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?

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

I am 4 weeks pregnant and have Bacterial vaginosis. My doctor prescribed me an antibioti called METRONIDAZOLE. I stopped taking any medicine at all about 2 years ago. I only use homeopathic remedies. I def dont want to take anything while pregnant and in my first trimester but i also dont want to let the infection get any worse as it can cause preterm labor later in my pregnancy. Please help. Natural remedies? or any other advice? I am a very natural way of living type of girl…………natural birth..no medicine…not even a tylenol
I am also concerned about my breast milk being affected as i am currently breastfeeding my 9 1/2 ,month old
will the meds affect my breastmilk

Ok so just recently on Monday I had my first trip to the gynecologist and this is my first time meeting this doctor, so there’s no patient/doctor relationship between us. He tells me that it looks like I have bacterial vaginosis and I’m thinking is this why I’ve had so many other problems like UTI & a pelvic infection? I’m just now learning what that is exactly and I’m asking myself how long have I had this because I remember back in 9th grade or so, I’ve noticed an odor & discharge from my vaginal area. It really bothered me, the odor made me feel uncomfortable and I tried talking to my mom about it but she didn’t seem too concerned about it and I couldn’t go to a gynecologists. No matter how much I clean, the odor is there & discharge (sometimes discharge is a lot).

The doctor prescribed some antibiotics called Flagyl (the most horrible thing ever) and they’re not fitting well with my body at all. I have other issues going on like tingling in hands or leg sometimes, feeling like I might pass out or whatever, terrible anxiety and stress and I HATE the thought of taking anymore antibiotics because they all give me terrible heartburn. Even though the doctor said it shouldn’t bother my heartburn but it set me way back with my heartburn. Which I’m taking prevacid as well & those side effects are already enough, I’m not one who likes foreign things (pills) to be in my body all the time. THERE HAS TO BE another way to treat bacterial vaginosis & the health of your vagina??

i.e. like some kind of prescribed creams, over the counter creams, feminine soaps, natural treatments, just anything

im 24 and since i was about 12 (after i started my period) i have always had a yellow thin discharge (like pee!) and a fishy smell down below. its very embarrasing and i can smell it all the time therefore i think others can too. the smell comes through my knickers and trousers and i always feel slightly damp. ive had thrush treatments so its not that, also have had treatment for bacterial vaginosis so its not that. its not the same symptoms as yeast infections so i dont think its that either. i shower every morning and wash every night. ive had it so long and it really gets me down. ive been to my gp about it and he thought it was bacterial vaginosis but the treatment didnt make it go! has anyone else got the same??

I was recently diagnosed with BV (Bacterial Vaginosis). My doctor prescribed me metro gel to insert vaginally for 5 nights in a row. I started the treatment August 2nd and ended the treatment August 7th. It is now almost 4 days since I’ve finished the treatment and I still have the foul BV odor. Does anyone know long it takes till the BV symptoms go away? I have no discharge besides the normal discharge caused by the metro gel. It is the prominent BV smell that will not go away. I have been tested for STDS and everything has come out negative. I wanted to get some insight on how long it takes for the smell to go away. This is my first case of BV ever, I never heard of it up until I recently got it this summer and I have had one sexual partner in my life for the past five years. I appreciate your comments, thank you!

I recently suffered from a yeast infection and bacterial vaginosis. I understand that drinking alcohol in excess can make these infections worse, however if I only drink in moderation, will I be okay? Will drinking vodka make the infections worse? I’ve been on treatment for the infections, and I don’t plan on drinking much.

I’ve recently been experiencing immense burning and itching "down there". I assumed that it was a yeast infection seeing as I’ve had them before. So I bought Monistat 3-day, but skipped a day because i was on vacation and it wasn’t on my mind. The pain didn’t go away, so I assumed that it was because I had missed a day. So I bought another treatment. This was about a week ago and it hasn’t gone away since then. It’s also raw, and my lower abdomen hurts a bit. This is why i think that it’s bacterial vaginosis. I’m going in tomorrow to have it checked out. Can anyone tell me what to expect? Like what the test(s) will be like. Keep in mind that I’m only 15 and not sexually active.

I’m also quite worried that they’ll do a pelvic exam. Will they for these circumstances, or just a swab test and look at the bacteria?

Ok so I am really getting worried as I am not sure what is wrong with me. For the past 3-5 months I have had a alot of vaginal discharge it is yellow and used to have a smell to it. Also let me add that I have had two children who I birthed vaginally, they are 3 and 6 now…But anyway I went to the dr they tested me and found out that I had bacterial vaginosis, so they put me on pills. I got tonsilitus while on these pills and had to stop taking them cause I had to take another antibiotic. After time had gone by the odor of the discharge went away but I still had the yellow discharge and I may add that it doesnt itch anymore either. So a few weeks ago I called my dr again, explained the problem with the other pill they gave me and they prescribed a vaginal gel for me. I have finished with the entire medication this time and guess what I still have the yellow discharge. I can tell that its yellow cause I have to wear a panty liner all the time and its constant yellow but again no odor. I do take birth control so I dunno if that is something that is causing it. My fiance and I have a very sexually active relationship and we do not wear protection. I have been tested for STD’s and HIV, my pap smear came back normal all of the tests came back normal. My fiance shows no signs of std’s or anything either and he was also tested. I am really at my witts end with this, I hate to call the dr back again, im scared too. I mean is it likely that they mis diagnosed me, or maybe my bacterial vaginosis is not totally cleared up yet, but then if that is so why dont I have an odor ? I wonder if it could just be a yeast infection, cause I also have a small sore on the inside of my vulva, it looks like a cut or a bug bite and becomes sore sometimes when I pee, but I thought that was just from rough sexual intercourse sorry to be so blunt..But if this was a genital herpes wouldnt the dr have told me about this during testing and wouldnt my fiance have these warts too ? Ugh I am so confused…Can someone please give me some advice on this, I dunno what to think and I am kinda scared.

Ok, I went to my Gyno, and she swabbed me 2 times, and she did a rapid test of Yeast and Bacterial Vaginosis, well on the rapid test I had Bacterial Vaginosis, but no yeast. She sent out the culture though to see if the yeast grew. I was using a gel to clear the BV, and she put me on a 5 day course of that, but I had severe burning on the outside,and itching and the gel decreased the burning itching pain, but it was still there when I was done with the treatment. I started to get a cottage cheese like discharge, and I called my Gyno, and she said to wait a couple of days, cause it might be the gel, it clumps. I was determined though it was a yeast infection, so I bought Monistat 7, and I used it for the first time last night, and I woke up this morning with intense BURNING ITHCING STINGY PAIN. Worse than the infection itself. Anyways I know I have a allergic reaction to it, but my question is how do I get rid of this cream? Also will this Monistat cause a yeast infection if I don’t have one? Will this burning go away? Do you think it’s still the Bacterial Vaginosis, and I just need a second round of meds for it? I am seeing my gyno a week from now, because she is booked. I just got really anxious, and stupidly bought Monistat, I am afraid now this intense burn won’t go away, I am afraid I caused a yeast infection now. Oh and my lab test results came back negative for yeast too.