Hydrogen Peroxide for Bacterial Vaginosis

Hi Priscilla, when you say a Betadine wash, is this Betadine antiseptic for wound care? and what dilution do you use?

I wouldn't say it's okay to just use peroxide after all it does say not to use it internally however, if you haven't had any type of reaction within the first 24 hours of use I think you should be okay. Although, if you do it again I'd suggest doing 50/50, just to be on the safe side. I have yet to get rid of my BV that I've been suffering for quite sometime and also wanting to do the peroxide idea but I'm scared. I've seen on here that it works wonders so I guess my confidence is going a little bit more up. Thank you ladies :)

Don't take internally means do not swallow it. 3% hydrogen peroxide is mostly water and safe for douching. Just not drinking. I would try not to worry about a straight HP douche since 1. you are not drinking it and 2. you aren't holding it in your body long as a douche anyway it just runs back out.

Is hydrogen peroxide supposed to burn when you use the solution?

Are you talking about regular peroxide or food grade peroxide?

This is to all the Bv sufferes like me, I have had this nasty monster for way to long, and someone here told me she saw a specialist and he cured her, she had a point though she was misdiagnosed, ever wonder why the meds do not work????? the gyn says it is bv, but it could be something esle, all of us here are saying the same damn thing about the meds, THEY DO NOT WORK!!!! I too have been to the gyn way too many times and I want to see this doctor, I e mailed him and he was kind enough to respond, he says he is a expert in this field and I believe him, listen like many of you money is real scarce right now and he does not take my insurance, but Im going for a consultation, I do not want to smell like fish and I want my sex life BACK!!! His name is DR. Ryan Sobel, u can google him, he has a website, thank god he is located where I live, Im tired of this Bv shit, damn, and I tried all the remedies and they did not work, I must hve read all the post here and no one is really cured, I recomend seeing a specialist in your area, that knows about bv, the regular GYN's know Nothing, damn wtf happened to all of us? forget you Bv, Im tired of feeling ashamed, I did nothing to deserve this shit!!!!! Take care, Do Not DOUCHE!!

I have the same problem. And am trying what you all have said worked for you. I will respond back with details. THIS IS GETTING OLD! I only went to the doctor for the diagnosis, took their "remedy" once and when I took the entire Rx with ZERO results, never again. I am going to self "medicate". I am adding a couple of things to the regemin and will report back with results. Thanks to all the ladies that have posted here.

Ok, hook, line and sinker! Never EVER going to a doctor for"treatment" again. Diagnosis, sure, but THAT'S IT! This worked PERFECTLY. 50:50 Tampon AND flushed out my inside. Wow! Just wow! Nice, fresh, clean, AND... N O O D O R!!!!!! B O N U S!!!!!!!!! I have stalked my cabinets with natural stuff up till now, ... Now it's accompanied with peroxide! Nice! I fought MS. Won. I fought this, and again, won! I started a website on my MS, I reversed it. I won't advertise here but what is underlined is my website. I will be adding this to my list of simple CURES. Ladies, thank you much for your stories and courage to voice it. I needed to read everything here. It pushed me to try. Thank you very much. Julie

Hi Julie,

You wrote on this post, you fought MS and won. I have a family member that was diagnosed 2 years ago and is still having a really hard time with MS. May I have your website information? Thanks so much in advance. Peace and blessing, Asia

hi julie, please share your website - I have ms too! Did your lesions disappear?

THANKS TO EACH OF YOU!!! Off and on for years I have experienced the horror of BV. Wednesday with extreme aggravation, I began researching natural cures and I came across this forum. Although I had a scheduled doctor's appointment, I was determined to fine something that could work besides taking those nasty metronidazole pills. I went to my appointment and I asked my doctor WHY do I continuously get this and unfortunately, she could not provide an exact answer as I am sure you all have experienced. She explained she would put me on the metronidazole cream for 10 days, then once a week for 3 months, then once a month for three months I thought OMGoodness I hate the pills and the messiness of the cream is nothing I want to experience.

I then asked her about the peroxide remedy. She explained that before medicines where created to cure this monster, peroxide is what was used. With that being said, I then informed her that was my cure.

She instructed me how to use the peroxide (soak a junior tampon in peroxide and insert for 10 minutes for three days), and if it did not work she still gave me the above prescription using the metronidazole cream.

I have not used the cream and my vagina is back to normal. Thank you ladies!!! I was really feeling like I was alone until I read EACH BV post on this site. May God bless each of you.

how must peroxide should you use if you are using a tampon?

I would definitely not recommend douching, that only pushes the bacteria farther up in you and also washes away your natural "good bacteria" that your body needs. But I have found that if you take a warm bath and soak in peroxide and baking soda, for 4 days that really works.

How much of hp and baking soda to use for a bath soak?

