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Hydrogen Peroxide
Posted by Gwen (Va., US) on 02/25/2015
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I love peroxide and water douche! It is the only protocol that has worked for me and I've dealt with BV for over 8 years. I usually douche on two consecutive days 2x per month... so four days a month total.
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Posted by Ab (Kansas, US) on 02/08/2015
This may be a dumb question but I have tried making the hydrogen peroxide tampon and the tampon expands immediately causing it to be of no use. How have you ladies been making the tampon so that it can be inserted?
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Posted by Collette (Kansas City) on 02/15/2015
I put the mixture in a glass and then dropped the tampon in so that it could soak up the mixture. This allowed it to stay in the plastic tube and to be inserted normally.
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Posted by Karin (Chicago) on 08/11/2017
I agree that it may be parasites or a candida imbalance. Also try a good colon cleanse that has things that will kill parasites and candida. I had similar symptoms with no relief. Started a colon cleanse just to improve my health. Had terrible abdominal cramping, got constipation which I had never had in my life. I even went to the doctor because of the sudden bowel changes. Anyway started researching and realized my symptoms were from either parasites or candida. It took a few months for my bowel to heal, but it also helped the vaginal infections. I almost wondered if I had vaginal parasites too. Took lots of herbal supplements then and diotomatious earth. Much less infections vaginally. Somehow it helped my vaginal environment too. What used to be a weekly battle is now less than once per month, by doing diotomatious earth, supplements, etc. try it. Many people have parasites and don't know it. Somehow your bowel health plays a role with the vaginal health.
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Posted by Sunshinesisi (San Francisco, CA) on 01/17/2015
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I have had ongoing yeast infections and BV since my early 20's, I am now in my late 30's. I have never been able to pinpoint the problem. Whether its my diet, genetics, or me passing it back and fourth from my sexual partner. I have only been in 2 long term relationships in the past 17 years.
About a year and a half ago I read online that using H2o2 was very affective for both ailments. While, I havent douched with it on as much of a strict regimen as the woman above have, I have used it periodically, and it works wonders!!!
Right now I have new boyfriend of 6 months and right away I started getting a lot of itching and discharge again. While I'm not ruling out everything, I have started the H202 3 days ago and immediately noticed a difference! I will continue this procedure along with a visit to my GYN just for a general pap and test, like I do every 6-9 months.
But, so far so good with the H202! It has worked in the past and present! I highly recommend it!
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Posted by Sw (New Orleans, La) on 10/13/2014
@Steph... that sounds like something else other than BV! You should see a gyno...
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Posted by Alwayswantthedata (Nj, US) on 08/04/2014
There was a study completed in 2003 that documented efficacy.
Utilisation of hydrogen peroxide in the treatment of recurrent bacterial vaginosis.
Cardone A, Zarcone R, Borrelli A, Di Cunzolo A, Russo A, Tartaglia E.
Minerva Ginecol. 2003 Dec;55(6):483-92. Review. English, Italian.
The study concluded, "Hydrogen peroxide represents a valid alternative to conventional treatments for recurrent bacterial vaginosis, and associates the absence of collateral effects with low costs, excellent tolerability and real therapeutic efficacy."
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Posted by Rknr0b1n (Atlanta Ga) on 09/23/2013
I came across two articles by the NIH.
1) Acidophilis produces H2O2: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6768778
2) Hydrogen peroxide has been clinically proven to erradicate BV. The ladies who participated in the study were ALL improved by the treatment after a week, and 89% had no recurrance after 3 months. So, its not just us old wives spreading tales to each other, it really does work. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14676737
... "RESULTS:
The results clearly show that the use of hydrogen peroxide in vagina can eliminate the main symptoms of bacterial vaginosis, and in particular the malodorous leucoxanthorrhea in 89% of cases at 3 months after the end of treatment, a result that is comparable to that obtained using metronidazole or clindamycin as a vaginal cream. Moreover, hydrogen peroxide facilitates the restoration of normal vaginal bacterial flora (represented by H202-producing lactobacillus) in 100% of cases and normal acid pH (pH<4. 5) in 98% of cases; it also fosters the disappearance of clue cells from vaginal smears and anaerobic pathogenic flora from vaginal secretions in 100% of cases..."
