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Fed Up!! (Santo Domingo, Dominican republic) on 04/20/2009

Im 26 years old and have been suffering from bv off and on for 8 years! Ive been prescribed pills gels creams supositories and it always reoccurres! Ive been married for eight years and I was starting to believe maybe my husband was messing around, but I noticed that we were seperated for 1 year and was surprised by the infection acouple of times. The gels are awful it stinged and had huge cottage cheese discharge, the pills were hard to swallow and tasted nasty I could go on and on!I mean it would relieve the symptoms but I always felt wet and nasty! Im embarrased with the employees of the pharmacy they must think This chick always has vaginal problems! I had just taken supositories 3 weeks ago I felt alittle better but not how I would of like! I went to a pool party and the water didnt seem to clean but my kids were dieing to jump in so sat in the water for alittle while next day i started feeling unpleasant. I had sex with my husband and the next morning I have a nasty stink! Ive been reading the post since yesturday and this morning ran to the pharmacy,but bad luck went to 2 pharmacy and made a couple of phone calls, they dont carry acidophilus! I even called my mom and told her to find it for me over in the great usa because in this country they dont have it or Im going to have to search all pharmacys until I find it, but in the mean time I was wondering if the plain yogurt works the same as acidophilus the pill Im desperate!
EC: Yogurt might work if it has "live and active cultures" printed on the container...
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Replied By Lorraine (Dublin, Ireland) on 04/24/2009

hi there i also suffered b.v for a couple of years but in the last two years i have been free of it what i have done is i take acidophilius, folic acid, zinc and 1000mg of vitiam c in the morning with a probiotic drink it really works i promise. how to treat an infection insert an acidophilus with live natural yougart for seven nights do all or the above and you too should be free. when you are cleared of infection carry on taking the above it has 100%worked for me i hope this helps.
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Replied By Pres (Asaba, Delta, Nigeria) on 05/22/2009

its like a miracle for me to have stumbled upon this site, i'v had BV for about 3yrs now and i must confess that its the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to me knowing that i have a smelly vagina. my fiance has been of very great help consulting doctors on my behalf since i feel too ashamed explaining such trauma to a doctor. a lot of anti-biotics have been prescribed,including insertion tabets and creams but just as we start celebrating that its over,the smell comes back again in full force and this time double the previous.We've not been able to find acidophilus in pharmacies since last night when i first came accross this site, but i tried washing with 3% h202 last night. i get really skeptical about inserting my hands into the vagina while washing but of recent its the only way i can remove the accumulated discharge, plus i douched with summer eve vineger and water 3 days back but it seems to have worsened the whole situation, cant wait to find this acidophilus , it may be the miracle God has sent my way cos i have fasted and prayed for this ailment to stop tormenting my life.Thank you all for your feed backs in this site, at least i have hope once again.

Another thing is when i start taking it, is it going to be a life time medication or for just a specific number of days? cos i honestly do no like taking drugs for long especially when they taste like flagyl.

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Replied By Maryann (Nashville, Tn) on 07/11/2010

Lorraine from Dublin has the exact formula except I used Stonyfield Farm plain yogurt and inserted it with an extra plunger from a monistat box. It was hard to get the yogurt in the tube but I did it twice a day along with the other stuff Lorraine said and after a week it is gone!
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Replied By Bv - Victim (Framingham , Boston ) on 10/02/2010

Hello! If your on this sight I know that you are suffering from the horrid BV. It can happy to anyone blue, green, purple, big, little, young, old. It doesn't have to w/ sex hints why some have had before even being sexually active however, I do believe sex can play a part. I am sooooo upset that my doctors continue to load me with antibiotics. Unreal. I have been reading this for a few days and wasn't going to reply but God has brought me here and I figured will bring someone else that we can help. I tried acidophilus and flinstone vitamins (which contain 400mg of folic acid and also other essential vitams we need) and it worked in a few hours. Multivitams (even w/out the acidophilus worked but the multivatims gave me horrible stomach pains so I switched to flintones which are just as effective) but with joining acidophilus it couldnt harm just help. Please try this if you are in doubt. I have suffered for YEARRRRRSSSSSS. I've had it so much that sex was more like a chore. You can smell yourself and you are just so uncomfortable down there. Please try this. I am not a doctor and all ppl are different, so remember there may be a few extra steps one has to take to find what works right for the body. Of course check with your doctor but many will just put u on antibiotics, vitamins and natural products are safe (i feel) as long as you do not over do it so be safe. I prefer not to douche because its not that great for it washes away the good bacteria which as well as bad which is why we're in this mess to begin with. But people all have different ways to go about doing this! So many woman go through this yet so many woman do not. For those who do not, its tough to explain your situation because you will automatically seem 'dirty' to someone unless its someone who really knows and trusts you. It's ashame that we have to go through this but hey, look this sight is a blessing and now we can all start smelling as clean as we really are. Here, here to a new, fresh life! God bless!!!
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