Bacterial Vaginosis ?'s

U can still have babies my mom got it from my dad and well I am here. No worrys

I had bacterial vaginosis in january. My gyno did not prescribe me with an antibiotic, although I thought that was a little strange because I had read up on the subject and everything I read said that you cured bv with antibiotics. However, he prescribed me relegard, which is a therapeutic vaginal gel that you insert. It costs about $25 and you use it for 6 days before you go to bed. It is not very messy, and it really seemed to help. I haven't had it again since. Just thought that this might help some of you if you haven't heard of it.

Bacterial vaginosis cannot be gotten from a man unless he somehow got it from a woman and that is so highly unlikely. They say that if you keep getting them and it will not go away and you are with the same sexual partner that he should be treated to see if that helps. But, it is very, very hard for a man to get it.
You can get it from having sex, but not because the guy has it. He may have a bit of dirt, bacteria, etc. On his penis or fingers that gets inserted into you and causes bv. Some women even have reactions to sperm which cause bv, yeast infections and various other discomforts.
Maybe ask your doc if your man should be treated? Most docs will say it isn't necessary but if yours wont go away then what would it hurt?
It sounds like you are doing everything right. Make sure you drink lots of water on top of everything else. Sorry, I don't know about any natural cures, but the above post mentioned something.
Also, bv can cause pelvic inflammitory disease. I do not, however, know if that can cause infertility or not. But, I can look if you want me to.

Instead of starting a new topic on this I decided to search and i'm glad I did. I have had bv since august and enough flagyll to last e a lifetime. I've changed my diet wear cotton panties, no tight clothes no perfumed soaps. Eaten yogurt. The only thing that has helped me that my doctor recommended was to sleep with no bottoms on. But my god ladies it's been constanly non-stop since august. I mean that's 4 months of smelling badly with a terrible discharge and feeling unclean. My bf of one year has been a great sport and understanding of what's going on but man. Does anyone have any experience with this and what has worked for you?

Bv is a mix of bacteria.Its not really an std.When you sleep with someone and the mans bacteria does not agree with your good bacteria,the bad bacteria overpowers the good in return you get bv.If you do indeed have it and your sleeping with the same person,they should be treated as well or you will just keep getting it back.I've had this problem several times and it was always with the same guy and he always gave it back to me because he went untreated.It wont stop you from having children unless you let it go untreated for a long period of time.

You know as many times as i've gone to the doctor (and trust me,it's a lot.) they have always told me (even when I suggested) I can't get it from my partner because it isn't an std.They once even treated me for trichomonasand he was told that he didn't have it or anything else.Turns out it was bv then. Although he was treated for that. You guys I am at my wit's end with this and I don't know what else to try.I went to the doctor on monday and I was told "it's just as common as a yeast infection. Some women get them more often than others and even constantly maybe you're one of those women, and, it's unfortunate but it just may be one of things you have to deal with." what she basically told me that I may have to deal with this for the rest of my life. Like it is an std or something. If it wasn't for the smell it wouldn't be so bad but I will admit that I do miss certain sexual attentions and my sex life is really deteriorating because i'm turned off by myself.

I mean it has it good days and it's bad days. Today is a very bad day. I've been on almost everything. My boyfriend doesn't have it. Was treated when he was still he didn't have it. I still kept getting it. It almost seems as if my doctors don't know much about it themselves.

Yes we do use condoms. I've made sure that we have been lately although he hates it. Every once in a while they break though. I have a strong odor, "fishy" isn't the word for it but it's embarrassing because sometimes it comes through my clothes. I itch a little but not always. My discharge is a milky gray. I know I also had a yeast infection with it because it had that texture to it but since treated that it's been just the bv. It seems that if I get yeast it goes away then I get bv, if I treat for bv it stays and I also get yeast. They go hand in hand.

The funny thing is I had yeast like this for the beginning half of the year and come august i've had bv. Like it "upgraded" itself or something.

I at first went to the Dr. for a serious lower back ache that radiates around to the lower right side of my pelvis. I mentioned to my ob that i think i have a yeast infections as well. She did a culture and it came back saying I have BV. I've researched it online and am totally freaked out! Every time i search it, it brings up STD's. So, I've been happily married so 6 years w/ 3 kids, and if i got something I'm gonna be pissed! Ok, that was a joke, but still, all this info is so scary. I tend to over worry as it is. The antibiotics she gave me arent working. My question is I quess, what exactly is BV, I mean the symptoms? I've read that its just a really gross discharge and yuck smell. but i also have extreme irritation. I mean, girls, horrible! All around the outside of it. and you can see where it's irritated. Like, (omg, this is horrible, I'm a woman and have no idea what to call our stuff) on the outside, at the top, you can see a line, not a sore or anything scary like that, just a thin red line, the weirdest thing. And it burns and itches, so does everywhere else. But in everything i read, those symptoms werent listed. So, that's that. and they never bothered to find out why my lower right side back and pelvis is hurting, but that s really really starting to get tearfully painful! I dont know how much more I can take of this! I wanna go jump in some freakin yogurt! Any input would be great, really, this is my begging!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How long have you been on the antibiotics? It can take up to a week for them to start having an effect you can feel.

The pain is troublesome; I'd go back and make the pain the primary article of discussion and don't leave until the gyno is going to do something about it!

I'm glad to learn that I'm not the only one with this problem. Has anyone found anything that helps? I think about 7 years ago one of my doctors gave me a pill for this. may be wrong aobut this Any Help.

I have read through these messages and find it funny how many people have posted on here with out doing their home work.... BV can come from your man and yes if you are treated and your man is not you will most likely get it again and again .... It is not the only cause of BV but should be the first line of defense if you are with the same guy. I have never had it till I separated from my husband of 14 yrs and got with my boy Friend and well HECK I got it and the DR treated me and said if it came back will need to treat him too well that was stupid i thought because why wait if I have it and he has it makes since to treat both up front but he was a man DR .... of course because then I went to a woman GYN and well she would of treated us both at the same time well dang it now I got it back again and now I have to go in and him too and get treated this sucks... but I have years and years of GYN experience from many years of Fertility treatments, PCOS and well some personal issues so I know my way around a bit....GOOD LUCK YOU all with this horrible BV issues