How to Use bacterial vaginosis in a Sentence
bacterial vaginosis
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What are the bacterial vaginosis symptoms to know?
—Tanyel Mustafa, Refinery29, 7 Aug. 2025
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The research concludes that a single strain does not cause bacterial vaginosis.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 26 Feb. 2026
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That can lead to dryness, which can lead to tearing, which can lead to things like yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis.
—Katie Heaney, The Cut, 30 May 2018
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Of note, men also play a role in the incidence of bacterial vaginosis by carrying and spreading it.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 9 Jan. 2026
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Types of vaginitis include bacterial vaginosis and yeast infections, so this is well worth avoiding.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 25 May 2018
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First of all, this sounds like a horrible yeast infection or case of bacterial vaginosis waiting to happen.
—Monique Judge, The Root, 15 Feb. 2018
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This type of imbalance can lead to bacterial vaginosis (BV).
—Cynthia Sass, Health, 27 Apr. 2026
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Either way, your gyno can do a few quick and painless tests to see what's going on, and bacterial vaginosis is easily treated.
—Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 12 Sep. 2018
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Such a chip can improve treatments for problems like bacterial vaginosis a major cause of numerous health issues.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2024
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After suffering with bacterial vaginosis for almost a year, her grandmother came to her in a dream with a vision for how to heal herself.
—Noel Cody, Essence, 26 Oct. 2022
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Dixon created her brand as a whole in response to experiencing bacterial vaginosis for eight months.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 6 Sep. 2023
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Treating a male partner with oral and topical medicine in a woman with recurrent bacterial vaginosis makes good clinical sense based on this study.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2025
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Here’s how yeast infection and bacterial vaginosis symptoms differ.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 27 Feb. 2025
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Sometimes bacterial vaginosis doesn’t cause any symptoms, the Mayo Clinic explains.
—Isadora Baum, SELF, 5 Aug. 2020
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Signs of bacterial vaginosis often mimic other vaginal conditions, such as a yeast infection.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 Aug. 2020
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This will help to prevent any vaginal issues, such as yeast infections, vaginal irritation, and bacterial vaginosis.
—Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 2 Apr. 2019
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Vaginal health issues, such as bacterial vaginosis, yeast infections and urinary tract infections, are among the most common health concerns for women.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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So many women are given antibiotics to fight yeast infections or bacterial vaginosis, the two most common issues plaguing a woman’s vaginal health.
—Esha Chhabra, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
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Male-partner treatment to prevent recurrence of bacterial vaginosis.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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Women may be screened in mid-pregnancy for bacterial vaginosis or ureaplasma, a bacterium that can cause premature birth or miscarriage.
—Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
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If a woman has the symptoms of bacterial vaginosis, for example, Lodhi would do a culture test and then prescribe vaginal estrogen.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 9 Jan. 2026
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How to treat bacterial vaginosis BV is usually treated with antibiotics.
—Tanyel Mustafa, Refinery29, 7 Aug. 2025
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This may benefit people with bacterial vaginosis (BV), a very common type of vaginal infection.
—Ashley Wong, Health, 27 Nov. 2025
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Many of these symptoms could indicate a different type of problem, like bacterial vaginosis, a yeast infection or a urinary tract infection, and should still be treated by your health care provider.
—Cynthia McKelvey, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
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And when that pH is out of whack, this environment can set the stage for bacterial vaginosis, yeast infections, and even trichomoniasis, among a slew of other issues.
—Molly Longman, SELF, 17 Sep. 2024
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Yet bacterial vaginosis is a serious condition, difficult to treat and eliminate.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 Aug. 2020
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May estimates that something like Gardnerella vaginalis, an agent of the infection bacterial vaginosis, typically won’t live on a hard surface longer than a day or two.
—Lindsey Lanquist, SELF, 15 Mar. 2018
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Mitchell, who also received approval for a clinical trial using VMT to treat bacterial vaginosis and was not part of the new study, echoes these sentiments.
—Monique Brouillette, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2019
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This product contains Lactobacillus rhamnosus, a strain of bacteria that has been shown to be effective in treating bacterial vaginosis.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
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For years, Black entrepreneur Beatrice Dixon suffered from chronic bacterial vaginosis.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 11 Oct. 2023
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