Bacterial Vaginosis?
Thursday, July 15th, 2010 at
7:37 pm
how is Bacterial Vaginosis treated? do you need to see a doctor or is there an over the counter method? is it the same as a yeast infection?
Thanks
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OK you will not know if you have bacterial vaginosis unless your vaginal discharge has very faul smell to it. Now again sometimes that is not present but in most cases smell is present. Again you do have to go to doc whether you like it or not because there is no over the counter medicine you would want to touch to solve this unpleasant problem of yours. No worries though. Doc will tell you right away what you have BV, give you PAP smear test and possibly pelvic exam, which you want to have anyways for your protection. Is it the same as yeast infection…HELL NO! Yeast treated by different antibiotics so it wouldnt be the same. Yeast have different symptoms and different outbreaks if you leave it untreated. Babygirl, go see doc. And please protect yourself. BV is nasty thing, and i know a lot of females who had this before, to include yeast infection.
It is not the same or even close to a yeast infection. It needs to be treated with antibiotic meds by the doc. Left untreated it can cause Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. See the doc if you think you have it.
Bacterial vaginosis is NOT a yeast infection; as the term inplies it is "bacterial". This infection is polymicrobial with Gardnerella vaginalis being the most commonly encountered species. G. vaginalis is not the single cause of BV. BV is actually a synergistic infection involving not only G. vaginalis but also other microorganisms. The total number of organisms is dramatically increased in the vaginas of women with BV. Anaerobic gram-negative bacilli such as Prevotella spp., Bacteroides spp. other than Bacteroides fragilis, and various peptococci are involved.
Most cases of BV are also associated with motile, curved anaerobic rods that are gram negative or gram variable. These organisms have been classified into the genus Mobiluncus.The precise pathogenic role of these organisms remains to be elucidated. Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum can be isolated from the vaginas of many women with BV. Their role as etiologic agents of BV has not been established.
There is no established over the counter medication for treating bacterial vaginosis which is treated by antibiotics. The primary regimen for the treatment of BV is oral metronidazole, 500 mg twice a day for 7 days. A single 2.0-g dose of metronidazole, such as is used to treat trichomoniasis, is less effective but has the advantage of 100% compliance if taken under direct observation. Vaginal preparations containing 0.75% metronidazole gel or 2% clindamycin cream, or ovules containing 100 mg of clindamycin, are effective and have few systemic side effects. They are, however, more expensive than generic metronidazole. Oral clindamycin is also effective, but it is not widely prescribed for this indication. For patients who have BV that is unresponsive to the currently available antimicrobial agents, intravaginal boric acid, 600 mg at bedtime, provides symptomatic relief. Once the symptoms have been controlled, the dosing interval can be increased. Some patients remain symptom free using boric acid capsules once or twice a week.
You have to see your doctor. They will give you medicine called Flagyl or metronoz.. something or other. It usually has an odor to it