Bacterial Vaginosis Pregnancy
Many women who are pregnant experience bacterial vaginosis infection. In fact bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy is so likely to occur that doctors typically check for it during routine exams of pregnant women.
Now there may be a very safe, simple and cheap method of preventing a bacterial vaginosis infection in women who are pregnant. Plus I think that it would work for any woman with BV whether they are pregnant or not.
If it is safe for a pregnant woman and inexpensive then there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn’t try it.
Vitamin D Deficiency found in pregnant women may increase risk of bacterial vaginosis infection. So the simple and cheap and safe solution to preventing or possibly even a treatment for bacterial vaginosis may be as simple as supplementing with Vitamin D.
Read more below about the scientific study that supports this information.
You can get important fish oil and vitamin D at the same time.
Now here is the information from the study.
In a study with 469 women participating in a pregnancy cohort study, vitamin D levels below 20 nmol/L were associated with a 34 per cent increase in the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis compared to women with vitamin D levels over 80 nmol/L.
According to researchers led by Lisa Bodnar from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health a potential protective effect of vitamin D may be due to the vitamin’s influence on the immune system.
Vitamin D has proven time and again to help with our immune system in extremely positive ways. We used to get plenty of Vitamin D from the sun but so many people now stay out of the sun and are therefor lacking in vitamin D.
In adults, it is said vitamin D deficiency may precipitate or exacerbate osteopenia, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, fractures, common cancers, autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases. There is also some evidence that the vitamin may reduce the incidence of several types of cancer and type-1 diabetes.
According to the Journal of Nutrition, 41 per cent of all the women had BV, and 52 per cent were classed as vitamin D deficient
Vitamin D and Probiotics are so safe (even for pregnant women) and cheap and are being shown to help fight off Bacterial Vaginosis there is no reason not to try these supplements.
While antibiotics are usually prescribed to treat the condition, there is evidence that probiotics may prevent the condition. Extensive research by Gregor Reid from the Canadian R&D Centre for Probiotics at the Lawson Health Research Institute, and The University of Western Ontario, led to the conclusion that the combination of two particular strains - GR-1 (Lactobacilli rhamnosus) and RC-14 (Lactobacilli reuteri) - provide the greatest benefit for the relief and prevention of bacterial vaginosis.
