Is bacterial vaginosis contagious to men?

Bacterial vaginitis is a relatively common type of vaginitis, which may lead to cross-infection. If a couple does not take protective measures during sex and the woman has bacterial vaginitis, the man may become infected. At this time, the glans foreskin is most likely to be invaded, which can easily cause inflammation of the glans foreskin. Therefore, if you have bacterial vaginitis, you must seek treatment in time and avoid having sex during the treatment period.

If bacterial vaginosis is confirmed, it is best not to have sexual intercourse during treatment to avoid recurrence. Bacterial vaginosis generally has a low chance of being transmitted to the other person, as the physiological structure of the male's external genitalia makes it less susceptible to bacterial infection. However, you can consider using condoms to avoid it.

What causes bacterial vaginosis?

1. Indirect contact infection

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

2. Sexual transmission

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, which can easily destroy the acid and alkaline environment of the vagina and make it easy to get bacterial vaginitis.

1. Cause infertility

If you suffer from bacterial vaginosis, the pH value of the vagina will exceed 4.5. The change in the acidity and alkalinity of the vaginal environment will inhibit the motility of sperm. In addition, pathogenic bacteria will devour sperm, and when suffering from bacterial vaginitis, the vaginal secretions will increase significantly, and the secretions contain a large number of white blood cells, all of which will hinder the survival of sperm and reduce the number of sperm. If the sperm count is small and the motility is poor, it is very likely to cause infertility. In addition, once the inflammation ascends and infects the uterine cavity, it can cause salpingitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, etc., which can also cause infertility.

2. Affect fetal development

The harm of bacterial vaginosis to patients themselves is imaginable. In addition to causing trouble to the mother's reproductive health, patients with severe bacterial infections will also be affected in their normal work and study. During pregnancy, this hazard naturally increases because it will also endanger the fetus, causing fetal movement disorders at the mildest and premature birth or miscarriage at the worst.

Bacterial vaginosis can induce genital infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, perinephritis, dyspareunia and other diseases.

4. Impact on quality of life

Bacterial vaginosis will be accompanied by symptoms such as vulvar itching, which will cause many inconveniences and impacts on women's lives and work, and will also affect the sex life of both sexes.