From: green@island.COM (Robert Greenstein)
Subject: Re: Chronic Vaginitis in 5 year old?
Organization: Strawman Incorporated
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:29:13 GMT

In article <7540092@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> jean@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jean Jasinski) writes:
>Does anyone have any experience in dealing with chronic vaginal infections
>in a 5 year old female?
>
>My daughter has had bacterial vaginal infections (gardnerella and/or pseudomonas)
>about every 8 weeks for the past 18 months.  Several of the infections have been
>cultured which is how I know the names of the bacteria.  Her symptoms include
>vaginal discharge (yellowish green), odor (sometimes fishy and otherwises just
>unpleasant), and inflammation and reddening of her external labia and vulva,
>and some minor itching.  She always responds to antiobiotics.  She has taken 
>either amoxycillin or septra and once did a 10 day course of flagyl.  She has
>also taken a round (30 days) of prophylactic antiobiotics.
>
>She is not a victim of child abuse.  She is not a masturbator.  Her hygiene is
>good (she wipes the right way from front to back).  We have eliminated perfumes
>and dyes from our toilet paper and laundry soap and fabric softener.  Her underwear
>are cotton, a size too large, and usually removed at bedtime.  
>
>She recently underwent an internal vaginal exam (under general anesthesia), and
>no foreign bodies were found.  All of her cultures (STD, aerobic and anaerobic 
>bacterial) were negative.  (Good news and bad news.  Good they didn't find 
>anything and bad because we don't know what's causing the infections....)
>
>Our local doctors (family and gynecologist) are stumped.  Our choices are to 
>continue as we are (vinegar baths, using sulfanilamide or acigel daily depending 
>on the presence of irritation and antiobiotics when needed) and/or perhaps consult 
>an infectious disease gynecologist at a university hospital.  I am reluctant to 
>continue to use prescription medications on her daily and do not
>really care for putting her on antibiotics 6+ times a year for this....but I also
>do not think a 5 year old vagina should require this kind of daily maintenance!
>I dread the idea of another doctor poking at her; partly because of the emotional
>trauma but also because I am tired of having everyone assume we are either molesting
>her or allowing someone else to do so.  
>
>If you have any professional opinions, I would appreciate hearing from you.  I 
>will head off for a Medline search this week as well.
>
>Thank you for your time,
>Jean Jasinski

Jean,

I have a suggestion for you. You might want to give Chinese medicine a try.
It is *extremely* effective for all kinds of vaginitis, including stubborn
ones such as this which are unresponsive to Western medicine. 

I take it from your mail header you are in Colorado. I don't know how close
you are to Boulder, but if you are not that far, I suggest you call Dr. Bob
Flaws. He specializes in Traditional Chinese gynecology. If it is too far
for you to travel, he may be able to recommend someone closer.  

As an added incentive, there would be minimal poking.

Good luck,

Robert Greenstein, L.Ac.
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