Bacterial Vaginosis... lifetime sentence? - Women's Health Message Board

anxiety27 · 04-19-2006, 04:29 PM

This is ridiculous! Nothing seems to work. Is there anyone out there who beat this thing? Did we "catch" it from somewhere? Why do we get this? I know about the PH balence and such.. but this is just too darn much now!

RiAnne · 04-19-2006, 04:39 PM

i want to find someone out there who is 'cured' from this also. it seems as though once you get it, it's here for life. crazy. it's almost like having an incurable nonlifethreating disease.

mae14 · 04-19-2006, 08:14 PM

i would like answers also! my first experience with BV came 2 years ago, and i have been stuck with it (on and off) since then. I thought i was the only one! And I am convinced I must be doing something wrong, but i dont know what??

Cindy_S74 · 04-20-2006, 08:34 AM

I'm right there with y'all. I have had it for about 2.5 years now. Took everything the doctor has told me to take. It ALWAYS comes back!!!!!

punkybear · 04-21-2006, 07:40 PM

Omogid I have lived the nightmare of BV! I will tell you how I finally overcame it! The things I did may seem kind of drastic but I was willing to try anything. I don't wear a thong anymore because I think that was a part of the problem. I stopped using those shower poof things because I think they just grow bacteria on them that drip down to your vagina when you are in the shower. I don't use any perfumey shower gel, only unscented dove because I think it's hard to avoid getting soap on the outside of the vagina. I stopped wearing tampons for my period for six months and used pads only. (change them often). For about one week while I was home (bear with me on this one) I took an OB tampon and dipped it in plain yogurt and inserted it into my vagina and changed "yogurt tampons" every three hours. I also took a bath for a few nights with about a cup of cider vinegar in the water. I also forced myself to eat yogurt at least once a day and cut down on my sugar intake. This has made a HUGE difference I swear! I haven't had BV for over a year *knock on wood*!!!!