it depends on how good he is as a visual diagnostician. genital herpes does have a characteristic appearance and history but when someone give you a medicine for a bacterial vaginosis a herpes medicine and a yeast medicine he is doing "shotgun" treatment. sort of throwing everything at the issue hoping one will hit it. i don't practice that way. if your problem started with an itch and a bit of peeling i think "yeast". bacterial vaginosis can have a characteristic odor and yeast can have a characteristic appearance but it would be best to confirm it with a diagnostic test usually a microscopic exam or vaginal culture. the same goes for herpes. there is a very accurate diagnostic test when you have active lesions that would have given you the answer. since herpes is contagious and recurrent it would sure be nice to know definitively. i agree with you. you need to know for sure and deserve a higher level of care than a two minute "look and see".
my gyno diagnosed me with hsv2 by just a 2 minute observation without a culture or bloodtest. is this legitimate? . i have had hsv 1 since i was a baby but have never had an outbreak. a week ago i had a burning itch on my vagina that followed with skin peeling. i was diagnosed with a yeast infection a week prior and was given a pill to get rid of it. quickly went to see a new gyno. he was down there for literally 2 minutes and filled a prescription for metrogel a herpes medicine and a yeast medicine without doing a culture. can he diagnose herpes just by a general observation? im confused