How does bacterial vaginitis come about?

Bacterial vaginitis is a relatively common type of vaginitis. Many women feel that they pay special attention to the hygiene of their private parts and clean their vagina and vulva every day, but they still suffer from bacterial vaginitis. After this happens, many women are particularly puzzled and often don’t know how they got bacterial vaginitis. There are many factors that cause bacterial vaginitis, and you need to go to the hospital as soon as possible to find out the cause and treat it symptomatically.

How does bacterial vaginitis come about?

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.

How to cure bacterial vaginosis?

1. Be sure to complete the course of treatment prescribed by your doctor. For most patients, as long as the medication is used properly, the test results will be negative after a few days, but this does not mean that they are completely cured. In fact, some bacteria that have not been completely eliminated are hiding under the mucous membrane. They will come out again when the resistance is weak before and after the next menstrual period. The true cure standard for bacterial vaginitis is that the test results must be negative for 3 consecutive months.

2. The husband should receive treatment at the same time. Bacterial vaginitis can be transmitted through sexual intercourse, so the husband is also likely to be infected with the disease, which can cause repeated cross-infection if not treated.

3. During the treatment of bacterial vaginitis, the vulva should be kept clean and sexual intercourse is prohibited. Sexual intercourse must be prohibited during the treatment of bacterial vaginitis to prevent the friction of sexual intercourse from causing vaginal congestion and aggravating the inflammation. After treatment, the leucorrhea should be checked again after the next menstruation, and sexual life can be resumed only if it is negative.

4. Be sure to "treat" daily necessities simultaneously. Towels and underwear can also be contaminated with pathogens. If they are not treated simultaneously, the results of treating bacterial vaginitis will be wasted. Therefore, towels and underwear should be thoroughly disinfected: boil them for 15 minutes and dry them in the sun. They should also be kept in a ventilated and dry place at other times.