In this category of vaginal irritation causes, the solution is to change the flora back to how it should be. This can be accomplished by obtaining treatment for a sexually-transmitted disease, eating yogurt, soaking a tampon with yogurt and then inserting it in the vagina for a few hours, or inserting a probiotic capsule in the vagina where the Lactobacillus bacteria then escape and feed the tissues of the vagina.

Lactobacillus acidophilus is a type of bacteria found in the normal flora of the human digestive system and vagina. This bacteria has actually been found to be helpful in human health. Research studies on this micro-organism have shown it to be effective in bacterial vaginosis and regulating the immune system, called immunomodulation.

Yogurt is cultured milk. To create yogurt, yogurt makers first heat milk to just below boiling to kill any micro-organisms that may be living in the fluid. Next they add Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Lactobacillus acidophilus to the milk and stir. After several hours, the milk gets as thick as pudding. It’s then full of live active cultures.

Native American Indians have used goldenseal for many decades for skin and eye irritations, digestive system upsets, and women’s female illnesses. The herb has quite a positive reputation for healing different ailments, especially those that are related to women’s uterine complaints, and infections.

Probiotics are a mixture of different types of bacteria that create a healthy environment inside the body. They include lactic acid bacteria, bifidobacteria, some yeasts and bacilli. When you go to the health food store, you’ll find bottles of probiotics on the shelves in the refrigerated section. These live cultures will reproduce when they enter your body and make a bee-line right for the organs that need them most: the intestines and the vagina.

When you’ve been told that you have bacterial vaginosis, the cure is often the prescription medication Metronidazole, or Flagyl.
Flagyl is a synthetic drug created to kill protozoans and bacteria.
However, like other antibiotics, it should only …

After taking an antibiotic for bacterial vaginosis, you expect your symptoms to be gone forever. But when you notice that you already have genital itching, burning, pain and vaginal discharge and the Clindamycin caused every one of these, what was the point of taking the antibiotic? Why trade the symptoms of bacterial vaginosis for the same symptoms that indicate another possible infection?

Yogurt is rich in the bacteria species Lactobacillus. Women with bacterial vaginosis have a vagina pH that is not where it should be, which allows the bacteria to grow and reproduce. However, once the yogurt makes contact with the tissues of the reproductive tract, the pH is changed and the correct bacteria are introduced. It will take awhile to colonize the entire reproductive tract so repeating the yogurt tampon home remedy may be essential to create the right environment so that pathogenic bacteria cannot grow.

Antibiotics kill bacteria and other microbes in the body and stop them from multiplying each time a dosage is taken. The problem is that antibiotics are not selective. The body has natural flora that is found in the inside of the mouth, in the GI tract lining, inside the lungs, vagina, rectum, and within each organ. When an antibiotic is taken, the natural flora in all linings of the organs are affected, not just the natural flora of the vagina.

If you call a pharmacy and ask about over the counter bacterial vaginosis medicines, you won’t get good news.
The pharmacist will reply that there are none; only prescription medications. This means there’s only one treatment, …