Antibiotics For Bacterial Vaginosis - Worthwhile Or Not?

Antibiotics For Bacterial Vaginosis - Worthwhile Or Not?

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If you are a sufferer of recurrent BV, you may already have discovered that antibiotics for bacterial vaginosis are not a magic solution. However, in the absence of a better conventional treatment, there is little else on offer other than creams and lotions to give symptomatic relief.

The problem with BV is that it is not a condition which you can "catch", indeed there are various causes of BV and the key to a cure is not as straightforward as a single, one-dimensional antibiotic treatment. The role of antibiotics in medicine is to kill off bacteria and this is the reason why doctors will prescribe them for patients with bacterial vaginosis.

Bacterial vaginosis is caused by an imbalance of naturally occurring bacteria within the vagina. Under normal circumstances, a healthy vagina is mildly acidic, and this encourages the growth of healthy bacteria. When something happens to shift the pH level slightly so it is alkaline in nature, harmful bacteria grows and causes the unpleasant symptoms which include a terrible itching or burning sensation within the vagina, together with a watery discharge which has a foul fishy smell.

Antibiotics for bacterial vaginosis will indeed kill off bacteria. However, bear in mind that they cannot distinguish between good and bad bacteria, so it will all be killed off. As soon as the treatment is finished and the vagina is repopulated with bacteria, there is no "good" bacteria left to counteract the stronger harmful bacteria and the whole cycle starts again.

This is why over 70% of women who take antibiotics for bacterial vaginosis will have repeated outbreaks within a few weeks

In addition, antibiotic treatment does not take into account what might be causing the outbreaks and good treatment deals with various aspects of the condition, not just killing off bacteria.

Other considerations for good treatment strategies include,

* Examining and treating the root causes
* Introducing good bacteria into the vagina
* Treatment of common symptoms
* Strengthening the immune system
* Rebalancing pH levels

Just looking at these aspects, you can perhaps understand why you need to look at options other than just antibiotics for bacterial vaginosis as these just treat one aspect, and even that is only temporarily.


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