Something else? Ask Aunt Vadge – bottom left of your screen!Oleic acid, L. iners and recurrent BV
New research reveals that oleic acid, the main fat in olive oil and avocado, may help prevent recurrent bacterial vaginosis.
World-renowned Expert Educational Programs
Check out My Vagina's expert educational and treatment programs, for bacterial vaginosis, perimenopause and PCOS.
Review: Monogin for vaginal BV, HPV and yeast
Monogin offers an effective, single-dose treatment for BV, HPV genital warts, and yeast.
The critical role of lactic acid in the vagina
Explore the benefits of lactic acid in vaginal health, from its antimicrobial properties to HIV protection.
Aunt Vadge: I’m cycling between yeast and BV, now I have HPV
Cycling between yeast and BV, and now a positive Pap? Both are common and manageable - how to break the cycle, and what a positive HPV result really means.
Aunt Vadge: yeast-like symptoms, but negative tests
Yeast-like symptoms but negative tests? It could be missed yeast, aerobic vaginitis or cytolytic vaginosis - here's how to tell, and why diagnosis matters.
Aunt Vadge: recurrent GBS vaginitis – help!
Recurrent group B strep (GBS) vaginitis that keeps returning? Why it recurs, a natural option with evidence, and how to find the underlying driver.
Prevotella byproducts: understanding vaginal symptoms
Learn how Prevotella species disrupt vaginal health with byproducts that cause pH imbalances, BV, and odour. Learn how to restore balance.
Aunt Vadge: recurrent BV since I was 12
Recurrent BV that flares with sweets and stress? The fix is often in your gut and blood sugar - here's the whole-body approach, with the evidence.
Aunt Vadge: Gardnerella UTI, but NP says it’s BV – help!
Gardnerella in your bladder but told it's just BV contamination? It's a recognised urinary pathogen - here's the evidence, and the perimenopause angle.
Aunt Vadge: vaginal fungal infection but can’t use Diflucan
Vaginal yeast infection but can't take Diflucan? Topical and botanical antifungals - and the safety must-knows if you have kidney disease or other conditions.
Aunt Vadge: I’m pregnant and struggling with BV and UTIs
Pregnant and battling constant BV, UTIs and yeast? Why severe pain needs urgent review, why to skip boric acid, and how to address the nutrient and gut drivers safely.
E. faecalis byproducts: understanding vaginal symptoms
What Enterococcus faecalis produces in the vagina, ammonia, biogenic amines, hydrogen sulfide, biofilm and toxins, and how those byproducts drive AV and UTI symptoms.
The microbiome of the penis, semen and male reproductive tract
The penile microbiome is being examined for its role in fertility, infections and interactions with the vaginal microbiome.
Aunt Vadge: BV, yeast, UTIs – nothing is working! Help!
A year of recurrent BV, yeast and UTIs and nothing works? Why the antibiotic cycle keeps it going, and how your gut and hormones may be the real drivers.
Aunt Vadge: yeast infection, now yellow discharge – what is happening?
Yellow discharge and bumps, but fluconazole isn't working? It's probably not just yeast - more likely aerobic vaginitis. How to get the right diagnosis and tests.
Aunt Vadge: we did anal-vaginal sex and now I have AV that won’t go away
Aerobic vaginitis (E. coli, E. faecalis) that won't clear for years? It's usually refed from a gut reservoir - why treating the gut, not just the vagina, works.
Aunt Vadge: I have to change my undies 4 x day
Constant clear discharge but all tests are normal and your microbiome is 98% L. crispatus? That's healthy - so stop antimicrobials. The likely hormonal cause.
Aunt Vadge: I had ureaplasma and E. coli – which treatment do I use first?
Ureaplasma cleared but multi-resistant E. coli (ESBL) with pelvic pain won't go? Why this needs doctor-led care, not products as a cure - and where support fits.
Understanding Community State Types
Learn more about community state types of the vaginal microbiome.