I assume you're talking about bacterial vaginosis (http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/general_health/wh_bv.htm), or BV. Just curious - why are you averse to antibiotics? At this point, it may be the only thing that will help you. I've heard of some women having success using boric acid capsules to rebalance their pH, but I've not heard of olive oil helping matters.
If left untreated, BV can cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) (http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdpid.htm), which can lead to infertility. Untreated BV can make you more susceptible to HIV and other STIs (http://www.plannedparenthood.org/sexual-health/std/bacterial-vaginosis.htm). If you did decide to have a baby and became pregnant, it could also cause you to miscarry your first trimester or give birth to a premature/low weight baby (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vaginitis/DS00255/DSECTION=6). It can get pretty serious, so I would seek treatment.
You could check out the tag on bacterial vaginosis (http://community.livejournal.com/vaginapagina/tag/bacterial-vaginosis) as well.
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Date: 2006-12-24 04:52 pm (UTC)If left untreated, BV can cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) (http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdpid.htm), which can lead to infertility. Untreated BV can make you more susceptible to HIV and other STIs (http://www.plannedparenthood.org/sexual-health/std/bacterial-vaginosis.htm). If you did decide to have a baby and became pregnant, it could also cause you to miscarry your first trimester or give birth to a premature/low weight baby (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vaginitis/DS00255/DSECTION=6). It can get pretty serious, so I would seek treatment.
You could check out the tag on bacterial vaginosis (http://community.livejournal.com/vaginapagina/tag/bacterial-vaginosis) as well.