If you are suffering from BV, you need to consider various aspects of your treatment options.
Obviously, you will want to look at ways to ensure that you actually "cure" the condition permanently, but in the short term you will want some relief.
There is a bacterial vaginosis home remedy which will bring you that short term relief, which can be used to help eliminate that fishy vaginal odor and the itching and burning.
There are several different aspects to the remedy.
First and foremost, take a look at your washing habits.
Although it is tempting to repeatedly wash to get rid of the smell, this is one of the worst things you can do as overwashing can deplete the vagina of its protective bacteria and this can worsen BV by causing further growth of harmful bacteria.
Therefore, wash in the morning, using unperfumed soap and avoid the temptation to do so during the day.
If you find that the discharge is very bad, gently wipe the area using unperfumed baby wipes and wear a thin panty pad to absorb some of this discharge as this can be changed when you are out and about.
At some point during the evening, a couple of hours before you go to bed, soak a tampon in some live yogurt and insert into the vagina for an hour or two.
The good bacteria will help to replenish the vagina's depleted supplies and kick-start your body's own production.
The next step in the bacterial vaginosis home remedy is to take a bath! When it is near to bedtime, run a shallow bath and add 3 cupfuls of cider vinegar.
The mildly acidic nature of cider vinegar has a pH level close to that of a healthy vagina and if you have bacterial vaginosis, your pH level will have become alkaline and one of the keys to a successful bacterial vaginosis home remedy is restoring the correct pH balance within the vagina.
After the bath, you should begin to feel a little relief and at least be able to sleep better! However, if you want to ensure that you become BV-free for good, you may wish to consider using a tried and tested strategy which is guaranteed to cure BV permanently.