Untreated Bacterial Vaginosis
Untreated Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) just doesn’t make any sense and should be treated once you notice that you have some of the bacterial vaginosis symptoms. The bottom line is that you have to take care of your body – your “self”. Left untreated, BV can cause serious complications such as susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV and may cause complications for pregnant woman. Why take the chance? Take care of yourself.
Women with BV were more than three times as likely as women who were not infected to have pregnancy losses during the first weeks of their second trimester. It also has been proven that the risk for late miscarriage and spontaneous preterm delivery are associated with BV.
If BV is recurrent it increases the risk of preterm delivery by nine compared with women who did not get BV again. Increased risk of infections at the time of birth including postpartum endometritis, postpartum sepsis, post-caesarean wound infection and episiotomy wound infection.
There is an increased risk of giving birth to a low birth-weight baby and this is one of the leading causes of infant death in the US.
Women with BV are also more susceptible to: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), infection and inflammation of the upper female genital tract. Tubal factor infertility is caused by fallopian tube damage. The fallopian tubes connect the ovaries to the uterus.
The bottom line is untreated Bacterial Vaginosis is just not worth taking the risk. While it is true, that BV might be recurring, the inconvenience of being treated is just not worth the risks of not treating it. I repeat – take care of yourself.
