Re: Chronic Baterial Vaginosis -- What I've learned & what's working

I too suffered from chronic BV for TEN YEARS. For many of those years I had no health insurance, and was put on anti-biotics, metro gel, Clindesse...nothing EVER worked for more than 2 months. I tried EVERYTHING, tee tree, hydrogen peroxide, acidopholus, NEVER wore pants even (only skirs) only cotton underwear, abstinence...they always came back no matter what.
Then I got an incredible gynecologist (Dr. Teresa Hubka who practices in Chicago) and she suggested cryotherapy (even though I never had an abnormal pap) because she suspected my cervix was the issue. I had the cryo and was free of infections for an entire YEAR! (That was a huge improvement) But after a year of zero symptoms, it came back. (Three in a row even after using metro gel and Cliness again) I tried acupuncture to test out something else, and I have been 100% free of infection since. It's been amazing, and I wanted to share this with you guys because I know how difficult it is to suffer from these chronic infections. It caused serious Depression and issues with sex for me, it was awful. Hopefully those of you who are suffering will try acupuncture and it will cure you! (My acupuncturist is Larisa Turin, also in Chicago, is amazing and said it was an immune system issue)