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Posted by Fed Up And Tired (Hartsville, Sc) on 05/07/2013
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I read the article for BV and hydrogen peroxide, I tried the douche and ladies it works, I mixed 50/50 solution water and peroxide and douched for three days in a row and the smell and the discharge both were gone, I also used it after having sex to make sure that it would not come back because some reports state that sex could cause it to become active. So far so good and my husband noticed the difference and I feel so much better, it has only been a week but most of the things I have tried only lasted 2-3 days at the most so I am very impressed, I have been suffering with this for over 4 years now.
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Posted by Ms. Finallyrelieved (Cleveland, Ohio USA) on 01/31/2013
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I have suffered with recurrent BV for about one year. Last night I tried the 50/50 3% hydrogen peroxide and purified water mix in a douche and I have noticed a change already... No more malodor, thanx for your advice ladies
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Posted by Rachelle (Houston, Tx, Usa) on 07/10/2012
I can't believe so many of us are living with this. I have had to deal with it for 10 yrs off and on. It goes away then comes back. I am currently suffering with it now and I have given up on any DR visits for it. Got way to expensive and meds didnt work. I am now trying probiotic acidophilus tabs orally once a day and hydrogen peroxide douche every other day and after intercourse. Hydrogen P. Helps the odor for me but does not take away the discharge and odor completely. Just mutes it so its not so overbearing. I hope the acidophilus tabs work as I have only been taking those for a few days. I sympathize with many on here who avoid intimate contact with their men or avoid men all together. Thank God I have never had to. I always told my men what was going on when it was going on. I suggest for many of you to be honest and let your guy know what BV is and let them read up on it so they know its nothing you can help, but something that with their understanding and help can be managed. I am married now for 3 yrs and it's funny but I think WE notice the smell more than they do. Most boys were taught about the female anatomy that its suppose to smell like fish.. Lol. So sometimes I think he thinks the smell when it is there is normal. Some days it worse than others but the hydrogen peroxide will help the smell, if your body can stand, use TAMPONS instaed of pantyliners. Especially at work or if you know you will be in close proximity to others. The tampons soaked in hydrogen peroxide is even better. You keep the smell contained and hopefully help relieve it some. I am a school teacher so I can easily go through a box of tampons a month, but its worth the security of knowing I don't offend the noses of my students when I am hovering over them. But we fight on ladies!! .. Try everything you can. What works for one wont work for all. Just find what HELPS, because I don't forsee a CURE to BV anytime soon. Good Luck and God bless!!!
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Posted by Anonymous (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) on 05/01/2012
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I suffered from BV from the ages of 20-25. It was the most embarrassing humiliating thing I have EVER gone through. One day frustrated and at my wits end I started crying sitting on my bathroom floor and I once again began randomly googling in hopes to find a cure. I purchased an e-book by Elena Peterson and I seriously owe her my life! One of the tips that has helped me tremendously is mixing a small amount(about half an inch) of hydrogen peroxide with purified water in a clean empty douche bottle. This will kill all of the bad bacteria without killing the good bacteria. I do this twice a day of I have time and doing this was almost an instant cure. BUY HER BOOK!! It was hands down the best 30 something dollars Ive EVER EVER spent. I was lucky to find the cure in this book. You do not have to live with BV!!! Buy the book and learn the cure that will give you your confidence and happiness back!!!
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Posted by Me (Abq, Nm) on 02/04/2012
Had this issue off and on for years, sought help from conventional medical sources with no success. Then searched web and found this site. Soaked a tampon in H2O2 and inserted it for 5 minutes, about 2-3 times a day, improvement almost immediately, resolution within a couple days. Only one relapse since then, immediately applied the treatment and relief was even quicker this time. Have been symptom free for over a year now!!!
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Posted by Shuddabeenblonde (League City, Texas) on 08/21/2011
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I have been fighting BV for years. My gyno told me I had it because I'm overweight. I have tried prescription after prescription to no avail. All the other websites state I have to get yet another prescription to keep it under control. I stumbled on this website and I read every comment. I was rather skeptical about douching. Have always been told not to. I tried 1/2 water 1/2 peroxide one morning just to see what would happen. That was 3 weeks ago and I have gotten my period during that time. Guess what! ? No smell! I am so excited. Thank you all for your honest and at home remedies. I will forever tell everyone I know about this site. It has saved my sanity.
