| 11. | Perhaps most important is to know how to prevent vaginal yeast infections and vaginitis in general.
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| 12. | In post-menopausal women, the walls of the vagina become thinner ( atrophic vaginitis ).
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| 13. | The three main kinds of vaginitis are bacterial vaginosis ( BV ), vaginal candidiasis, and trichomoniasis.
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| 14. | But even with something as seemingly mundane as vaginitis, a delay in proper treatment can have serious consequences.
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| 15. | Women who have sex with infected partners and postmenopausal women with thinned vaginal walls are especially prone to vaginitis.
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| 16. | In clinical trials of 2, 300 people, about 14 percent of users had vaginitis, for instance.
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| 17. | Foreign body vaginitis ( most common foreign bodies are retained tampons or condoms ) may cause extremely malodorous vaginal discharges.
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| 18. | Further, either a change in pH balance or introduction of foreign bacteria in the vagina can lead to infectious vaginitis.
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| 19. | These include acidic foods; emotional or physical stress; various medications, and coexisting illnesses like colds, flu or vaginitis.
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| 20. | Women spend about $ 250 million each year on over-the-counter drugs, according to the National Vaginitis Association.
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