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A 31-year-old male asked:

Vagina discharge smells like copper mixed with sewage also.i am not sexually active,ive did testing for bv and yeast infection and it came out negative.they took a ph strip and it was yellow. so they did more testing and gave a yeast pill?

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Dr. Hiep Le
Dr. Hiep Leanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
It won't hurt if you take the antifungal pill first and wait for the result of further tests. I would treat you empirically for BV if your symptoms have not improved after three days of taking yeast pill. You are not sexually active so STD is ruled out.
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