Antibiotic treatment of men with partners with BV – do they work?
We examine the evidence regarding the effect of antibiotic treatment of male sexual partners of women with BV.
Using probiotics vaginally – you may need to switch capsules
Here we explain how to switch your enteric-coated or gelatin probiotic capsules into vegetable capsules for vaginal use at home.
Treating your gut to support your vagina
A discussion about why treating the gut can treat the vagina.
Getting the tampon to absorb the kefir properly, and making use of applicators
Here are some tips on getting maximum kefir into the vagina with the tampon.
The trick for using the oil and tampons
How to prepare your oily tampons for the day.
How important is the no-sex rule?
We discuss the reasoning behind the no-sex rule during treatments and offer you a couple of management strategies if you just can't help yourself.
Finding the right lactobacilli strains
Some probiotic strains mentioned in Killing BV are not commercially available. There may be another option though!
Adding amylase to BV treatments to overcome the self-limiting nature of glycogen degradation in the vagina
We discuss the idea that adding amylase to the mix could increase survival rates of lactobacilli by increasing the breakdown of glycogen.
Freezing milk kefir treatments
Freeze your treatments into convenient little cubes to make it easier to insert all of that stuff.
What to do if symptoms are the same or worse during or after treatments
If your vaginal symptoms get worse after BV treatments, you've probably had a changing of the guard - but from pathogen to pathogen.
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