Non Bacterial Vaginosis Treatment, or is it something else?

so its not trichomonas?

sounds as if you've found a definition which you accept....have you tried just leaving it alone and letting things be if theres no pain or smell?

am just concerned that you're actually doing too much....and causing aggravation. have you tried just allowing the flow and not worrying about it? these things can dry up if left alone...at least you're not suffering a lack of moisture as so many do...does this in any way make sense or is a respite unacceptable?

I've not heard of the "non" bacterial vaginosis (BV).  You said that you have done the gammet of remedies and non seem to work...I used to get this when I was younger and found that just leaving it alone solved itself.  When you douche, for instance, you can upset the balance of bacteria in the vagina and put yourself at increased risk for getting BV. You can reduce the chance of getting BV by the following basic prevention steps :

Not having sex

Limiting your number of sex partners; and

Not douching.

I'm sure you heard this from your doctor and all the research you must have done.  But I found the culprit for me, was the douching.  Our bodies are capable to cleansing the vagina w/o any help.  Try just being celibate for a month and see how that works.  If it doesn't help...try two months.  Good luck.

frustrated

 

Sounds like it could be Cytolytic Vaginosis.  ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168042/ 

Normally issues (ie, infections) arise if the vaginal pH is too high (not acidic enough), but if it is too acidic, it could be causing the more rapid cell death and shedding you're experiencing.  I would test your vaginal pH to see whether this might be the cause.

While the article I linked mentions women with symptoms, there is no reason this couldn't be asymptomatic like in your case where there is just increased discharge.

If it is cytolytic vaginosis:

Common treatments for vaginal problems that involve either lowering the pH (boric acid inserts, etc.) or increasing lactobacilli (probiotics) would be ineffective at best and would likely make the problem worse.  Treatments aimed at reducing bacteria (metrogel, tea tree oil, etc) have the potential to be helpful, but that's only if the problem is caused by a transient change in the balance of bacteria.  These would kill off any bacterial overgrowth, and then your body's natural environment would return to it's natural balance.  Since your issue has been going on for so long, I expect that your body's usual balance is problematic, so the problem would just recur after treatment.  Of the treatments you mention, baking soda sitz baths seem most applicable to cytolytic vaginosis, since baking soda would help raise the pH.  However, you mentioned the doctor found that the epithelial shedding was from the cervix, and it is highly unlikely that a sitz bath would help lower pH that far up--a sitz bath would only help with discomfort or issues of the vulva/outer part of the vagina.  From what I've read, baking soda douches are recommended for cv if baking soda sitz baths are ineffective.  HOWEVER, before trying this I highly recommend testing your vaginal pH and discussing with your doctor.  If you do not have cytolytic vaginosis, lowering your vaginal pH by this method would increase your susceptibility to vaginal infections.