![]() ![]() ![]() I even tried douching with apple cider vinegar. A nurse told me I can try placing a raw garlic clove in my vagina, and that didn’t work either. I tried abstaining from sexual intercourse, and I still got BV. Dean says that there’s several reasons why BV might come back after receiving treatment: "BV may come back because you were inadequately treated, or re-exposed to whatever factors led to the bacteria imbalance in your vagina before, or because for unknown reasons, you are prone to bacteria imbalance," she explains.Īfter taking antibiotics every month for almost a year, I tried changing my birth control to see if hormones were the cause. Medically, BV is considered recurrent when someone gets it four times in one year. In fact, after the initial incident, I got BV after my period every single month for 19 months. Before I knew it, my BV was back with a vengeance. My vagina was healthy and happy again! But. After four days, most of the symptoms were gone. My doctor put me on antibiotics, and after two days, both the smell and itch faded. It turned out that Monistat only worsened the problem, and I would have been on the road to recovery sooner had I seen a doctor right away. This is why it's so important to see a doctor at the first sign of trouble down there. She reported that most of her patients have similar stories about confusing their bacterial vaginosis for a yeast infection - and erroneously using Monistat. When I got back to the city, I visited a doctor and told her about my nightmarish weekend. ![]()
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