i have been given antibiotics to treat bacterial vaginosis, 2 pills a day for five days. today (friday) is the last day i have to take them and am going out tomorrow night, so how long do you have to wait after the treatment is finished before drinking alcohol ?? =)

So here’s a little background info. I am prone to yeast infections. I believe this is due to being on so many antibiotics throughout my life for acne. Now dont get me wrong I do not sleep around with a lot of people, but when I do have a new partner, I tend to get bladder infections. This time I think I have bv though due to a very strong, embarrassing almost fishy odor that is made worse with sex. New bf has been tested recently for stds and did not test positive for any. If it’s worth anyhing, I also use scented tampons. This may or may not have something to do with it. I do not douche. Well I can’t get into my gyno for a month so I decided to try some home remedies (h202 and tea tree oil douches, apple cider vinegar baths, probiotics, garlic) well I tried the yogurt tampon idea and when I pulled it out today(yes I smelled it to check For fishy odor gross I know) it smelled like urine..BAD. I only had it in for an hour and did not pee with the tampon in. Is there a reason for this? Could it be something other than bv? Any advice on how to get rid of this odor or treat bv or whatever else it could be would be greatly appreciated. I have to do something about this smell! Thanks guys.

First of all, I’m scared to death of not being able to have kids. So, this is making me very paranoid.

In the past 3 months I’ve been suffering with BV. Went to the doctor twice for treatment which made the symptoms go away only to have them return within a week. Then I attempted a home remedy which seemed to have worked better. That kept the BV away for about 2 weeks and surprise, surprise it’s back with a vengeance.

I can’t take this anymore! WHY does it come back? I have good hygiene, I’m healthy for the most part, no perfumed soaps, no cheap laundry detergent. And the doctors just shove more antibiotics in me that aren’t working! I’ve seen 2 different doctors now.

And to see a different doctor it’s going to be about 30-45 days. I don’t know what else to do. THIS IS RUINING MY LIFE. Can someone please share their experience with this? Or suggest to me where to go next?

I think I have a good idea of long term remedies. But I want the odor and discharge to clear up even quicker. I’m weary of an antibiotic, but I think I’m going to go ahead and try the antibiotic along with home remedies that will hopefully help restore any good bacteria that the medicine kills. I’ve been dealing with this for a month, seen my doctor twice, had to call them twice and I feel that my doctor is just dismissing me and not taking me serious enough. So I’m going to schedule an appointment with my OBGYN instead and take an antibiotic if that is what she recommends along with natural treatments. But in the meantime that neither of the offices have called me back, what can I do to get rid of the smell? It’s so embarrassing, I’ve never dealt with it this bad.

I went to the Dr. a few weeks ago and she told me I had bacterial vaginosis. She prescribed me metrogel and the symptoms went away. Now, I have similiar symptoms but the odor is not as strong. Is possible it came back as a mild case that does not need to be treated and could go away on its own? Or is the type of thing that I either have or I dont?

Here is my problem. I am a very active woman, work out constantly and have a wonderful home life with my family. My husband and I have noticed lately that I with all the symptoms present that I have bacterial vaginosis. I have a girlfriend who treated hers with medication and it just would not go away. She did get involved with a natural remedy that cleared her problem up in days. This was 6 months ago and she has since gone onto a sabattical and I have lost touch with her. I want to know if there is someone out there who has experienced this problem and knows of natural remedies for bacterial vaginosis that can clear up my problem. It has now become more of a problem in terms of confidence for me. Please help.

Ok i had a smelly clumpy yellowy discharge and went to the doctors and they put me on tablets for bacterial vaginosis and tht didnt work so they gave me the same treatment in cream form with applicators and it didnt work so went bk and they gave me thrush cream after it and it was brown alittle then got another swab and i still had it got a different cream and it worked but came bk and overall i have been 4 times and im on thrush cream now but a difderent kind and it made it made me hve a half blood half discharge and i want to fix it because its getting me down x please comment