# Am I Being a Hysterical Hypochondriac? (TMI)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-a-hysterical-hypochondriac-tmi/222790>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 5, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-a-hysterical-hypochondriac-tmi/222790 "2004-01-05T11:32:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-a-hysterical-hypochondriac-tmi/222790/21 "2004-01-08T00:31:18Z")

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> \*Originally posted by phraser \*  
> \*\*I did do that once, but then I had to contend with the wide-eyed looks of horror from the doctors when I dropped trou.  
> See, it’s not impossible to be a [man with a vagina](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=227720&postid=4321262), it’s just kinda unexpected if you don’t warn people.  
> \*\*

How horribly unprofessional! I’m sorry you experienced that. Surprise might be forgivable, but horror? Not unless you come in with a harpoon stuck through your head that’s also spearing a litter of kittens. Isn’t impassiveness supposed to be part of bedside manner? :dubious:

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**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-a-hysterical-hypochondriac-tmi/222790/22 "2004-01-08T00:59:31Z")

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Oh, they did behave professionally (luckily for me, cos it isn’t always like that) but they had this “bunny-in-the-headlights” look about them the whole time.

Since then I’ve been a bit careful to always give warning of that kind of stuff if not dealing with my regular docs.

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**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-a-hysterical-hypochondriac-tmi/222790/23 "2004-01-08T01:14:07Z")

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frequent yeast infections can be prevented by eating yogurt daily. the effect builds up and after about a month (for me anyway) the problem is over.

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-a-hysterical-hypochondriac-tmi/222790/24 "2004-01-08T01:37:09Z")

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I’ll second acidopholous caps instead of yogurt. you can get them inexpensively at your local variety store (I buy mine at Wal-Mart). At the first sign of a yeast infection, I start popping 4 a day. Two in the moring, two at night. If no relief after about 4 days, I fall back to Monistat. But I prefer to see if I can solve the problem naturally.

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