Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients

Vaginitis: two common causes bacterial vaginosis and atrophic vaginitis.(Women's Health Update)

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients | August 1, 2005 | Copyright

Bacterial Vaginosis

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Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common cause of vaginal complaints and abnormal vaginal discharge and odor. BV consists of a significant polymicrobial overgrowth in which the bacteria act synergistically to cause an odor and discharge, and may lead to potential complications in the uterus and fallopian tubes. It is best to consider BV to be the result of alterations in the vaginal ecosystem, rather than an infection caused by any single miroorganism. In BV, the environment of the vagina shifts from a predominance…

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