I have had bacterial vaginitis.

In life, many women are familiar with bacterial vaginitis. After all, many women have suffered from this disease. When suffering from bacterial vaginitis, patients must go to the hospital for examination and receive treatment under the guidance of a doctor. If a woman is married, her partner must also go to the hospital for examination. When suffering from bacterial vaginitis, couples should not have sex to avoid infection.

I have had bacterial vaginitis.

If a patient develops bacterial vaginitis, he or she needs to receive timely treatment, and must not have sexual intercourse during the treatment period, because sexual intercourse may make the condition worse, and bacterial vaginitis is contagious. If sexual intercourse is engaged, cross infection will occur, which is not good for women's health. Therefore, patients must refrain from sexual intercourse when they develop bacterial vaginitis.

What is bacterial vaginosis?

1. Indirect contact infection

Contact with toilets, bathtubs, bath seats and towels in public toilets that are contaminated with bacteria, and using unclean toilet paper can cause infection.

2. Transmission through sexual intercourse

It is one of the causes of the disease. At least 10% of men with symptoms on the female side have bacterial urethritis.

3. Taking large amounts of antibiotics

Antibiotics change the vaginal microenvironment, causing pathogenic bacterial pathogens to multiply and leading to localized bacterial vaginosis.

4. Excessive attention to hygiene

In order to maintain hygiene, some women often use medicated washes to irrigate the vagina. In fact, this can easily destroy the acid-base environment of the vagina and make it easy to get bacterial vaginitis.

Symptoms of bacterial vaginosis

First, the characteristics of vaginal discharge

The vaginal discharge of patients with bacterial vaginosis is often grayish white, very viscous, even like paste, and uniform, but not purulent, and the amount is variable.

Second, the discharge has a fishy smell

The vaginal secretions of patients with bacterial vaginosis contain particularly high levels of amines, so they often have a fishy smell. During sexual intercourse or after activities, the odor often becomes more severe due to the release of amines. Adding 10% potassium hydroxide to the secretions can also release the amine smell.

Third, vaginal secretions can identify clue cells

Clue cells can be detected in wet smears of vaginal secretions from patients with bacterial vaginosis.

Fourth, the pH value of vaginal secretions increases

Examination of vaginal secretions of patients with bacterial vaginosis can show an increased pH value, ranging from 5.0-5.5, while the normal pH value is 4.5-4.7.