Bacterial vaginosis home remedy. Does anyone have one?
Monday, January 11th, 2010 at
2:44 am
I am looking for a home remedy for BV. Does anyone know of one?
Filed under: Bacterial Vaginosis Remedies
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- Drink milk containing acidophilus
- Eat yoghurt (DO NOT PUT IT ON YOUR VAGINA)
- Eat Cottage Cheese (again, do not put it on your vagina)
You can also take Acidophilus pills. You can get them over the counter in the vitamin section at your local drug store.
It works!
My sister suffers from BV. Her doctor had told her to take Acidophilus pills regularly. It worked for her. She hadn’t had BV ever since.
But if do get BV again, be sure to go to the doctor and have him/her describe you some antibiotics. They will clear it up again.
See the medical link below for more information:
You need to take the cure at the pharmacy, the longer the cure the better. Choose the 3-5 day over the one day. Then along with that take some acidophilos (spelling?) it is enzymes good bacteria in the flora of your vagina aren’t there, this replaces them, from the pharmacy. Take it daily for a month at least. Then also eat yogurt with active cultures in it, read the label and make sure. You can also buy some plain yogurt without sugar and put it on the vaginal area, it will stop the itch. Make sure it has no sugar because sugar causes yeast infections and you are trying to fix that problem. Stop eating sweets and start eating a well balanced diet with lots of water and no soda. this should clear it up. Good luck.
Get it cleared up with antibiotics first. THEN get the source of the infection. This can be multiple partners, or one of the partner not taking the meds properly, or the source of mine was using anti-bacterial soaps. Some people are allergic to Tide or other soaps. My GYN told me also you need to make sure how you are washing yourself. You are only supposed to wash the OUTSIDE. Do not use soap on the inside anywhere there isn’t hair. You would be amazed what people will do.
Home Treatment
If you have been diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis (BV), you can use lactobacillus (as in yogurt) to help restore the balance of vaginal bacteria, either along with or instead of antibiotic treatment. If you are pregnant, remember to avoid vaginal administration of any treatment.
Lactobacillus for bacterial vaginosis
Lactobacillus organisms stop the growth of harmful bacteria, boost the immune system, and increase resistance to infection.
Lactobacillus acidophilus is the active culture found in some yogurts and is also available in health food stores in liquid, powder, and tablet form. For decades, women have used L. acidophilus to treat BV and yeast infection, with some success and without treatment side effects. This practice is thought to help recolonize the vaginal tract with lactobacillus organisms, reversing the conditions that allow harmful bacteria to thrive. Only small lactobacillus studies have been done thus far, so effectiveness data is sparse.
To treat BV with L. acidophilus, you can do one or more of the following:
Eat at least 8 oz(226.8 g) of yogurt with live L. acidophilus cultures as part of your long-term daily diet. In one small study, women who ate L. acidophilus yogurt for 2 months showed a drop in rates of BV.5
Providing that you are not pregnant, you can directly treat the vaginal area with lactobacilli by inserting lactobacilli in gelatin capsules (which dissolve), tablet form, or yogurt form (with a vaginal medication applicator) into your vagina. Do this for 7 days. In one small study of yogurt application for 7 days, 88% of women were BV-free when tested 2 months after treatment.5
Researchers have recently found that two different types of lactobacillus—L. crispatus and L. jensenii—are most commonly found in a healthy vaginal environment. Research is currently focusing on using these types of lactobacilli in capsules.5
Please listen….BV is NOT a yeast infection…yogurt won’t work! BV is inflammation of the vagina and upper genital tract caused by Gardnerella vaginalis. Antibiotics,metronidazole or clindamycin orally or intravaginal cream, is going to be the only effective treatment! R U pregnant?? it has been implicated in causing preterm labor. If u r concerned about cost…go to planned parenthood.