2006-07-05 00:57:50 · 4 answers · asked by Lativia H 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
BV is typically treated with antibiotic medication. Metronidazole (Flagyl) is the first-choice treatment for BV. If you aren't pregnant, you can choose to take it by mouth (orally) or by inserting it into the vagina; pregnant women are only treated orally.
Antibiotic treatment for BV can lead to vaginal yeast infections because the medications change the balance of organisms in the vagina, allowing an excess of yeast to grow. You may be able to prevent this by regularly eating yogurt with active Lactobacillus acidophilus culture or taking L. acidophilus dietary supplements.
Some women have success with using oral or vaginal lactobacillus by itself to treat bacterial vaginosis.
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. Lactobacillus organisms stop the growth of harmful bacteria, boost the immune system, and increase resistance to infection.
Good luck to you! I had BV last year and it's not fun!
2006-07-05 01:16:56 · answer #1 · answered by Alli 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Metronidazole (500 mg orally twice daily for 7 days) has the lowest recurrence rate among antimicrobial regimens for bacterial vaginosis
2006-07-05 01:02:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the same as vaginitis, per wikipedia. You may want to search Yahoo!Answers for this topic, also "yeast infection" as it is asked regularly, and has gotten some great answers.
2006-07-05 01:03:09 · answer #3 · answered by Pegasus90 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eat yogurt evert\y day.
2006-07-05 02:38:27 · answer #4 · answered by mazey1967 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