Vitamin C in vagina for BV - yellow/green discharge? Makes things worse?

Women's health
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Hi there. I've had BV for the past 5 years. It have NEVER gone away. It is always there, its fishy/amonia smell, yellow/green discharge, the smell... I really empathise with anyone else who has gone through this HELL.

I've tried everything to get rid of it: rephresh gel inserts, different type of probiotics (including the special probiotics especially for BV with reuteri), I drink kefir everyday, I've dried douching with hydrogene pyroxide solution which does help the smell but it comes back, I've tried inserting feminine probiotics into my vagina, but that makes things worse.

I don't drink alcohol. I don't eat wheat or grains or sugar.

I know for a fact it's not an STD (I'm a lesbian.)

Doctors have NO CLUE how to fix this. They just say to clean better and don't use soap down there and don't wear tight underwear. Like, yes, thank you very much I never would have thought of that! That was really worth waiting months for this appointment for that information! neutral

I use home testing strips and the PH of my vagina ranges between a 7 and 9 which is too high and is indicative of BV. A normal vagina PH is about a 4. So SOMETHING is off down there and I want my PH to get down to normal.

So I tried inserting Vitamin C tablets, plain tablets not chewable or sweet, into my vagina and it just makes things worse, it seems. I'm so depressed because of this and I was hopeful that Vitamin C would help change my vaginal PH back to normal to get the good bacteria growing again. It's just the opposite though with even stronger yellow and green itchy discharge after using the Vitamin C.

I'm using 500mg per tablet, uncoated, at night, sometimes even twice per day and yet the PH of my vagina still isn't changing. I've used the Vitamin C up there for the past 3 days.

Has this yellow discharge happened to anyone else after using Vitamin C in their vagina?

I read that people here saw results virtually overnight. Did anyone have to use the Vitamin C for longer than a few days before they saw results?

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Lesbians get std honey who said they didn't you may need to be tested for trich 

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Yes. Yellow/green discharge is indicative of trich.

Which is a parasitic infection. If you've been tested for that already and have been tested for stds also... then i recommend actigel or balance activ to try and correct the ph. You may also want to have your hormone levels checked. Bv can occur when they're out of wack. In one discussion a lady went on progesterone cream and the issue stopped.

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Drink a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar every day. And keep trying other things. Most of us have to maintain, we never completely cure.

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Sad but true. Maintaining is key but I kinda swear by the insertion of vitamin c 

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Hi Tracy, thanks for much for your response.

I'm actually a virgin lesbian. Never had "sex" with anyone.

I have used a vibrator though. Do you think that could transmit the trich?

 

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Hi bee. I looked up images of the trich on Google Images and it doesn't really look like my discharge at all... That is frothy and milky, but mine isn't like that. It seems more like BV to me, BUT I won't rule it out.

Also, I'm a virgin and have never had genital contact with anyone. Do you think it is likely or unlikely that this is the trich?

I'm in the process of having my hormone levels checked, but I need to wait another 2.5 months before I've been off the pill long enough to get them properly checked.

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Tracy, how long did you have to take Vitamin C before it brought your PH down to normal? Did you ever try douching with white vinegar?

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Thank you, Patricia. What was the cure for you?

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Is she a virgin too? Does she use the same vibrator? I would just get tested because if your a virgin like you say you should've have a yellow/green discharge. Doesn't make sense. 

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Sorry, I meant, what do you use to try to keep BV away?

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I did it for 2 nights, after the first insert the morning after there was no smell at all. I used a medicated douche the second night and been great every sense. I take vitamin c orally along with ultimate flora once a day now. My sex life is back active thank God 

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The vibrator was my own. I've never done anything sexual with anyone, male or female. I'm trying to get this BV to go away first...

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Hi rachel

First off, big hugs this is miserable.

Second.. This needs a Gyno to check as PH is very high.

Sounds like trich..

My BV was cured with a great Gyno.

3 nights Clindamycin vaginal ovules

Followed by 3 nights Thrush cream

Repeated a month later.

Always take pro biotic orally daily

I take acidophilus pro biotic.

Dont suffer .. This can cause damage.

Get it diagnosed, BV, CV or Trich

GP or Docs i think dont have a clue in womens problems ( some)

Gyno is what you want ..

Pap smear, and swabs

Good luck

Jay x

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Hi Rachel, for me with severe bv for years - the ONLY thing that worked was change of diet to include lots of vegetables (especially green leafy ones which will add essential nutrients that you need to beat this) plus GOOD QUALITY probiotics. Patience is also extremely important as it took between 2-3 months of doing this for it to work. The probiotics I used is called Symprove. It is expensive but it was worth it

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I'm still in the process of figuring it out. The Vitamin C inserted helps but I don't like that it burns and makes me bleed. I take a probiotic every day. I don't worry about a specific type of probiotic. I have even inserted it. I drink a tbsp of apple cider vinegar every day. Sometimes I wash with a little vinegar and water. No douching. After a few days of inserting the vitamin C, I have also used tea tree oil a couple drops on a dampened tampon, inserted. Keep in for a couple hours. That seems to clean everything up since the vitamin C treatment creates a lot of discharge.

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The vitamin C will create a ton of discharge. Could it be that it just seems worse at first? I imagine all the discharge is all that bacteria that does not want to be there. The bacteria that preferred the higher pH environment and they are now leaving because the pH is going down.

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Except a cure is possible. But not by masking it with quick fixes

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Anastasia, excuse me, but are you speaking directly to me when you say "quick fixes"?  I mean, you did reply directly to my comment.  Can you please list which are quick fixes and which are not?  Because, like is said, I'm still trying to figure this out...I'd sincerely like to know.  You seemed to insinuate that everything I said I am doing is a quick fix. Are they?  Thank you.

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I know im not anastasia but what I've come to realize is that chronic bv is often the result of an underlying cause in the body. Something that is putting you out of ballance. Some people's hormones are out of balance so when they get put on things like progesterone cream they get better. Some people are anemic or vitamin D deficient so when they suppliment iron or D they get better. BV can also be related to issues within the gut. Women may have an overgrowth of yeast in Their system or even small parasites they are unaware of (i know groseto think about haha) that makes it harder for the body to keep the bv away. So cleansing the system from the inside out can help a lot to get to the root of the problem. Plus eliminating sugar for a couple months can help your body starve the bad bacteria because that is what yeast and bacteria feed on. Usually if you have a chronic issue simply treating the vagina without thinking about the rest of the body will not stop the bv forever.