Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is a medical condition that is not widely known or understood
about by either the public or the medical field. I state this bluntly because I suffer from
Bacterial Vaginosis, rather I suffer from reoccurring Bacterial Vaginosis. Generally, women who
have an infection caused by BV are prescribed a gel medicine and within 5 days they no longer
have the infection. However, there is a small percentage of woman who have BV reoccur after
treatment, for some the reoccurrence and symptoms only gets worse. BV is “the change from a
Lactobacillus-dominant vaginal microbiota to an anaerobic and facultative bacterial
dominance.” (Bacterial Vaginosis: A critical analysis of current knowledge, 2016) BV“is an
infection caused when too much of certain bacteria change the normal balance of bacteria in
the vagina.” Bacterial vaginosis (BV)(https://www.cdc.gov/std/bv/default.htm) BV acquired its
name from using medical terms, prefixes and suffixes that describe what Bacterial Vaginosis is
within the name. Bacterial Vaginosis is made up of several prefixes and suffixes. Bacterial has
the prefix of Bacteri/o, which means Bacteria or for singular bacterium. The suffix for Bacterial
is -al, which means pertaining to. Broken down Bacterial means the pertaining to bacteria.
Vaginosis has the prefix of Vagin/o, which means Vagina. The suffix for Vaginosis is -osis, which
means an abnormal condition. Vaginosis broken down means an abnormal condition of the
This condition can be treated at anytime by an antibiotic like penicillin. Since this condition can damage the organs, it is better to get it treated sooner than later. It is also important to keep going back to the doctors to get blood work done repeatedly to make sure that the infection is totally cleared up.
Bacteria can exist almost everywhere, some are harmless, and some are harmful. There are thousands of different types of bacteria and they fall
2011). “Unless this message gets spread widely and well, too many doctors and parents are
Often scientists work with bacteria that do not come in a labeled test tube— for example, bacterial samples taken from infected human tissue or from the soil—and the scientist must then identify the unknown microorganism in order to understand what behavior to expect from the organism, for example, a certain type of infection or antibiotic resistance. However, because of the relatively few forms of bacteria compared to animals and because of the lack of bacterial fossil records due to their asexually reproductive nature, the taxonomy used to classify animals cannot be applied to bacteria (Brown 275). In order to classify unknown bacteria, a variety of physiological and metabolic tests are available to narrow a sample down from the fathomless number of possibilities into a more manageable range. Once these tests have been performed, the researcher can consult Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, a systematically arranged and continually updated collection of all known bacteria based on their structure, metabolism, and other attributes.
It 's bad or infectious bacteria that cause illness as they rapidly reproduce and produce a toxin that kills or mutates cells, bacteria is also self sufficient.
must be treated. Treatment during the early stages is usually 100 percent effective. It is important
There are barriers to treating BV that add to the challenges providers face when treating the condition. Unfortunately, metronidazole efficacy is decreasing due to resistance.13 Certain organisms have been
Tracey Benkosky is a 40-year-old female here today with vaginitis symptoms. I do suspect bacterial vaginitis and gave her a prescription for MetroGel to be applied nightly for five nights. She will go ahead and await the results of the Affirm culture. She will call me if she does not hear from me in a week period of time or certainly if her symptoms are worsening. We do also have a urine culture pending, though I suspect that will be negative.
Genital herpes the infected area is in the genital portion of the body. In a male it
This review of available literature will evaluate the two main forms of treatment as well as risk factors and typical barriers to care and innovations in the field of care.
Finish all antibiotics and the importance of finishing the medication. If patient stop taking their medication in the middle of treatment the infection can come back.
The CDC reports that 10-15% of cases in women result in persistent infections, which can lead to cancers.
Most women infected with this STD don’t go on to develop vaginal cancer, but it's possible in some cases. HPV is present in nearly three quarters of females who have cancer of the vagina.
Fortunately, doctors and scientists are constantly developing new methods and techniques to fight this condition.
In the present study, analysis of genital hygiene behaviors among wild MBL genotypes estimated that bad genital hygiene behaviors increased the risk of RVVC by 3.47 times while the risk of RVVC has been elevated to 18.67 times in the presence of mutant MBL genotypes. These results supported the fact that RVVC is a monomicrobial; however, it is multifactorial disease in origin [36]. Moreover, good genital hygiene behaviors