How to determine if you have bacterial vaginosis?
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at
2:37 pm
For a while now i’ve had milky white discharge and i’ve read up on it and i think its bacterial vaginosis. But you never can tell until you see what it looks like because all types of infections has "white discharge". i just need to know if there are any pictures available or anyway to determinewhat it is? and how to cure it? please help!!
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I’m not sure if that’s bacterial vaginosis. If it has a fishy smell, then it is bacterial vaginosis.
A few other symptoms includes vaginal itching and irritation. If you notice these symptoms, you need to cure it asap.
I read a document earlier that gave advice on curing bacterial vaginosis naturally.
I’ll leave a link to the document below.
hope this helps…
Okay all girls have white discharge how old are you, have you had your period yet because if you haven’t you need to learn about it!
The best advice is to just go the doctor. You can easily do more harm than good by self-diagnosing and treating vaginal problems. A lot of women who go and buy things like vagisil don’t actually have what the product is supposed to be treating and the medication just further messes up their vagina’s ph balance.
The discharge with BV tends to irritate the skin, and has a distinctive fishy odor to it…That is the medical term for it (ok, its a postive whiff test, really)
Yeast tends to smell like wet cardboard…and is irritating to the skin
And yes, its normal to have some discharge in varying amounts all the time…its your vagina shedding cells, the same way your skin does…but that shouldn’t itch or burn at all
I went to the doctor last month and I had it. It’s a white discharge with a fishy smell.
He gave antibiotics (Flagyl-. Metronidazole) for that! You aren’t gonna be able to cure it with monistat or non of this other products
The signs of Bacterial vaginosis (BV) usually are vaginal discharge (ie. white or yellow discharge) accompanied with fishy odor. Sometime it could give you itching or burning sensations.
BV is actually happened because of the imbalance state of "good" and "bad" bacteria in the vagina. Some women can just relief from BV without any treatment. It seems that the bacterial balance in the vagina is restoring itself naturally. But most women would need treatments to be able to get rid of BV.
Antibiotics are often used to treat BV, but there are reports that a lot of women using antibiotics to treat BV would experience either recurrent of BV or yeast infection not long after their antibiotics’ treatment. The use of antibiotics could kill more of "good" bacteria and cause BV to reoccur. Also this condition allows the vagina to be more susceptible for the yeast infection to grow.
There are other BV natural cures and remedies available such as taking acidophilus, folic acid, probiotic etc. BV natural cures strengthen the good bacteria so that it can maintain the proper balance of microorganisms in the vagina. When antibiotics aim at killing the bacteria, natural cure remedy focuses on building the immune system so that the body can heal the condition naturally.
BV natural treatment seems to give better result with less side effects. Many women who once suffered from BV, had recommended natural treatment instead of antibiotics treatment to get relief from BV.
While on bacterial vaginosis treatment period, you also need to stay away from other things like douching, smoking, or using colored/ perfumed soaps and tampons, and avoiding sex, to get a better relief.
BV is an infection that needs to be determined under the microscope. You can be given all the symptoms and even if they match, there is no sure way of telling without looking at the bacteria itself. Other symptoms include a fishy odor, increased discharge, white or grey discharge, irritation (mild itchiness), and pain/discomfort during intercourse. If you do have BV, a doctor will need to prescribe you antibiotics, generally metronidozole. You should seek medical advice from your gyno if you are concerned about abnormal discharge.