Fishy Vaginal Odors

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You know, a lot of women get vaginal odor confused with the natural scent of their vagina. Vaginal odor is a common problem and it can be treated easily in many cases. It is important to know that there is a considerable difference between the regular smell of your vagina and a questionable vaginal odor. The smell of your vagina, while it is able to change during the course of your period cycle, is pretty unique to you and being that it’s pretty consistent, you may find the smell quite pleasant. But when this smell gets stronger and develops into a fishy, musty or even a foul smell, then you need to know where the feminine odor stems from.

Bacterial Vaginosis

The most common source of a smelly vagina is known as Bacterial Vaginosis (BV).

Those bacterial infections are what causes the fishy vaginal odors. This is due to one or many strains of bacteria in the vagina overgrowing. This infection can also come with a foul-smelling discharge in the vagina. Although BV is not considered as a sexually transmitted disease, sex could introduce the bacteria that cause it in the vaginal areas.

Excessive Moisture and Sweat

Too much sweat and moisture in the vagina can lead to the odors. When too much moisture is trapped in a warm area of the body, it can be a great breeding ground for foul smelling bacteria. Any time of clothing that interferes with the air flow in the vagina can also cause this. It is recommended to wear cotton panties and loose fitting clothes

Sexual Intercourse

Sperm mixed with vaginal fluids can create a strong odor. Because as soon as the sperm gets broken down by the body it’s likely the infection is there. Sex, by itself can cause a strong odor, though it is usually a pleasing one. If your vagina smells particularly fishy after sex, this is usually a sign to check if you are infected.

Maintaining Good Hygiene

Though there are plenty of causes for the foul vaginal odors, it can also be the result of not properly keeping good hygiene. Maybe not showering as you normally would or maybe you were busy with extra activities and did not have the time to. It is important to maintain diligent attention to your body

In the subject of keeping fishy feminine odor to a minimum, this may come off as sort of a no-brainer for most but I have to stress how extremely important it is to keep your vagina clean. It is an important part of a woman’s body, yet, the vagina is an embarrassing subject to talk about for a lot of women.

  It’s as essential to hygiene as any other parts of the body to help maintain good health. When it is neglected of the basic care, it could lead to occurrences of smelly vaginal odors. But I have to say that’s not always the case

A few tips in having and maintaining a healthy vagina:

-         Keep healthy by maximizing your yogurt intake and at the same time, minimizing your sugar intake. In studies they have found that yogurts contain the good bacteria acidophilus, that try to kill off the bacteria found in sugar- hence the lower intake of sugar. So sugar-free yogurt would be ideal..

-         Keeping yourself clean- when showering, clean the vaginal area very clean without using a douche. Douche have been found to be too much cleaning and can actually be harmful and ad to the problem

-         Use condoms, not just to protect from pregnancy and STDs, but also to help keep your vagina clean

-         Try to avoid using sprays and scented soaps