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Posted by Blessed (New York) on 08/18/2011
It works! I have been doing it for about 5 days. Ladies, I cannot thank you enough for your suggestions! It is such a blessing. I soaked a tampon in peroxide 2X daily. I am going to continue to do so to make sure the BV is gone. I am also tkaing the RePhresh pills daily. Does anyone have any other suggestions aside from the Rephresh pills to maintain a healthy balance?
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Posted by Pheonix (Nsb, Florida ) on 04/14/2011
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I too have been suffering from BV for about 2 years; everytime I'm diagnosed with it, my doctor prescribes me Flagyll and sends me on my way. The antibiotics helped for about 2 weeks, and then the discharge and malodor was back! I even changed my eating style because I was told it would help contain the problem, it did to a certain extent but not to my satisfaction. I found this website last night and after reading so many of the positive testimonials, I absolutely HAD to try this remedy. Needless to say IT WORKED! I havent felt this good down there in such a longgg time!
I used a ½ cup of bottled water and a ½ cup of hydrogen peroxide. I added both liquids to an EMPTY bottle of Summer's Eve douche (wash out the previous solution).
I showered as I would normally do, then I douched with the peroxide/water solution. It did feel a little weird, but I went to sleep that night feeling great. Woke up the next morning feeling so unbelievably fresh and DRY! I still have a slight discharge, but I'm going to do douche again tonight and one more time tomorrow night! I am very confident that the end result will be nothing less than great! :)
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Posted by Monique (Richmond, Va) on 03/31/2011
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I've been suffering from BV for the past 2 years off and on. It has really been frustrating me! It started in 2009. The fishy ordor came first then the discharge. Ugh. I went to the doctor and I was diagnosed w/ BV. A couple months later it was back. Now for past 2 years its been coming back. The doctor keep perscribing the same 2 medications and obviously they are not working! I did some research on home remedys. I got tired of going 2 the doctors to just get prescribed the same meds that dont work! I was losing hope. I was letting this infection get me down! And my sex drive also went down. I couldnt let this infection control me and my sex life. I stumbled across 2 sites this site and another.org site and saw they did a study for hydrogen peroxide as a cure for BV. I saw the comments and how it worked for most other women. So I tried it(i dont like to try new things only if prescribed by DR. ).... IT WORKED! I AM SO HAPPY AND RELIEVED! I also use Pro B probiotic pills my doctor also recommended it. And its safe 2 say im CURED!!
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Posted by Neena (Bloomfield, Ct) on 09/02/2010
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I am very pleased with the results of H2O2 for BV. I was skeptical but desperate because I am a soon to be bride and I do not want to present BV to my husband on honeymoon night. I tried H2O2 and it worked immediately. The next I checked frequently for odor... And there was none. Like others, months later there is still no odor or discomfort. I'm interested in what my PA (who prescribed $300 metronidazole) is going to say when I go back for my annual. My Testimony is true. I am no longer embarrassed or self-conscious with BV symptoms.
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Posted by Anonymous (Ohio, USA) on 04/15/2010
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I would like to say thank you to earthlinc.com & all of the wonderful ladies who have shared their stories & remedies for BV..I have suffered from this since I was 18 years old. I am now going to be 28 in June..I couldn't see myself accepting this problem because for one, I am a super clean person & I was not going to keep taking Flaygel (if that's how you spell it) because it simply doesn't cure BV! I was browsing several different websites for home remedies that could possibly cure BV when I came across this site...THANK GOD FOR THAT! After reading one lady's remedy I immediately wrote everything down and went straight to the store. I brought the peroxide, got some disposable douche just so I could use the bottles, I got folic acid 800 mg vitamins as well as acidophilus with 1 billion active cultures..I got home and this is what I did:
1/2 cup luke warm water
1/2 cup hydrogen peroxide
mixed the water & peroxide in my disposable douche bottle (make sure to empty the original douche mixture out and rinse out any remaining substance)
After mixing the water and peroxide together, give it a gentle shake to mix it together
I washed up as usual, washing my vagina area with only white soap
I douched till the bottle was empty. then, I took 2 cap fulls of the hydrogen peroxide and poured it down the middle of my vagina, as well as all of the external parts of my vagina. Then, I rinsed my vagina out with the shower water. OMG..I was soooo fresh and felt soooo clean! it was AMAZING! NO more smell!!! I only douche with the mixture twice monthly. Once after my period, and then in the middle of the month. I use the 2 cap full's of peroxide as I stated as a rinse in the shower daily! My sex life with my fiance is Soo good now!! Thanks again to all of the wonderful ladies for sharing your stories! Oh, before I forget..I only take 1 folic acid and 1 acidophilus vitamin once daily with a meal!
