Persistent BV a year after Paraguard IUD, douching? Treatment?

Wear a pad or pantiliner as this can be messy for a day or so. If you dont have an applicator you can try using a spoon or buy a turkey baster so that you get that yogurt up into the vagina. This will get you back to rights. Be sure that once you make the capsules, you use them. Dont leave any lying around because if they accidentally get swallowed, it will poison the swallower-boric acid is deadly poison if swallowed by mouth. This is the routine I use for any vaginal infections-bacterial or yeast and it works better and without any side effects than any other med-cream or pill-that I've tried. I always keep a small bottle of boric acid and unfilled capsules on hand and I go buy the yogurt as needed. Just be sure to label the yogurt or throw it away after using it so someone doesnt eat it-yuck! This routine does work!! DO NOT use tea tree oil! You will be very sorry if you do! Vaginal douches not only kill everything, good and bad, they can force bacteria higher into the uterus and cause PID (pelvic inflammatory disease). Like I said, it will just compound your problems.

What happens is the bad bacteria out grows the good bacteria giving you that awful smell among other unpleasant symptoms. When you take the antibiotics what your doing is killing everything. The GOOD the BAD everything. So as you can see its only a matter of time before the bv comes back again probably worse. What you should do and what has changed my life is douche with hydrogen peroxide. I know this sounds weird but I swear its a miracle. The hydrogen peroxide kills all the bad bacteria and only leaves the good. Unlike antibiotics which kill everything... You can tell how bad the imbalance is by how much it bubbles. If it bubbles a lot than you know your going to need to do it again. I did it for about three days. Twice a day for the first two and than once the last day. By the third day it didn't bubble at all. But by the second night all the smell was gone. I only did it the third day too see if it would bubble( any bad bacteria still left) Now the amount is up to you. It depends on your vagina and how it reacts. Go to the store and buy a bottle of 3% hydrogen peroxide and a douche bottle. empty the douche bottle of contents and fill it 40% hydrogen peroxide and 60 % (very important detail) with bottled water or distilled water. Tap water has too much bacteria in it and will exasperate the problem. Than douche. Like i said do it twice a day for the first two days and once the second. ( Or until the solution doesn't bubble in your vagina) Me personally I used an old yeast infection medicine applicator, you know the kind the comes in like monistat. I filled it up with straight hydrogen peroxide. The first time I did it, it burned a little and than went away quickly. I think this is due to all the bacteria. because the last day I did it it did not burn at all. If your vagina can take it you can do it this way, but if not dilute the hydrogen peroxide. Next is to maintain your levels of perfect PH. I take both acidophillus pills from the vitamin store. I also take live liquid cultures everyday. You can also get this at any health food store. It usually comes in a brown bottle. the good ones at least. Just make sure its live culture of liquid acidophillus. This combination worked wonders for me. I am told that this regimen keeps the bv away for months. but if you feel like its coming on again just douche with hydrogen peroxide and you will be good to go. I hope this info helps you as much as it has helped me. I love my IUD. My boyfriends and I relationship is stronger than ever and I have my self esteem back!!!