Can bacterial vaginosis cause infertility? How to prevent bacterial vaginosis

Bacterial vaginosis is a common vaginitis that occurs at ordinary times. We should understand its harm, especially in daily life.

Bacterial vaginosis may lead to infertility

Under normal circumstances, the vaginal flora is balanced and the pH is balanced (the pH value is about 3.8-4.5). This environment suitable for the temporary retention and passage of sperm is very important. Once this environment is destroyed, infertility is likely to occur.

If you have bacterial vaginosis, the pH value of the vagina will exceed 4.5. Changes in the pH value of the vaginal environment will inhibit the activity of sperm. In addition, pathogenic bacteria will devour sperm. When you have bacterial vaginosis, the vaginal secretions increase significantly. The secretions contain a large number of white blood cells, which hinder sperm survival and reduce sperm count. People with low sperm count and poor sperm activity are likely to cause infertility. In addition, once the inflammation rises and infects the uterine cavity, causing salpingitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, etc., it will also cause infertility. Of course, if you actively treat it, you can get pregnant again.

The dangers of bacterial vaginosis

1. Causes infertility: Bacterial vaginitis can cause the vaginal pH value to exceed 4.5, inhibiting the activity of sperm; pathogenic bacteria will devour sperm. When suffering from bacterial vaginitis, vaginal secretions increase, and the secretions contain a large number of white blood cells, which hinder sperm survival, reduce sperm count, and cause infertility.

2. Impact on fetal development: Bacterial vaginosis can cause fetal movement disturbance during pregnancy, which can seriously lead to premature birth and miscarriage. It is reported that the percentage of puerperal infection, neonatal infection and neonatal jaundice in pregnant women with bacterial vaginosis is greatly increased, which is several times that of normal pregnant women. In addition, clinical observations show that bacterial vaginosis is directly related to early rupture of fetal membranes and intrauterine infection.

3. Induce other diseases: Bacterial vaginitis can induce genital infection. Once the inflammation rises, it can infect the uterine cavity, causing salpingitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, etc., and can also cause infertility.

4. Impact on quality of life: The clinical symptoms of bacterial vaginitis are a significant increase in abnormal vaginal secretions, which are thin and uniform or thin and paste-like, grayish white, grayish yellow or milky yellow with a special fishy smell. Since alkaline prostatic fluid can cause amine release, the odor worsens during or after sexual intercourse. During menstruation, the pH value of the vagina increases, and the odor can also worsen. In addition, symptoms such as vulvar itching can also cause many inconveniences to women's lives and work, and even affect the life of couples.

Causes of Bacterial Vaginosis

1. Indirect contact infection: contact with toilets, bathtubs, bath chairs, towels, and use of unclean toilet paper can cause infection.

2. Sexual transmission: It is one of the causes of the disease. At least 10% of women have symptoms and men have bacterial urethritis.

3. Taking large amounts of antibiotics: Antibiotics change the microenvironment of the vagina, causing pathogenic bacterial pathogens to multiply in large numbers, leading to localized bacterial vaginitis.

4. Paying too much attention to hygiene: In order to maintain hygiene, some women often use medicinal detergents to clean the vagina, which can easily destroy the acid-base environment of the vagina and make it easy to get infected with bacterial vaginitis.

Preventing Bacterial Vaginosis

1. Try to use condoms during sexual intercourse to prevent cross infection. After diagnosis, you should seek treatment together with your sexual partner.

2. Develop healthy living habits, eat regularly, eat light food, avoid spicy and irritating foods, exercise regularly, and improve immunity.

3. Extremely effective in treating diabetes, tinea manuum, and tinea pedis.

4. After regular treatment, regular check-ups should be conducted after each menstrual period. If necessary, the treatment should be consolidated and the patient will be considered cured if the check-ups are normal.

5. Pay attention to personal hygiene, wash the vulva with warm water every day, and do not use various lotions and medicines to clean the vulva and vagina.

6. No sanitary pads are needed, change underwear every day, wear pure cotton underwear, keep the vulva clean and dry, do not mix underwear with other clothes, it is best to dry in the sun.

7. Strengthen self-protection awareness and avoid cross-infection caused by sauna, swimming and use of public hygiene products.