How do you douche with hydrogen peroxide?!


Question: How do you douche with hydrogen peroxide?
I've been reading about this online and I wanna try it in attempt to get rid of my suspected BV, or at least stop the symptoms. Have any of you ever done this? Did it burn at all? How do I do it, like can I buy a douche empty and put the peroxide &water solution in it then douche?

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Bacterial vaginosis is a bacterial infection, as such the only way to get rid of this infection is to get antibiotics, so you need to see your doctor to run tests first because you can't treat an infection when you don't know what it is - as well as the fact that many women suspect infection when actually symptoms are normal discharge, if you treat an infection you don't have you may cause more harm than good.

Hydrogen peroxide is NOT a cure for BV, it is a cure for yeast infections.
It's a mix of 1 teaspoon of 3% hydrogen peroxide with 1 cup of water, it can burn but as it is naturally occurring within your vagina it does not harm, however when we use it we do so without douching, for example by washing it over our genitals, and then it's best used in conjunction with other methods to fight yeast infections. Again, it will not treat BV.

Douching is VERY harmful - more so if you have an infection.
Your vagina has an acidic pH to help kill off harmful bacteria, if you have BV it may be down to an imbalance in vaginal pH so in turn bacterial imbalance, douching will further effect vaginal pH by making your vaginal pH even less acidic - so higher risk of causing more infections or making the infection you have worse. Your vaginal walls are made up of mucosa which is like skin only without top protective layer, discharge protects vaginal walls from damage and bacteria, but douching cleans away this discharge leaving vaginal walls exposed, so higher risk of TSS, STD's and cervical cancer. Douching will also force harmful bacteria further up into your vagina, which can lead to PID.



I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but douching is very bad because it messes with the natural ph levels of the vagina. Douching is also proven to lead to increased infections. If you think you may have an infection or "suspected BV", your best bet would be to go to a doctor.



No, never used peroxide. I have used a few drops of tea tree oil and warm water and also plain, probiotic yogurt and warm water.



Why don't you just go and get antibiotics from your doctor?




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