I also will like to thank everyone on this network for sharing such an inexpensive and miraculous solution to my BV's and Yeast Infections. About a week ago, during my period, I noticed a fishy & foul odor coming out of my womanly part. My boyfriend was away for 6 days and I was so pissed he would of had to come back to me smelling like this. I tried all the prescription meds my GYN gave me in the past, it will work temporarily, then come right back, it was ridiculous! I spent tons of cash on co-pays! Anywho here's what I did to clear up my infection in 2 days.

Day One

Inserted a a tampon soaked in Hydrogen Peroxide 3% (HP) for 2 hours.

Day Two

Douched with Hydrogen Peroxide 3 % after waking up in the morning.

After my morning douche, inserted a tampon with vanilla yogurt, left in for 2 hours then later that evening douched with HP again

On the night of Day Two, my smell and discharge was gone!!!!!! However, I think you may want to try the 50:50 solution(water mixed with HP) when douching with the HP because as of today, my vagina feels a little raw when I have sex, the pain subsides later in my sex session, but in the beginning it feels as if my boyfriend is ripping me apart. Also, HP TIGHTENS your vajayjay, my boyfriend said "babe, you feel so tight" so I guess the only con when using HP full strength is having some soreness for awhile, I hope mine goes away soon.. Any other ladies on here experience soreness after HP cleanse? Please send me your solutions if any.

Thanks Ladies and Good Luck!!! Xoxoxo

Can it be french vanilla yogurt ? That's all I have ''/

When I soaked the tampon in the hydrogen peroxide it spread out and was hard to insert. What did you do?

I found this site about 2 weeks ago. I went to the doc and found out I had BV 4 days before New Years, and they prescribed me Flagyl. I wanted to be able to drink on NYE so I was looking for natural remedies. I tried the yogurt on a tampon thing up until NYE which seemed to work short term, but after New Years Day, I stopped doing that and the BV was the same. So, I read about the hydrogen peroxide remedy and decided to try it. I've never douched and heard it was bad, but I thought a natural remedy would be better than antibiotics.

Anyway, I took one of those baby medicine droppers and measured out 3 tablespoons of HP and put it in a cup disinfected with rubbing alcohol and rinsed with water and I mixed 3 tablespoons of distilled water with the HP. Laid down in the shower and held in it for 3-5 mins. I didn't flush it out with water or anything, I just rinsed the outside like a normal shower afterwards. I did this for 7 whole days. I have a copper IUD I had put in last month and had a checkup on the strings today, so I told my gyn about the whole thing and what I did and she said that's great and she wasn't worried about using HP down there and didn't think it was toxic or dangerous. I had a test to see if I still had bv and it came up negative so this remedy totally worked!! I should add, that on the 5th day, I started using femdophilis capsules orally (2 a day), which is supposed to colonize your vagina with "good bacteria" Looks like it worked.

I have had BV all my life and will say it is definitely aggravated by a partner's different ph. I have only had 3 partners in my life and 1 never aggravated it and the other two it was instant. Now that I am older it seems to happen so frequent that I am at my wits end. I have tested repeatedly to see if somehow my husband may have cheated and given me an STD which is a horrible thought as a married woman. I am afraid the BV has moved beyond to my uterus and is causing PID because I have a constant watery pink/sometimes brownish discharge. I am constantly worried about the smell and keep a mini-bottle of peroxide for refreshing. I have begged for a hysterectomy but apparently it isn't the cool thing to do anymore.

I have taken both anti-biotics probably 20 times and used the gel. It always comes back. I have a wide array of medical issues including PCOS and IBD and had my gall bladder removed 10 years ago. I have tried everything anyone has ever recommended yogurt, probiotics by mouth/vag, iodine, boric acid, folic acid, omega-3, vitamin D, hibiclens, grapefruit juice, and peroxide douches. I have also tried rephresh gel and caps. (the caps were the worst thing ever with a discharge that looked like charcoal). Everything works temporarily. I will say the peroxide seems to work the best along with the probiotics, but I don't think there is an actual cure.

I am going to start another round of antibiotics and keep doing all the other stuff. At this point I would be happy having all my girl parts removed if it meant I didn't have to worry about this and the smell anymore.

Had this issue off and on for years, sought help from conventional medical sources with no success. Then searched web and found this site. Soaked a tampon in H2O2 and inserted it for 5 minutes, about 2-3 times a day, improvement almost immediately, resolution within a couple days. Only one relapse since then, immediately applied the treatment and relief was even quicker this time. Have been symptom free for over a year now!!!

If you use yogurt, it MUST be PLAIN yogurt with NO SUGAR. Sugar feeds yeast and you do not want it in your vagina. Vanilla yogurt has sweetener in it.

I'm taking every bit of advice you wrote Ms swan. I loved your thread and I'm doing exactly as you say!! Thank you so much, you're the best help I've seen searching for a cure for this annoying bv!

