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Having Bacterial Vaginosis, Spotting After Douching With Peroxide. Permanent Damage?

How safe is douching with peroxide or sea salt? I've been using peroxide douching mix which worked wonders but shortly after a few days it turned into a yeast infection and bv!! Eventually I got rid of the yeast by taking prenatal pills and acidophilious but it didn't help with the bv so I continued the peroxide mix.. However, it seems like the bv was getting immune to the peroxide mix as it would return in a day or two.. Yesterday, I douched 4 times.. twice with warm water and twice with peroxide/water.. This morning I wake up to alot of spotting.. Can u pls giv me some insight on what's going on in my body?? Did i make any Permanent damage?? Will this interfere with fertility?? This bv has been a complete nightmare..
Thu, 24 Oct 2013
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OB & GYN Specialist 's  Response
Hello,

First of all, you would stop excessive douching or using peroxide/ sea salt which can aggravate the condition.

Second, you have to eliminate or correct some additional predisposing factors like mental stress, lack of sleep, poor eating habits, hormonal imbalance, certain medicines (like hormone pills, antibiotics, steroids etc), cervicitis or atrophic vaginitis, weak immune system, poor genital hygiene etc.

Third, I suggest vaginal suppository or cream in combination with clotrimazole, clindamycin, metronidazole (like CLINGEN PLUS) at bed time for 3 to 5 days. Hope, it helps you to get effective result.

If you have sexual partner, he also needs complete course of anti-fungal medication. Kindly, procure a prescription from your doctor.

Last thing, you must maintain your vaginal pH and acidic media gives quite protection against recurrent infection. You can use RepHresh pH for balancing vaginal pH. It is quite effective.

Good luck.
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Having Bacterial Vaginosis, Spotting After Douching With Peroxide. Permanent Damage?

Hello, First of all, you would stop excessive douching or using peroxide/ sea salt which can aggravate the condition. Second, you have to eliminate or correct some additional predisposing factors like mental stress, lack of sleep, poor eating habits, hormonal imbalance, certain medicines (like hormone pills, antibiotics, steroids etc), cervicitis or atrophic vaginitis, weak immune system, poor genital hygiene etc. Third, I suggest vaginal suppository or cream in combination with clotrimazole, clindamycin, metronidazole (like CLINGEN PLUS) at bed time for 3 to 5 days. Hope, it helps you to get effective result. If you have sexual partner, he also needs complete course of anti-fungal medication. Kindly, procure a prescription from your doctor. Last thing, you must maintain your vaginal pH and acidic media gives quite protection against recurrent infection. You can use RepHresh pH for balancing vaginal pH. It is quite effective. Good luck.