After having it for almost two years, I can finally say my symptoms are FINALLY showing improvements!! I've tried literally everything on this planet from antibiotics to hydrogen peroxide to tea tree to garlic to lemon to coconut oil to vinegar to yoghurt.. still nothing.
So I did some research and I found a woman on YouTube who said salt water bath is the cure. I tried it but it didn't really work for me but I can say it soothed THE OUTSIDE of my vagina. But of course the problem is internal. So I figured I'd use salt water tampon.
Salt works by drying out the bacteria by drawing out the water from their cell membranes, causing dehydration.
Hence killing it. This may help destroy the BV biofilm that attaches to the vaginal wall by drying it out, causing it to no longer survive. I figured that's what it would do.
So I got a small cup and poured around 100ml of water and added one heaped teaspoon of sea salt ( has to be sea salt ) then I mixed it together. Then added a tampon inside n left it to soak in the solution for 30 mins. Then I insert it and leave it in for about 2- 3 hours repeating twice a day. I'm currently on the 4th day and so far the discharge and odour has decreased drastically. The itch has gone!!!
I'm going to do this for another 3 days then I'll follow up with canesten vaginal probiotics and I'll update you
I'm also taking vitamin D3 tablets 400 I.U per tablet. Twice a day!
So far I'm impressed with the results but this is the only thing that has worked for me and actually shown results. Different things work for different people.
I am going to try this method. I have also tried every antibiotic possible, as prescribed by my Gyno. And home remedies, including tea tree oil, hydrogen peroxide etc. I hope it works for this unbearable odor! I can’t even live a normal social life because of it.
I'm going to try this as well I have tried everything and nothing has worked or has got any better. I need to find something that works. I have been suffering for 2 years now.
I completely feel your pain! I literally cried because the smell was awful and I was always paranoid that people can smell me! It ruined my sex life but now I feel comfortable again.
The main issue with trying to get rid of BV that people don't know of, is the biofilm that the bad bacteria created! Causing the reoccurring problem. It's very resistant to antibiotics so that doesn't work. Everything else just isn't strong enough to penetrate the biofilm! Hopefully this salt method works for you
I know the feeling. I suffered too but I literally had to research because I couldn't take it anymore! I was getting depressed that I'll never be the same again.
I plan on trying this method after my period is over so I was just curious if a couple things, was there a certain time of day you did the tampon inserts like one at night and one in the morning? Also what brand of insertable probiotics have you been using to balance things back out?
Yes I did one in the morning for 2-3 hours and then one in the night before sleeping for 2-3 hours. You could also leave it in overnight which I did 3/7 days.
So I have an increased discharge with a little itch. I went to the doctors to get checked up and was told I have thrush and was given a tablet. I'm not normally fused with thrush because I've always had this on and off.
But I'm happy to say I'm BV FREE. No odour for two weeks now and still going. It's been a long journey and I hope what worked for me works for you. I asked her to double check if I still have BV and she said its not there. No trace.
The salt method plus vaginal probiotics worked wonders for me.
Ps. You can use any vaginal probiotics you find on amazon if you're not from the uk and cannot access the canesten brand.
I had the same problems and a friend told me about an asian remedy which I was able to track down and buy online. It's a cigar shaped stick you insert for about a minute. I was extremely skeptical after dealing with this problem for years and was ready to try anything. I noticed within two days the odor had disappeared and mucous had lessened. It's been over 12 months now of just using this product for a few days in the first few weeks and I cannot believe it has not returned. The product is called Isla Soap stick, I bought it online as I could not find it anywhere in chemists. I think because it is like a chinese asian medicine. Trust me it works. I hope this helps you like it did me!!!!
Oh my god.i thought i was the only one who'd ever heard of Isla and used it. Glad to see that someone else here has also.Great to know Sandra. I had done it all too just like every other women has done and continues to.
From GP's, gyno's, naturopaths, home remedies and even accupuncture. For 5 years i struggled with it and anything that i found to relieve it was a very short temporary fix. I thought about buying shares in yogurt companies to at least get some return on the amount i was buying and going through to get a bit of relief.
i wasn't as lucky as you to have a friend to mention it to me and stumbled across it by pure chance...... Or devine intervention maybe even I had no real intention of buying this Isla soap stick. How could something so simple achieve what all the other treatments and remedies i had endured had not. I made the choice in the end though as it seemed to have more than just one benefit so if it failed to help with my BV then i'd maybe see other benefits.Definitely some reluctance when it arrived in the post and left it in its box on the bench for a few days. Finally decided to try it though as i bought it for a reason and didn't want to die wondering..
