Bacterial vaginosis generally refers to bacterial vaginitis, some patients do not have clinical symptoms, some patients may have increased vaginal discharge and other phenomena, and patients need to comply with the doctor’s orders for drug treatment.
1. Symptoms: about 10%-40% of patients are asymptomatic, and some symptomatic patients often have an increase in vaginal discharge, which is grayish-white and thin, and the secretion is accompanied by a fishy odor, which will be aggravated after sexual intercourse. Some patients may also have mild vulvar itching or burning sensation.
2. Treatment:
(1) medication: usually for symptomatic patients, it is necessary to follow the doctor’s instructions to use metronidazole, clindamycin, tinidazole and other antibiotic drugs, and also need to be used with local use of lactobacillus suppositories, clindamycin ointment, metronidazole vaginal suppositories and so on. While breastfeeding women are mainly local medication, pregnant women can be treated with oral medication under the guidance of a doctor.
(2) General measures: patients usually need to actively regulate the diet, avoid eating spicy and stimulating food. And patients also need to pay more attention to personal hygiene, keep the vulva dry, but also need to avoid the use of soap and other alkaline substances for local scrubbing. At the same time, patients in the treatment period, but also need to avoid sexual intercourse and douching vagina, so as not to aggravate the condition.
Clinical advice to patients with bacterial vaginitis, pay more attention to their own symptoms, and strictly follow the doctor’s instructions to take reasonable treatment measures.