Anyone else with a vagina?
Update - I went to an urgent care last night to rule out UTI and my urine sample came back positive for UTI markers. The NP was concerned about a kidney infection and had me go to the ER. My pain got really bad by the time I got there, but my urine sample came back totally normal there 🤔. They did blood work and a CT and really the only notable things they found were that my white blood cell count was high and I have a cyst on my left ovary (where the pain is ever so slightly worse). They gave me muscle relaxers and something for pain that I’ll be picking up today, but so far pain is very mild again, only flaring up a bit when I had my coffee because I’m running on 2 hours of sleep 😬. I feel more confused now than before I went to see a doctor 😂😭. The elevated white blood cell is puzzling to me because when my pain was at its worst last night, it reminded me of one of my first awful IBS flare ups before I was diagnosed. Can IBS cause elevated WBC? I googled it and google says no, but I didn’t dig for any exceptions. My CT didn’t show any inflammation that the doctor mentioned anyway, but my insides felt like they’re very inflamed (still do a bit today, just bearable as to where last night I was like pushing my heating pad into my back and belly and gritting my teeth for hours)*
Just curious before I make another unnecessary, unhelpful visit to the doctor…has anyone else gotten pain in their vaginal area during a flare up? For some reason, for the last four or five days, I’ve had a mild burning and ache somewhere inside my vagina area (I can’t really know where exactly it’s coming from, but feels internal). I’m having a mild flare up after stupidly eating Buffalo chicken dip on Christmas. The inflamed feeling in my lower stomach, lower back, and pelvic area all started around the same time, so I’m inclined to think it’s related. It doesn’t feel like a UTI or yeast infection- no pain with urination, no unusual discharge, etc. and all of the pain kind of comes and goes over the last few days, but seems worse first thing in the morning and also after meals. I couldn’t find any similar posts about this. I’m just curious if this is a new IBS symptom I’m being gifted this holiday season 🤔.