But there’s another condition that can chart a similar course and is actually a more common cause of a painful vagina: bacterial vaginosis, or BV. In as many as half of cases of vaginal ...

New research suggests that bacterial vaginosis can be sexually transmitted, meaning men can reinfect their female partners.

Bacterial vaginosis is confined to an asymptomatic state in at least half of the cases. Symptomatic BV, on the other hand, is most typically accompanied by foul-smelling, profuse vaginal discharge ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. New research suggests that bacterial vaginosis, a ...

Research suggests that anywhere from roughly a quarter to more than a third of people with a vagina will contract bacterial vaginosis, or BV, at least once in their lifetimes. It involves an ...

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) — that annoying, fishy-smelling situation that keeps coming back like a bad ex — might actually be getting passed back and forth between partners like a hot potato.

Drexel researchers have developed a simple DNA PCR-based lab test — built on a more detailed genetic analysis of the main ...

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is an imbalance in the bacteria that inhabit the vagina. It affects nearly one third of women globally, which makes it the most common vaginal disorder. It is associated ...

A fishy-smelling vagina is most often caused by bacterial vaginosis, an overgrowth of bacteria. You can treat bacterial vaginosis with oral antibiotics or antibiotics that you insert into your vagina.

or Clindamycin 300 mg orally twice daily for 7 days Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a condition characterized by a loss of the indigenous vaginal lactobacilli and massive anaerobic overgrowth of the ...