Board-certified OBGYN Dr. Jennifer Lincoln covers all you need to know about BV: what causes it, how to diagnose it, how to treat it, does boric acid work and - YES, what to do if it keeps coming back.

0:00 Intro
0:49 What is BV? What causes it?
1:24 Common BV symptoms
2:17 How we diagnose it
4:45 Treatment!
5:16 What if it doesn't go away or comes back??
5:58 Yes, I talk about boric acid!
6:43 What about probiotics?
7:22 What about alternative treatments?

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REFERENCES and RESOURCES to go deeper:

1. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. FAQs: Vaginitis. [ Ссылка ]

2. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Practice Bulletin 215: Vaginitis in nonpregnant patients. Jan 2020.

3. Boston Children's Hospital Center for Young Women's Health. Bacterial vaginosis. [ Ссылка ]

3. Senok AC, Verstraelen H, Temmerman M, Botta GA. Probiotics for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD006289. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006289.pub2. Accessed 29 November 2021.

4. Wang Z, He Y, Zheng Y. Probiotics for the Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis: A Meta-Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(20):3859. Published 2019 Oct 12. doi:10.3390/ijerph16203859

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