I had been having discharge and irritation for months and finally i got myself to go into family planning, and was diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis. I am now taking flagyl 500 mg 2 a day for 7 days. I started taking them on sunday. Will this compltely cure me of bv? These pills make me kinda sick, and When does the discharge and symptoms usually start to go away?

This video animation illustrates how bacteria coexists with a yeast fungus in the vagina and when conditions change it will increase or decrease the acidity causing the yeast fungi to multiply and cause irritation.

Histopathology Cervix–Bacterial vaginosis

It seems absurd, in these sexually saturated times, that the nature of women’s genitalia remains so problematic and more likely, embarrassing. Through the ages we have become more comfortable with discussing private and intimate issues concerning our bodies and sex, yet the Vagina is still taboo and this is putting women at risk.

The most common vaginal infection is called Bacterial Vaginosis in fact experts believe that as many as 1 in 3 women will have it at some point in their lives. But what is it, and how do you deal with it? In this video Doctor Dawn Harper from tvs Embarrassing Illnesses has the answers.