Vaginal Strep...?!
Question: I just found out I have vaginal strep. I never even knew that existed but well I have it. Im not really sure how I got it...and no it is not a sexually transmitted disease. I read that it can be hard to get rid of? I am on Ampicillin 250mg 4 times a day. Do you think this will kick it out? Any information you have on this would be helpful. Thanks.
Answers: I just found out I have vaginal strep. I never even knew that existed but well I have it. Im not really sure how I got it...and no it is not a sexually transmitted disease. I read that it can be hard to get rid of? I am on Ampicillin 250mg 4 times a day. Do you think this will kick it out? Any information you have on this would be helpful. Thanks.
I found this:
Vaginal group-B beta strep, abbreviated
> GBS. This is a common bacteria that occurs in about 20-30% of women and
> is asymptomatic. All women (and men) have various bacteria in our
> bodies, no matter how often we take showers, etc. One of your "brands"
> of bacteria happens to be GBS. Although it does not cause a discharge
> or other symptoms it can, in about 1% of cases, cause a serious and even
> deadly infection in a newborn baby. So, many doctors and midwives are
> doing cultures for this bacteria between 35-37 weeks gestational age and
> treating with intravenous antibiotics during labor. A c/section is not
> indicated, and there is certainly nothing you could have done to have
> GBS, since it's not a veneral disease and is a natural bacteria found in
> many people.
>
> Although I don't necessarily disagree with treating it with oral
> antibiotics, no medical studies show this is useful, as GBS usually
> recurs. It's just hard to get rid of, so we always treat patients who
> carry this bacteria with IV antibiotics.
WHAT is this?