Bacterial Vaginosis Symptoms: How diet, lifestyle, and supplements may provide benefits.

Examine Database: Bacterial Vaginosis Symptoms

Intervention	Grade	Evidence	Effect
Probiotics	D	Participants: 1662	No effect
Vitamin C	C	Participants: 277	Small Improvement
Calendula Officinalis	C	Participants: 80	Moderate Improvement

Probiotics

Participants: 1662

No effect

Vitamin C

Participants: 277

Small Improvement

Calendula Officinalis

Participants: 80

Moderate Improvement

Intervention	Grade	Effect	Detail
Probiotics	D
Vitamin C	C
Calendula Officinalis	C

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Probiotics may be beneficial in the treatment of gynecological infections

In this meta-analysis, supplementation with probiotics improved the cure rates and recurrence rates of bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis.

Examine Database References

Vitamin C - Petersen EE, Genet M, Caserini M, Palmieri REfficacy of vitamin C vaginal tablets in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled clinical trialArzneimittelforschung.(2011)
Calendula Officinalis - Pazhohideh Z, Mohammadi S, Bahrami N, Mojab F, Abedi P, Maraghi EThe effect of versus metronidazole on bacterial vaginosis in women: A double-blind randomized controlled trial.J Adv Pharm Technol Res.(2018)
Probiotics - Rongdan Chen, Rong Li, Wei Qing, Yingxuan Zhang, Zuyi Zhou, Yi Hou, Yiya Shi, Hongwei Zhou, Muxuan ChenProbiotics are a good choice for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trialReprod Health.(2022 Jun 13)