Home Remedies For Bacterial Vaginosis – Natural Treatment For Bv

Home Remedies For Bacterial Vaginosis – Natural Treatment For Bv

Home remedies for bacterial vaginosis are an excellent alternative to conventional medication, such as antibiotics or over the counter medication. The very nature of the condition means that natural treatment is ideal-but only if the remedies are tried and tested.

If you have bacterial vaginosis, the last thing you want to do is try a collection of random home remedies, all of which might have some merit in their own right but used individually or in the wrong way will do nothing other than give a little symptomatic relief.

There are different types of bacteria naturally living in the vagina. Under normal circumstances, Lactobacillus (“beneficial”) bacteria is present in the largest quantities and these produce Lactic acid which maintains the correct ph level of the vagina. If for any reason the lactic acid levels drop, this can encourage the growth of harmful bacteria. This can result in the typical symptoms of bacterial vaginosis which include itching, burning, a gray/white discharge and the embarrassing fishy odor. It is estimated at at least 1 in 3 women will have bacterial vaginosis at some point in their lives.

Antibiotics kill bacteria and therefore in theory, you would think they would be a suitable treatment for this condition. However, they cannot distinguish between different types of bacteria and therefore will kill off both the beneficial bacteria as well as the harmful bacteria. This means that once the antibiotic treatment has finished and bacteria naturally begins to repopulate the vagina, there will be insufficient beneficial bacteria to maintain the equilibrium and the symptoms will begin again.

This is why over 70% of women who have bacterial vaginosis will have a repeat attack within a few short weeks

Home remedies for bacterial vaginosis work in a completely different way. A good remedy will work by strengthening the beneficial bacteria and creating the ideal environment for this to flourish so that the harmful bacteria cannot survive. This is done by using a combination of natural treatments, all chosen for maximum effect.

Simple Home Remedies For Bacterial Vaginosis

* Eat live natural yogurt containing acidophillus bacteria. This can
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also be used directly in the vagina by soaking a tampon in it and leaving in the vagina for a couple of hours
* Take a warm bath into which a couple of cups of cider vinegar have been added
* Nutritional supplements have been shown to help-particularly high strength vitamin C
* Tea tree oil pessaries can help some women as tea tree oil is a natural antiseptic

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What is the course of treatment for a bacterial vaginal infection?

Bacterial vaginosis is the most common cause of vaginal discharge. Recent studies have confirmed its association with pelvic inflammatory disease and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Bacterial vaginosis is treated with oral metronidazole (given either as a single dose or a seven-day course) or clindamycin. Treatment with topical clindamycin or metronidazole is also effective in returning the vaginal flora to normal but may be less effective in preventing the increased incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Bacterial vaginosis, previously known as nonspecific vaginitis or Gardnerella vaginitis, is the most common cause of vaginal discharge. It may be the cause of up to one half of cases of vaginitis1 in all women and the cause of from 10 to 30 percent of cases in pregnant women.2 This clinical syndrome is now recognized as a polymicrobial superficial vaginal infection involving a loss of the normal lactobacilli and an overgrowth of anaerobes. While commonly found in increased numbers in women with bacterial vaginosis, Gardnerella vaginalis is not invariably present. G. vaginalis has been reported in from 16 to 42 percent of women with no signs or symptoms of vaginitis.3

Clinical Implications and Morbidity

TABLE 1
Morbidity Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis

Post­induced-abortion pelvic inflammatory disease
Post-hysterectomy vaginal cuff cellulitis
Plasma cell endometritis
In pregnant women:
Amniotic fluid infection
Clinical chorioamnionitis
Postpartum endometritis
Premature rupture of the membranes
Preterm delivery
Low birth weight

Bacterial vaginosis is associated with an increased risk of several pathologic conditions, including postoperative infection following hysterectomy4 and postabortion pelvic inflammatory disease5 (Table 1). The risk of plasma cell endometritis in women with bacterial vaginosis has been reported to be 15 times higher than the risk in women without bacterial vaginosis (95 percent confidence interval; range: 2 to 686).6

In pregnant women, bacterial vaginosis is associated with the presence of fetal fibronectin. Women with fetal fibronectin have a 16-fold increase in clinical chorioamnionitis and a sixfold increase in neonatal sepsis.7 The microorganisms found in bacterial vaginosis are also commonly found in the amniotic fluid of women with amniotic fluid infection.8 Women with bacterial vaginosis have an odds ratio of 1.85 (confidence interval: 1.16 to 2.9) for intra-amniotic infection.9 Bacterial vaginosis in women at 23 to 26 weeks of gestation is associated with intra-amniotic fluid infection at term.10

To be indicative of bacterial vaginosis, more than 20 percent of the epithelial cells on the wet mount should be clue cells.

