Are there any alternative treatments for bacterial vaginitis or yeast infections?

Are there any alternative treatments for bacterial vaginitis or yeast infections?

Michael Tahery (Obstetrician & Gynecologist) gives expert video advice on: What is the difference between a yeast infection and bacterial vaginitis?; How did I get a vaginal yeast infection?; How will my doctor test for a vaginal infection? and more...

There are many different alternative treatments introduced for yeast and bacterial infections. Yeast infections and bacterial infections are as common as colds in women. And so, over the years, many alternatives have been suggested. For example, one alternative remedy for bacterial and yeast vaginal infections that a lot of people know about is yogurt in the vagina, and that simply does not work. Or, they recommend women to eat a lot of yogurt because somehow that bacteria in the yogurt changes the bacterial environment in the vagina as a remedy for bacterial vaginal infection. That also is not really true because the GI system or the mouth, there is no way it's connected to the vaginal area. And so the bacteria that are in the yogurt are not going to change the environment in the vagina. Also a lot of the carbohydrates in the yogurt can probably make the yeast or the bacteria grow even more. So those are the myths about treating bacterial or yeast vaginal infections we have out there.