Aug 20 2008
Natural Remedies for Bacterial Vaginosis
Bacterial vaginosis can often be mistaken for a yeast infection or trichomoniasis. The common symptoms for this type of infection are a vaginal discharge that maybe milky white, yellow or a grey color as well as a fish like odor that may be more powerful after sexual intercourse. Other symptoms of this infection can also include soreness around the vaginal area, burning while you urinate and itching.
Bacterial vaginosis is an inflammation of the vagina and in most cases may disappear on its own, however if left untreated it can cause health problems, especially in pregnant women. Of course there are several different treatments that can be used to help cure this infection and that’s including natural remedies for bacterial vaginosis.
Normally if you are diagnosed with a case of bacterial vaginosis your doctor may prescribe you some form of antibiotic to fight the infection or some type of cream or gel that can applied to the vagina to treat the infection. There are however natural remedies for bacterial vaginosis. Take garlic for example.
Garlic has very important antibacterial and antifungal properties in garlic and is considered one of the best natural remedies to help treat bacterial infections. All it can take is for you to take 1 or 2 capsules of garlic a day to help your symptoms subside. There are a few other natural remedies that you can use to help fight this infection, there’s: Goldenseal, Tracheal, tea tree oil, olive leaf extract and colloidal silver.
The question is, with using natural remedies like these, is sure they can help to fight off bad bacteria, but what happens once that bacteria has disappeared. How do you replenish it? Well there are even some natural remedies that you can use to replace the good bacteria back into your body to help continue to fight off any bad bacteria. Eating yogurt on a regular basis can help to replace any good bacteria in your body so that it can continue to fight off any overgrowth of bad bacteria that may cause an infection.
So if you aren’t the type to take antibiotics or you just want to try out some natural remedies for bacterial vaginosis before heading to the doctor, then try some of these. However, if you have any questions at all then it’s best to consult your doctor so that they can best provide you with the information you are looking for.