Bacterial vaginosis in pregnant women

Bacterial vaginitis is a common type of vaginitis, which is very harmful to women's health, especially to pregnant women. It also threatens the health of the fetus. It is recommended that women should actively treat bacterial vaginitis if they find it in their daily lives, and take preventive measures during pregnancy. So how can pregnant women prevent bacterial vaginitis?

How can women prevent bacterial vaginitis during pregnancy? The main methods of preventing vaginitis during pregnancy are as follows:

1. Have a gynecological examination before getting pregnant. If bacteria are found, you should actively seek treatment before getting pregnant.

2. Try to avoid using public baths, bathtubs, swimming pools, toilets and clothes to reduce the possibility of infection.

3. During pregnancy, you should pay attention to personal hygiene and clean things that are easy to breed bacteria in time. For example, boil underwear and washing towels and bath towels for 5-10 minutes to kill pathogens.

4. If bacterial vaginosis is found, the couple must be treated together to avoid repeated infection of the disease, which may lead to long-term treatment failure.

Pregnant women with bacterial vaginitis have very obvious symptoms, mainly manifested by increased vaginal discharge, which is usually yellow-green or gray-yellow, accompanied by odor, and vulvar itching, burning, pain, etc. During gynecological examinations, patients with bacterial vaginitis may find redness and swelling of the vagina and cervical mucosa, and bacteria may be detected in vaginal secretions.