Bacterial Vaginosis the Other Vaginitis
Women assume yeast infections are the most common vaginial infection. Yeast infection is also called thrush, candida, or monilial infection. It is the second most common type of vaginitis.
Bacteria is the cause of 45% of all vaginal infections. The name of this type of vaginitis is bacterial vaginosis.
The bacterial vaginial infection is called bacterial vaginosis. Bacteria is normally found in a woman’s vagina. Normally the helpful bacteria in a women’s vagina protects her from both yeast and bacterial vaginitis. The name of the helpful bacteria is lactobacillus. The job of lactobacillus is maintain the pH of the vagina.
Not so helpful bacterial can grow out of control when the lactobacillus is overwhelmed. No one knows why or how this happens.
Like other vaginitis, bacterial vaginosis causes a vaginal discharge. The discharge may have a fishy smell especially after sex. The color of the discharge is variable. Some would be clear, grey or milky. The discharge can be either thick or thin.
Why Should You Care About Bacterial Vaginosis? By traveling up the vagina into the cervix and the fallopian tubes the bacteria can start an infection elsewhere. These infection can cause sterility and other problems.
The bacteria can travel up the vagina into the cervix and up to the fallopian tubes and start an infection elsewhere. These other infections can lead to sterility and other problems. The problems can be very serious if the woman is pregnant.
Babies who weigh less than 5 pounds at birth
Early delivery
Premature birth,
Medical studies have shown bacterial vaginosis in the first trimester can double the incidence of miscarriage in the second trimester
Women with IUD’s who suspect they have an infection should call their health care provider as soon as possible. Bacteria can easily travel up the IUD ’strings’ to the uterus and fallopian tube.
If you are using an IUD and suspect you have bacterial vaginosis call your health care provider as soon as possible. The bacteria can easily travel up the ’strings’ of the IUD up to your uterus and fallopian tubes.
When testing for bacterial vaginosis the healthcare provider puts some of the discharge on a slide. She then puts a drop of saline on the slide. If it is bacterial vaginosis the cells will clump. The clumped cells are called clue cells. This type of test is called a bacteria wet smear.
Bacterial vaginosis is treated with antibiotics. No over the counter is capable of treating bacterial vaginosis that is active. Remember to call your healthcare provider if you have, or think you have bacterial vaginosis.
Bacterial vaginosis is usually treated with antibiotics. At this time none of the over the counter products can claim to treat an active bacterial vaginosis. So it is important to call your health care provider for treatment.
The chance of bacterial vaginosis happening again is very high. You may want to consider using a combination of medical treatment and natural treatments.
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