[sweety79]

I have suffered with chronic bv for a few years now. I have a foul odor, but it is not fishy. I don't know how to describe it, but I was wondering if anyone else has this problem with bv as well.

[Elanor-Jane]

Do u know u suffer from it due to actual testing? If it itches occasionally it may be cronic thrush which I had when I was taking loette (mini pill) but it was after taking it for a few years. As soon as I stopped it was gone. I'm pretty sure BV and gardenella can be treated with anti-biotics. I got it earlier this year as some cotton from a tampon stayed inside me and it grew around that. Gross I know. It smelled pretty fishy. U could just have a ph balance issue called "hostile vaginal mucus" which is caused by bad diet and not enough water. It can be almost as uncomfortable as thrush esp when u have sex as it causes too much friction. It just presents as very thick white discharge but not nessesarily in massive amounts like some cases of thrush. U need to go to the doctor and have a pap smear and a few scrapes will b sent off and they'll tell u exactly what is growing in there. Blood tests are handy too incase it's an sti.

[Elanor-Jane]

Sorry to go off subject a bit. If your sure it's BV it can be treated very easily with anti-biotite but u need to look at what could be making it reoccur like perhaps your methods of contraception or the type of tampons u use. Have u been to the dr? I know how it feels to have somthing like that chronically I'm sure my thrush era was riddled with at least ten cases of BV or gardenella

[sweety79]

Yes the swabs all show clue cells which is BV I guess. I had three rounds of metronidazole which did take the odor away, but it cames back a few days after finishing the medicine. This all started when I took an strong antibotic for a bad sinus infection and was on it for three weeks. I think it caused an imbalance and I just can't seem to get over it.