Revealing the four main causes of bacterial vaginosis!

Bacterial vaginosis is a common gynecological disease among women. This disease is not only extremely harmful to women’s health, but also has a certain degree of infectiousness, so female friends must pay attention to it. So what are the specific causes of bacterial vaginitis?

1. Infection caused by unclean sexual life

Although sexual intercourse itself has no obvious direct effect on bacterial vaginitis, if women are infected with other sexually transmitted diseases due to promiscuous sex, such as gonorrhea, syphilis, etc., their pathogenic bacteria can directly interfere with or act on hydrogen peroxide-positive lactobacilli, causing an imbalance in the original normal flora and causing bacterial vaginitis.

2. Medication

Many kinds of drugs affect the vaginal environment and cause dysbacteriosis, such as broad-spectrum antibiotics, corticosteroids, anticancer drugs and immunosuppressants.

3. Contraceptive tools

Various intravaginal diaphragm contraceptive tools can indirectly affect the vaginal environment. Intrauterine devices can also induce bacterial vaginosis. Some sperm-killing contraceptive ointments or sponges are toxic to Lactobacillus, reducing their production of hydrogen peroxide and favoring the growth of other bacteria.

4. Effects of endocrine hormones in women of childbearing age

It causes the vaginal epithelial cells to proliferate, because the surface cells are rich in glycogen, which is conducive to the growth of facultative aerobic lactobacilli, which account for more than 90% of the vagina. The presence of a large number of lactobacilli inhibits the growth of other pathogenic bacteria. A normal ecological balance is formed in the vagina.