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hi all -
i had bv about 5 months ago and i wanted to ask how you know if its back? i went to dr after metro gel and took probiotics etc and i was clear.
does anyone ever test it using vaginal health tests that are over the counter? the swabs you insert?
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Guest Dmorgan518
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i use ph paper with a clean q tip..swab the inside and immediately touch the qtip to the paper..it has been fairly accurate..anything above a 4.5 is considered abnormal
kim12266 Dmorgan518
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u can usually tell if its back by the smell an an increased amount of dicharge the vaginal test kits over the counter are probably alot better than ones they do at a doctors because the bacteria sometimes die before it gets to the lab for testing it cant live long outside the body
Dmorgan518 kim12266
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thanks kim16265. im pretty sure its back because the test i did showed abnormal acidity and i feel a bit itchy down there.. i dont have any smelly discharge or increased discharge like i did the first time because i let it go for too long the first time because i actually had no clue what bv even was. after being cleared of it i fell off of my probiotics and started wearing thongs again. i think thats where i went wrong 😦 i went for my checkup end of april and i was cleared of it. im even more nervous because my fiance and i are planning on ttc in the next year. i hope i can shake this but it looks like most ppl just keep reoccuring and i am feeling hopeless
kim12266 Dmorgan518
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i had it for 4 years i used clindamycin cream for 7 days and oral probiotics for a month as one last attempt as i had tried most things apart from boric acid which i wasn't keen on trying but the cream worked iv been free of bv for the last month and no signs of it coming back
Dmorgan518 kim12266
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mhm maybe the clindamycin cream is more effective than metro gel. did you try metro gel before ? i didnt have any symptoms i just felt like checking my ph .. i am very happy for you and i def dont have the same background as you but please keep up with your probiotics , folic acid, d3 etc. i fell off for a few months and i suspect its back already. i am going to do what i did to get rid of it in the first place and keep that same routine in place.
kim12266 Dmorgan518
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i had the tablets instead of the gel they gave me bad yeast infection and didnt get rid of the bv