no uti!

Around mid March- with the burning I started experiencing a lower abdomen bloating, pressure like something was weighing me down and lower back pain near my hips. I thought it was PID. Anyway that bloating went away end of April just out of nowhere and has come back two weeks later, a week and a half before my upcoming period.

The foul cheesy beer smell returned during sex. After that I stopped having sex for a while as I was just so embarrassed. Also, I don’t smell anything during the day or at any point other than when having sex. My discharge also has no foul smell not even fishy.

I have had 2 urine cultures sent off to the labs, both have come back normal.

I have had vaginal swabs (carried out by myself) and sent to the labs - normal / no infection.

I have had an external ultrasound on my pelvis and bladder - all looks normal

All STD tests done too and negative.

3 pregnancy tests - negative.

My doctor prescribed me with a 5 day course of gel antibiotics to insert for bacterial vaginosis (BV). I don’t have any itching but my discharge can be thin, watery but not thick.

However this has not got rid of this uncomfortable bloating in my lower abdomen. It is flat in the morning (completely flat and I know this as I am very petite) and by the evening I am bloated. And sometimes I feel nauseous too.

I also have a gyno referral appt in the end of July. I am currently on birth control but before I was on this I did have irregular periods and have hypothyroidism. My periods on the pill are also not painful.

Any help or guidance would be appreciated because I have read a lot online on IC, PID, endometriosis, PCOS, urethritis etc and it’s all just so scary for me.

Thank you and apologies for this long message

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