The odds ratio for premature rupture of the membranes is 7.3 in women with bacterial vaginosis.11 Bacterial vaginosis has been associated with low birth weight12 and preterm birth, with odds ratios for preterm birth estimated to be from 1.8413 to 2.8.14

The increased frequency of bacterial vaginosis in unmarried, low-income black women and in women with previous low-birth-weight infants may account for some of the racial gap in preterm births; however, bacterial vaginosis remains a risk factor for preterm low birth weight when variables are adjusted for race.15

The presence of atypical cells on Papanicolaou smear is also more common in women with bacterial vaginosis.16

Diagnosis

TABLE 2
Diagnostic Criteria for Bacterial Vaginosis

Homogeneous vaginal discharge (color and amount may vary)

Presence of clue cells (greater than 20%)

Amine (fishy) odor when potassium hydroxide solution is added to vaginal secretions (commonly called the “whiff test”)

Vaginal pH greater than 4.5

Absence of the normal vaginal lactobacilli

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NOTE: At least three of these criteria must be present for diagnosis.

Bacterial vaginosis is diagnosed by the presence of three of the clinical and microscopic findings listed in Table 2. The most common symptoms are a thin, homogeneous vaginal discharge and a malodorous, “fishy” smell. The color and amount of discharge varies greatly from patient to patient. The normal pH of vaginal secretions is less than 4.5. In women with bacterial vaginosis, the pH is usually greater than 4.5. When sampling secretions to measure pH, care must be taken to avoid cervical mucous, as cervical mucous normally has a higher pH.

When drops of a 10 percent potassium hydroxide solution are added to the vaginal secretions of a woman with bacterial vaginosis, an amine, or “fishy” odor is released. This test, commonly referred to as a “whiff test,” is positive in women with bacterial vaginosis but can also be positive in patients with Trichomonas infection.

Another diagnostic criterion for bacterial vaginosis is the presence of clue cells on wet mount. Clue cells are vaginal epithelial cells that have a stippled appearance due to adherent coccobacilli (Figure 1). The edges of the cells are obscured and appear fuzzy compared with the normally sharp edges of vaginal epithelial cells. To be significant for bacterial vaginosis, more than 20 percent of the epithelial cells on the wet mount should be clue cells.

The term vaginosis is used because of the superficial nature of the infection. The wet mount usually does not show the increased number of leukocytes seen in other types of vaginitis. If the wet mount shows increased numbers of leukocytes, a co-infection (e.g.,Trichomonas) should be suspected.

FIGURE 1. Clue cells, as seen on a wet-mount slide, are vaginal epithelial cells with adherent coccobacilli that make the edges appear indistinct.
An alternative diagnostic criterion utilizes Gram staining of vaginal secretions.17 The loss of lactobacillus morphotypes and increase in Gardnerella and Bacteroides morphotypes and curved gram-variable rods, when combined with the pH, correlates well with Amsel’s criteria for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis.18 Gram stain may not be useful in determining eradication of the infection because of its high proportion of indeterminate results.19 Because the predictive value of a positive culture for G. vaginalis is less than 50 percent, culture is not recommended as a diagnostic tool.20

Some controversy remains over the sexual transmission of bacterial vaginosis. While it occurs more commonly in women with more than one sexual partner, bacterial vaginosis can also occur in women who are not yet sexually active.21 Treatment of male partners has not resulted in improved cure rates or a reduced rate of recurrence.22 Increased rates of infection with Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae have been reported in women with bacterial vaginosis, but increased rates of syphilis and Trichomonas infection have not been reported.23

Treatment of male sex partners has not resulted in improved cure rates or a reduced rate of recurrence.

Treatment

Treatment regimens for bacterial vaginosis are shown in Table 3. All are safe and effective. The rate of cure for a seven-day course of metronidazole (Flagyl) has been reported to be from 84 to 96 percent; for treatment with oral clindamycin (Cleocin), the cure rate has been reported to be 94 percent24; for metronidazole vaginal gel (Metrogel vaginal), the cure rate has been reported to be 75 percent, and for clindamycin vaginal cream, the cure rate has been estimated to be 86 percent.25 A single 2-g dose of metronidazole may also be effective, but patients given this treatment seem to have a higher rate of recurrence than those given a seven-day course of treatment. Treatment with metronidazole in women undergoing abortion who have bacterial vaginosis reduces the post-abortion risk of pelvic infection to that of women without bacterial vaginosis.26 Oral metronidazole and oral clindamycin have been shown to reduce pregnancy-associated morbidity27-29; topical treatments, however, have not.30,31 Some physicians are hesitant to use metronidazole in women who are pregnant because adequate safety studies have not yet been performed. While issues of mutagenicity remain theoretic, several recent meta-analyses32-34 have reported no association between birth defects and the use of metronidazole during pregnancy

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