Can Long Term Damage Be Caused by Untreated Bacterial Vaginosis?
Untreated Bacterial Vaginosis may not, itself, cause long term damage but what it does do is lower your immune system’s defenses and set up the vagina to receive more harmful and often very serious infections and diseases including sexually transmitted diseases and HIV. Symptoms are not needed to be present Bacterial Vaginosis to destroy the beneficial bacteria that defend your vagina and therefore your reproductive organs against harmful ‘invaders’. It also disrupts the pH balance creating an environment that promotes the growth of harmful bacteria and germs. By the time the ‘friendly’ bacteria have been completely destroyed, you will be in what is usually known as the chronic stage of Bacterial Vaginosis. The condition is now much harder to cure and you still might not show any symptoms even if all the bacteria in your vagina are considered harmful. Related Coverage • Natural Home Cures For Bacterial Vaginosis If you are one of the many thousands of women who suffer from bacterial va
