I keep having allergic reactions to my medication, should I see my GP about this?
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I had a successful endometrial ablation carried out last August for heavy bleeding after having removal of polyps and a mirena coil and cervical cauterisation that didn’t help. during the course of my treatment I had a severe ‘reaction’ after a couple of procedures and saw my GP a number of times. I had a lot of swelling and soreness around my vagina and inner labia and splitting of the skin between my vagina and anus (so much so that I had to hold a pad against my perineum to have a bowel movement because of the soreness and splitting). My GP tested for infections etc. a number of times and prescribed antibiotics, none of which helped and all tests were negative. This went on for a number of weeks and eventually she gave me a few tubes of canestan HC which calmed it down considerably. She said it was an allergic reaction to something used during the procedures. Therefore when I went back into hospital they identified that betadine had been used each time and marked on my notes that I am allergic to it. I have had no other procedures since then and as I am sensitive to soaps and products anyway, I only ever use E45 wash and bath oil (due to past eczema elsewhere on my body). However, this soreness and splitting keeps coming back, not as bad as it was originally but currently I have had to buy canestan HC and am very sore and swollen and very sore when I have a bowel movement, and I have spots of blood on the toilet tissue around the front and sides of my anus when I have a bowel movement and it feels very tight. I had my last child almost 20 years ago and I did have 3rd degree tearing so have a lot of scar tissue on my perineum which probably doesnt help and this does feel quite swollen. However, the tearing during bowel movements seems to be at the sides of the scar and more towards my anus than my vagina, although the soreness and redness covers the full inner labial region. I don’t know whether I should go back to my GP or just keep using canestan HC. What would you advise? Thank you,
I had a successful endometrial ablation carried out last August for heavy bleeding after having removal of polyps and a mirena coil and cervical cauterisation that didn’t help. during the course of my treatment I had a severe ‘reaction’ after a couple of procedures and saw my GP a number of times. I had a lot of swelling and soreness around my vagina and inner labia and splitting of the skin between my vagina and anus (so much so that I had to hold a pad against my perineum to have a bowel movement because of the soreness and splitting). My GP tested for infections etc. a number of times and prescribed antibiotics, none of which helped and all tests were negative. This went on for a number of weeks and eventually she gave me a few tubes of canestan HC which calmed it down considerably. She said it was an allergic reaction to something used during the procedures. Therefore when I went back into hospital they identified that betadine had been used each time and marked on my notes that I am allergic to it. I have had no other procedures since then and as I am sensitive to soaps and products anyway, I only ever use E45 wash and bath oil (due to past eczema elsewhere on my body). However, this soreness and splitting keeps coming back, not as bad as it was originally but currently I have had to buy canestan HC and am very sore and swollen and very sore when I have a bowel movement, and I have spots of blood on the toilet tissue around the front and sides of my anus when I have a bowel movement and it feels very tight. I had my last child almost 20 years ago and I did have 3rd degree tearing so have a lot of scar tissue on my perineum which probably doesnt help and this does feel quite swollen. However, the tearing during bowel movements seems to be at the sides of the scar and more towards my anus than my vagina, although the soreness and redness covers the full inner labial region. I don’t know whether I should go back to my GP or just keep using canestan HC. What would you advise? Thank you,
A. I suggest to go back to your GP, to re-assess you for the possibility of Vulvodynia, although I appreciate there might have been a trigger. If all else fails, do contact us again, if you feel Botox injection may help you in this area – you may need two or three sessions a year or until the condition clears.
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