Bacterial vaginosis is difficult to cure and frequently recurs

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Bacterial vaginosis is difficult to cure and frequently recurs

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Min Karen Lo
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Epidemiological data now support the hypothesis that BV is sexually transmitted

An altered vaginal flora sometimes creates symptoms that greatly affect quality of life, but reinstating the balance and curing the symptoms is proving hard to achieve

Boric acid appears to help disrupt the biofilm It has traditionally been taught that bacterial vaginosis (BV) reflects a shift in the normal vagi