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BV keeps coming back

I don't know why bacterial vaginosis keeps coming back. I've had it since I was a teenager i.e before I was sexually active and it appears very often (mostly after my period has finished). I maintain good hygiene,wear cotton underwear and don't change partners but it just reappears all the time. I would be very thankful if you share some advice and I also want to ask if using antibacterial wet wipes might have been the problem this time.
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134578 tn?1693250592
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My first paragraph above was based on the assumption that you know you get BV a lot because when you get a case, you go to the doctor, who does a swab and has it tested at the lab, and it's always been BV.  And then the doctor prescribes a run of antibiotics. (If you haven't been seen and if you haven't been prescribed antibiotics when you get a case, of course, that's what you should do next time.)

Given that this has been what has regularly happened, next time point out to the doctor that as your records show, you have gotten BV a lot, and ask if he or she will either prescribe a longer run of the antibiotics, or a different antibiotic.  (There are at least four regularly used to treat BV.) And do see if the doc will prescribe the same medication at the same time for your partner.

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134578 tn?1693250592
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One reason some women get BV after having had a run of antibiotics is that their partner should have the same antibiotics at the same time. My doc was of the opinion that he could just give it back, if not treated.

Antibacterial wet wipes might kill the "good" flora along with the bad, and if you've gotten BV a lot, your lady areas are probably pretty touchy. Anything that disrupts natural systems that are trying to get established, could create a way in.

Have you been advised to use probiotics? They can help.
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