I followed the instructions and inserted it for 1 minute and put it to bed. Dont know why i was hesitant after doing it as it was quite comfortable. Went to bed and forgot about it. I woke in the morning still having forgotten about it and went about my motherly duties. It wasn't until i was in the shower and washing down there that i first realised it had definitely had some effect that it claimed. I was actually quite alot tighter. I definitely had a laugh to myself and a new belief that perhaps it was more than just hype. Went to work and it was evident pretty quickly that something more was happening down there. My usual 11am toilet trip was quite telling as the usual residue in my underwear was almost non existent. A little more happy though still sceptical i found that by the time i was home i had still not had any more discharge and the odour almost non existent.
OH MY GOD!!! As the days progressed it was very apparent that this thing was actually working. I have had all symptoms of BV gone since finding this product and i am so glad that i was able to get past the sceptisism and do it. All i can say ladies is that persistance in searching got me exactly where i found my saviour in this magic stick.I know the struggles and the emotional strain BV put on me as well as my husband as nothing really made me feel all that sexy with all that going on down there and as a consequence our sex life suffered.
It has been 10 months now since i first used it and i have nothing but positive things to say about it. Hubby is also a big fan too. Not only is he getting some again but he loves that it feels like pre children again and i get to skip all the pelvic floor excercises
I hope to those reading this it at least leaves you with a feeling of hope as there truly is. I'm recomending it because i know it worked for me and am positive that many other women will discover how this magical little
I've been cured of bv for the past 6 yrs. My doctor gave me one pill to take orally and another set to insert for 7 nights and that was from feb 2012 and after So long im having symptoms.
Hi Kelly, I searched Google to see if anything would help and your post gave me a little hope ! I’ve had symptoms of BV but all tests at my GP came out negative which is frustrating cause GP couldnt suggest anything to help apart from a cream. I have also been tested for loads and all normal ! But it obviously is not normal!
To sum up, I have severe outside itching of the vagina causing a burning sensation and horrible smell as well every single day. I tried the salt bath and it does nothing. I am going to try your salt tampon idea. It does worry me that I haven’t been diagnosed for BV but I’ve read that it doesn’t always come up in tests. Can I ask how you are now ? How long did you do the tampon thing for (number of days ?)
What worked for me was about 3/4 of a cup of virgin unrefined coconut oil add about 10 drops of all natural tea tree oil, and open up about 8 probiotic capsules mix it all together good and made frozen suppositories insert one before bed make sure to wear a pad ,do this for one week. It worked for me as I’ve suffered on and off for ten years and finally was fed up with antibiotics gave this a try and it worked for me I hope this helps anyone
I have BV recurred every two months for about 4 times, so about half a year in total. I feel my BV was recurring for a reason and I could not figure out why. But I think it makes sense that the BV recurs easily because there's a biofilm, and I feel Flagyl is becoming less effective as I have taken it for so many time.
I keep pH test strips at home and test on my pH value from time to time. Flagyl was effective initially, but this time even when I'm taking Flagyl my pH value refused to drop down.
So far, I have tried this method once as Kelly instructed, last night, I left the tampon inside for about 2 hours and took it out. Then I put in a vaginal probiotic ovule and go to bed. Today, my discharge has changed its scent significantly. I have been using probiotics for the past two nights and they weren't able to change the odor. I guess it was really because of the bad bacteria biofilm that prevents the lactobacillus to survive in the vagina. (before, it wasn't having fishy ordor with the antibiotics, but it didn't smell very normal either) I tested the pH value with my little kit, it wasn't accurate, but I could see pH value has finally dropped a little.
Will do again tonight to consolidate the result. And hopefully, after my antibiotics are done, the symptoms won't come back easily. Will update.
Were do you get sea salt? The only real symptoms I've noticed is the itching I'm very raw so I can't use a lot of products because it makes it burn cuz I'm so cut up. I've had this for probably two months now and the antibiotics didn't work.
Does anyone know how long this is ok to do? I've been doing a salt bath at night then a ACV tampon when I sleep all night about 5 days a week because every time my bf and I have sex I get it right back...
