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Re: PCOS, bcpills and yeast infections

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
25 Sep 2001 11:42:10 -0700


On Tue, 25 September 2001, Renee Cordrey wrote:

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<snip> Have you eaten yogurt with active cultures? That can help. > In the past, my husband has suggested actually applying it to the vaginal
> opening, to get better transmission of the bacteria to the tract. (By eating,
> it only gets there after passing through the GI tract and coming out the anus
> and passing over the skin bridge to the vagina.) It makes sense, but I've
> never gotten over the squeemish factor to do it.

There are actually acidopholis capsules specifically made for vaginal insertion. I believe they are called "femidopholis" or something like that, and are available in most health food stores. Or, you could just insert a regular acidopholis capsule or two vaginally. Do it at night, as you would a yeast medicine.

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