Women's Health Australia

Find Your Balance

If your gynae is on speed dial, rest assured your vagina isn’t walking Struggle Street alone. The most common diagnoses of symptoms below the belt may be on the rise. Oh, and they’re coming back again and again… and again.

The conditions we’re talking about are bacterial vaginosis (BV), yeast infections and trichomoniasis. The culprit behind the anecdotal increase? US gynaecologist Dr Natasha Johnson says drugresistant strains of the infectioncausing bugs are becoming more prevalent. Any

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