Hello ladies! I just recently got bv and its my first encounter with it. I developed bv from birthcontrol pills. I began taking bc pills in June but my body wasnt reacting well to the pills. Once I stopped taking the pills I began to get symptoms of what I believed was a yeast infection. When the over the counter meds didnt work I went to my doctor and learned I had bv. He perscribed me flagyl but I wanted more options. So I came here. I tried folic acid, didnt work. I tried folic acid and probiotics, didnt work. So I tried peroxcide and omg its a lifesaver. Immediate relief of symptoms and the odor. I began the treatment yesterday morning. I stood dry all day and night. No white discharge and no odor. I repeated the treatment today and everything is still good. No symptoms. Im not going to douche for another four days or so to see if these are lasting results. give it a try its amazing how fast it relieves bv.

I'm going to try the peroxide douche remedy for 7 days for a current BV infection. I seem to get them a few days after intercourse. Does anyone have a suggestion as to upkeep with this remedy? In other words, once I get rid of this one (my doctor has ANOTHER metrogel prescription at $60 wating for me, but I'm tired of paying that kind of cash!! ) with the 7 day peroxide douche, how often and when - how soon after sex or once a month? Any ideas would be really helpful and thanks all for the great advice on here!!

This remedy absolutely works! I was doing 2 tbsp for 7 days, but I couldnt do it on the 4th night. I had severe bv and it caused me painful sex. Ever since starting the whole peroxide thing, it absolutely does not hurt anymore. The only thing is that you should probably do it with the acidophillis or whatever it's called because you more than likely will incur a yeast infection.

Did you use tap water or distilled/filtered water?

Any water you intend to insert internally should be filtered/distilled. There have been some very nasty stories in the press regarding neti pot users having all kinds of infections from using tap water. If you do not have access to sterilized water, boil it and let it cool first. If you can get PAM just from swimming in infected water, imagine what might happen if you deliberately shot some up inside yourself. (Of course, PAM is unlikely in this case, but there are plenty of other nasty beasties living in the water supplies of the US that you wouldn't want living down under.)

I am not sexually active either... I have noticed how many post state that after sex they smell it worse, or soon after they have been with their partner. But I guess me and you are both exceptiions to the rule. I have dealth with BV on and off for years now. I have changed my underwear to all cotton, I dont use body wash, I use mild soap, I dont douche... I have changed everything my doctor said to do and yet it has been recurring for a few years now. I have tried the yogurt... And am now just desperate for some type of help. I get tired of having to pay to go to the doctor for medicine that is only temporary.

I've suffered with BV off and on since 2002. It was devastating to have that scent drift up when you sit down in a chair, just to look around to reassure yourself that no one else could have possibly smelled it too... Fast forward to 2010 and discussing with a friend I found out that she had it too and she shared a remedy with me that I saw on the sites but was too afraid to try. I started eating Yogurt (which I previously hated) at least twice a week, and before having intercourse will douche with 1 part Peroxide, 2 parts Water, and sometimes will add 2 drops of Tea Tree Oil. For the most part I now only wear white cotton crotch panties and rarely wear thongs anymore. I used to wear more tampons than pads and now I limit tampons to sleeping at night, swimming or when I have planned strenuous activities. Thankfully, I don't get the BV outbreaks anymore but, I still douche with the "mix" at least once a quarter after my cycle just to be on the safe side! Thanks for sharing your stories, if I had never read them I would have never had the courage to talk about it with a friend!

I have found something helpful for myself I hope it work for others too... I use the peroxide water mix. Then I use a product called REPHRESH every couple of days and wow it helps with smell and itching. Nothing really cures the off balance of my ph in my body totally but I try to eat right and do what I can. GOOD LUCK

I had the Mirena inserted in October of 2010 when I was 21 and had it immediately taken out in December of 2010 when I started to notice the smell that I later found out was due to BV. Mirena is the cause of your BV. It's all over so many websites. I try not to have regrets in life, but getting the Mirena inserted is one that I do have.

Did your DivaCup work as an effective douche-method? I have never douched before in my life as I've always been told it would kill all the good bacteria. Thus I really have no idea how to do it. The tampon inserts seem easy, but I'm trying to go for the most effective method.

Lately (for the last month) I've been doing the probiotics inserted a few times a day. Yet, I find that afterwards, I have a very strong discharge - enough to be wet and uncomfortable. It seemed different though, as a mixture of the good and bad bacteria, like the good could be fighting the bad out? Obviously, this isn't anything I want going on at certain times of day, so I only do it 2x a day, not the 3x I read was recommended. My BV lately seems to be a little better, not so much odor and less discharge that looks like before. Yet, definitely not cured. Now I'm going to try this H2O2 douche method, then try a probiotic-insert 2x a day for a week and report back. Because I can't take this either, it's been 10years of constant embarassment!