Bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy is usually treated with antibiotics such as metronidazole and clindamycin. There are also natural ways to achieve bacterial vaginosis relief, including taking probiotic supplements. An article in the March issue of the journal Canadian Family Physician report on the safety of using probiotics during pregnancy.
The study authors wrote that:
"Probiotics have been used to treat acute diarrhea, antibiotic-associated diarrhea, Clostridium difficile, and yeast and bacterial vaginosis ... probiotic administered orally to fight against urogenital infections is not absorbed by systemic, but rather the site of action by passage through the gastrointestinal tract and vagina.
A meta-analysis and systematic eight randomized controlled trials of probiotic use in over 1500 pregnant women was published. Most women have started a probiotic treatment between weeks 32 and 36 weeks and continued until delivery. The studies included in meta-analysis compared the Lactobacillus spp alone or in combination with Bifidobacterium spp bacterial vaginosis more condition symptoms. There was no increased incidence of miscarriages or birth, which was expected, because the use of probiotics has been mainly in the third quarter and therefore unlikely to affect organogenesis. "
"Several randomized controlled trials conducted in pregnant women during the third trimester of pregnancy were published after the meta-analysis. These studies have examined Lactobacillus spp and Bifidobacterium spp, alone or in combination. Although it is not designed to directly assess pregnancy outcome These studies suggest no increase in adverse outcomes related to probiotics. Two observational studies that have examined the use of lactobacilli in the first quarter reported no increased risk of malformations. "
"Because probiotics are rarely systemic absorption should not transfer into breast milk ... There is no published data on adverse reactions in breastfed infants."
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