what is bacterial vaginosis

Bacterial vaginosis is one of most annoying problems for females especially in females in reproductive age , bacterial vaginosis considered to be one of sexual transmitted diseases.

Bacterial vaginosis characterized by foul fishy odor , it is considered one of  it’s characteristic symptoms, there are other symptoms like vaginal discharge , itching and also burning sensation.

Bacterial vaginosis is a result of imbalance in bacteria normally growing in female vagina , as by non understood mechanism , that normally growing flora is replaced by pathogenic or harmful bacteria,which result in that fishy discharge .

Bacterial vaginosis is most common in sexually active females , what the role of that in arising it , it not known up to that time , there are other ways of  transmission like multiple vaginal douching , in swimming pools , from toilets sets , so not only sexually active women who is only infected.

Bacterial vaginosis does not cause complication , but its risky for other infection , the most serious and most dangerous infection type is HIV , other vaginal infections like chylamdia , gardenalla , herps simplex and gonorrhea , these infections are serious , that can ascend to involve uterus , Fallopian tubes and cause PID ( pelvic inflammatory disease) , that disease may be complicated up to be one of infertility causes, but its a rare cause .

Bacterial vaginosis may affect pregnant females, and if that occur , her baby is at risk of getting that infection during labour, also female is at risk of getting preterm labor or low birth weight fetus.

Although bacterial vaginosis have these risk factors,  it is simply diagnosed , and treated , as

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