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| Reference #: | 482 |
| Submit Date: | 27 Jan 2003 |
| Browse Category: | vaginal infection |
| Author: | none |
| Email Address: | none |
| Treatment used: | various |
| You can buy this remedy at: | supermarket or pharmacy |
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| Country of Remedy: | USA |
| Remedy Source: | collective knowledge from midwives |
| More Links about this Remedy: | http:// www.gentlebirth.org/Midwife/vagInfections.html#Vaginosis |
| # Comments posted to this remedy: | 0 |
| Complaints Reported: | 0 |
| # of times remedy read: | 18,342 |
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| Typical Dosage: | unknown |
| Dosage should be related to weight: | unknown |
| Dosages used in clinical trials are significant: | unknown |
| Maximum dosages in relation to side effects and serious side effects: | unknown |
| Other foods/nutrients/medications that can affect absorption or utilization: | unknown |
| Foods that provide the nutrient recommended as a remedy (or reference giving same): | unknown |
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| Effectiveness: | 0.00 |
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| Ease of Use: | 0.00 |
| Effective after long term use: | 0.00 |
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Bacterial Vaginosis is the most common vaginal infection in women. It is
usually caused by an overgrowth of the normal bacteria in a woman's body. Normally these "bad" bacteria are kept in check by "good" bacteria and yeasts. Sometimes this system becomes unbalanced and the "bad" bacteria become an infection. This can be caused by stress, poor nutrition, lapse in hygiene, etc. If left untreated this kind of infection can cause pelvic inflamitory disease, sterility, and miscarriage. It sometimes goes away on it's own without any damage and it sometimes stays at a low level. The symptoms of this disease are a fishy or musky odor to the vaginal discharge; some women experience itching, and some women have a change in the color and consistency of their discharge described as scant and yellow. The standard medical treatment has been metronidazole or clindamycin. Until recently these medications were not approved of for use during pregnancy. Recently metronidazole has been approved of for use in pregnancy for women that have symptomatic bacterial vaginosis and a history of preterm labor. This approval is controversial and many midwives do not agree that metronidazole (which would be given as an oral antibiotic) is safe to use during pregnancy. Some midwives have been using other methods that they feel are more safe to use during pregancy. Here are some of the methods suggested: - live plain yogurt intravaginally (can be inserted with syringe, repeatedly to get several tablespoons in) at bedtime (I guess because it's messy) Also take internally echinacea, garlic and vitamin C. -Using 30 cc syringe, put between 3cc and 30cc hydrogen peroxide (depending on severity of infection and difficulty treating), fill the rest with distilled water. Insert 1 inch into vagina and gently push fluid in. (another reccomendation says lay down and leave in for 3 minutes). Do this 1x per day for 7 days. -Use Tea Tree Oil suppositories 1x per night for seven days - available at 1- 800-332-HERB - very fresh pealed garlic wrapped in gauze inserted and replaced every six hours. - diluted apple cidar vinegar douches. I would not reccomend using all of these methods at once. Maybe one or two of them alternately (say one at bedtime and one in morning.) I seem to have combatted this problem (no sympttoms for about a month) by using a combination of treatments: Hydrogen Peroxide 30cc intravaginally in morning (after I was not responding at all to 3cc's), yogurt intravaginally at bedtime, and orally raw garlic and vitamin c tablets daily, all for about a week. Of course you must practice impecable hygiene (as I got this after a bout of diareah that I was having trouble attending properly to with my toddler sitting on my lap while on the toilet!) See the above link for more/ further information. |
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