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Posted by Breezyboo (Atlanta, Ga) on 02/07/2010
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Hydrogen Peroxide it worked like a charm i douched && used 2/3 peroxide && 1/3 water it burned for a little bit then it was fine i havent had a discharge so far lets see how it goes!
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Posted by Thankful (Toronto, Ontario) on 12/27/2009
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Hi all... I came across this website a few months ago and I an so thankful I did! I've been suffering from BV for many years now and for me I get it everytime I have unprotected sex with an uncircumsised partner. I've had three partner that were not circumsised and have gotten BV repeatedly with all three but with others that were I have been fine. Anyhow.. my current partner is not circumsised and I have been using the 50% HP and 50% water douche and it has been working miracles... Is it safe to use it often? I've been using 1-3 times a week... any thoughts would be great
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Posted by Jane (London, England) on 11/04/2009
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Recovered from BV
I got BV about 6 weeks ago. I'd been diagnosed with Thrush (yeast infection for the Americans) and was using Canesten cream internally. I stopped using it when I got my period and had noticed an improvement. I got BV for the first time as my period was ending - I have no idea if it was related to the Canesten but thought it was worth mentioning because it was the only thing that was different from usual. I noticed the smell at work and took ages to work out it was me - I ended up in the toilet with all my clothes off checking the armpits of my top and was horrified to discover it was coming from my knickers. I have to say I tried everything possible to get rid of this smell - it was horrific - I bought acidophilis, I ate some, I put one in my hoohoo and it felt really wrong and made no difference (but it was a powdery one - not the good ones I've read about here) and I took the antibiotics. I also took garlic tablets and folic acid (in the quantities on the jars) Over the week the smell reduced and then disappeared but I still had a constant feeling that I was cold and wet down there. Whenever I stood up I could feel it and was super paranoid that there was discharge in my knickers and that it would smell. In England we don't have enormous drug stores with all the things you need - I had to buy hydrogen peroxide from Ebay! By this time it was about 3 weeks from when I first smelt the terrible smell.
I took the advice from this site and took a large tampon with the plastic applicator and replaced it with a small tampon. I filled 1/2 a shot glass with 3% hydrogen peroxide solution and 1/2 with tap water. I soaked the tampon in this and left it inside me for 30 mins. I did this for 7 nights. On a couple of the nights I used the applicator as a funnel, rolled onto my shoulders and put the left over liquid inside me for a few minutes and let it out over the bath. I know this is very graphic but the descriptions on this site really helped me - you can't just buy a douche in England - not where I shop anyway, so it's hard to know how to make it work.
The cold and wet feeling went completely. It hasn't returned yet thank god.
I'm so grateful to this website. Everyone's experience helped me so much - but mostly it helped me to persevere when it didn't feel like it was working. For me it took quite a long time for the wet feeling to go completely. I am so happy now. I've been unlucky with my sexual health and suffer from cystitis and thrush a lot and the BV on top of that really upset me, but now that's cured and I can concentrate on sorting out the other two (have already bought Apple Cider Vinegar and Alka Selzer - I feel like I can take them all on now!!)
Thanks so much!
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Posted by Roxanne (Ny) on 07/13/2011
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i have had bv for 7 years and nothing worked, I already told my story here, I used H2020 in a tampon for 3 days and no more ODOR!!! I had to pinch myself, no fish smell? nothing the only thing I smelled was my perfume:))) I will keep on posting here to let you know how it went for the rest of the week, so far nothing, I was so happy I wanted to cry, I tried all the other remedies but this one worked so far:))) that god awful fish smell is obsolete and for 0. 99 cent a bottle u can not go wrong, Im serious try it, it may work for you!!! The only fish I want to smell is at the damn fish market, not between my legs!!!! Yay I feel sooooo clean:)))
