Re: Alternative Treaments for Bacterial Vaginosis

their partner is at risk for contracting the BACTERIA.

Then, it will be passed back and forth in a cycle persay, until both partners are treated with successful results.

sex is not the only way a woman can contract BV.

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You are talking about it as though it is a disease, what I'm saying is that it isn't a disease. You don't CONTRACT the bacteria, you already have them... and so does your partner because they are proliferate in the bowel of everyone. Both partners cannot possibly be TREATED SUCCESSFULLY without replenishing the good bacteria and regaining balance.

The key is not "killing the bad bacteria" if that were the case you would still have imbalance. You need the proper balance of the good and the bad.

BV is essentially the same situation as a yeast infection, it's just a different type of bacteria that is over grown, and you wouldn't say "contract a yeast infection" or suggest to treat both partners.

A man may need to be "treated" by thoroughly cleansing the penis with an antibacterial substance, such as tea tree oil, although that might sting a bit, I don't know... but there's no real reason whatsoever to treat anyone with Antibiotics , all that does is further disrupt the delicate balance.

The reason so many people think that BV is sexually transmitted is because the sperm alkalizes the vagina creating the perfect environment for the bacteria to grow like crazy and hence creating a fishy odor directly after sex. But that certainly DOES NOT mean that the woman "got it" from the man.

What it means is that we women are setting up our systems through years of Antibiotic use, birth control pills, IUD insertion and other unnatural and intrusive procedures that our balance is compromised. Then one day, you have sex - semen is present in the vagina - there is already a low number of good bacteria - the acidity of the vagina is compromised enough by the semen to allow the proliferation of certain species of "bad" bacteria - a fishy odor is noticed and the woman goes to the OB/GYN who tells her she has BV and to take an antibiotic. Any remaining "good" bacteria are killed along with the "bad", the odor goes away for awhile, the woman is "cured".... 2 weeks or a month later the BV is "back", she must be getting it from her partner...

Don't you see the cycle here? I didn't have BV until I started having sex and I didn't have a recurring problem with it (and by that I mean a constant, daily problem) until after I had been "successfully" treated several times with the main 2 Antibiotics used: Flagyl and Clindamyacin.

I think that if I had done my research in the beginning, I could have corrected the problem with probiotics and healthier diet. I remember the first time my OB/GYN told me I had BV I did not have an odor, I was in for a checkup to get more BC pills. Had I refused the Antibiotic right then and began a strict regimen of probiotics orally and vaginally and began a healthier diet, I think I would have avoided dealing with this problem for the last 15 years.