What is Bacterial Vaginosis ?
Common causes and symptoms
It is not known, what causes this imbalance in bad bacteria growth, but few circumstances and lifestyle habits, increase the risk of acquiring this condition and its consequences. You will be prone to this disease, if:
- You indulge in sex, with more than one partner or new partner.
- You douche.
- Smoking, increases the chances of contracting this disease, when coupled with, above mentioned factors.
Limiting sex partners, is a good precautionary measure for keeping this condition at bay. Although this condition is found in greater number of women, who are sexually active, it does not mean, a woman who is not sexually active is safe.
Smelly or abnormal vaginal discharge, is a common symptom for bacterial vaginosis. Color of discharge may be yellow or gray touched white. A fishy smell accompanies this discharge and is observed to be foul smelling, after sex. It is known that, half the women, who contract this condition, may never notice any symptom. Sometimes, smelly discharge my be due to, sexually transmitted diseases, or infections. Hence it is best to, seek doctor advice, and not self diagnose this condition.
Bacterial Vagnosis Diagnosis
A simple diagnose, consists of, checking for common symptoms, a pelvic examination, if necessary and sometimes, collecting vaginal discharge sample for testing. It is important to seek medical help early, because, this condition alone may not be severe, but when coupled with few other, factors, it may cause, complications. Few such factors include:
- Contracting this disease, during early pregnancy, may make you prone to, miscarriages or preterm deliveries, or infection to the uterus, at the end of gestation.
- Contracting this disease, before pelvic procedures like, abortion, hysterectomy and cesarean section, may make you prone to, post surgery pelvic infections.
- Contracting this disease, weakens one’s immunity system, making them prone to, STDs, such as HIV.
Diagnosing tests for Bacterial Vaginosis
A doctor may suggest tests to verify this condition, in circumstances such as :
- You are preparing for a surgical abortion or hysterectomy, so that, infection post surgery is avoided.
- Your health history suggests bacterial vaginosis occurrences.
- You are suffering from severe symptoms.
- You are expecting a baby and suffer from its, identifying symptoms.
Diagnosing tests, may require, collection of vaginal discharge sample, which may be forwarded to, laboratory tests. The tests conducted at the laboratory include:
Vaginal pH test : Vagina maintains the pH balance in between 3.8 and 4.5. This test, relies on the fact that, bacterial vaginosis, causes pH imabalance and its value will be more than 4.5.
Whiff test: This test, identifies the condition, via fishy smell, which emanates, from the discharge, on adding potassium hydroxide solution or KOH. The fishy odor, confirms, bacterial vaginosis.
Wet mount test : Saline(salt water) solution is added to the discharge and, sample is observed under microscope for, clue cells and white blood cells(WBC). WBC presence indicates, infection, while clue cell, presence suggests presence of, bacterial vaginosis.
Oligonucleotide probe test : It is an accurate test, which probes presence of, bacterial vaginosis bacteria DNA, in the sample discharge. This test, is not readily available at all laboratories.
Ayurveda Herbal Treatment for Bacterial Vaginosis
Ayurveda, is known to have cured many difficult health conditions, that, modern medicines could not identify. Ayurveda treatment, can cure, any health disorder, bringing balance to, your body, without any side effects. Allopathy on the other hand, may cause long term side effects, not to mention, spasmodic disease recurrence. Ayurveda requires time to heal, but once a person is patient enough, they can get over, their difficult disease, completely, and permanently. Which is why, Ayurveda is considered to be, holistic procedure, to cure oneself, from every disease, without having to suffer any side effects.
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