My doctor says I have acquired bacterial vaginosis. My friends tell me to take probiotics instead of antibiotics. Is this a good treatment?

Bacterial vaginosis is a very common infection in sexually active females. The infection presents with extreme discomfort in the genitals. The disorder is not sexually acquired but felt be due to an imbalance of normal bacteria with depletion of lactobacilli. The treatment of bacterial vaginosis is not satisfactory and recurrences are very common. Thus, some doctors recommend taking probiotics to replace the lost normal bacteria. So does this work?

Well studies have shown that just taking probiotics alone does not hep prevent or treat bacterial vaginosis; however, when probiotics are combined with metronidazole the regimen seems to help.