conclusions according to the findings, educational intervention is beneficial in promoting three aspects of women's lifestyle related to vaginal health. therefore, a health-promoting lifestyle seems essential for having a healthy vagina and for preventing vaginitis. background vaginitis is one of the most common diseases in reproductive-aged women (15 - 49 years of age). side effects of vaginit...

Pathological discharge from the genital tract and other signs of discomfort external genitalia are a common cause visit to gynecologist. The these disorders in most cases is vulvovaginal infection, accompanied (vaginitis) or not (vaginosis) by leukocyte reaction. Methods for treating infection predominantly local therapy systemic agents with highly selective antimicrobial activity. Since signif...

In the vaginal washings of 100 women with symptomatic non-specific vaginitis a succinate/lactate ratio of greater than or equal to 0.4 had a diagnostic sensitivity of 80%, a specificity of 83% for this condition. The predictive value of a positive test was 94%, but that of a negative test was only 55%. A strong association between the presence of Gardnerella vaginalis, anaerobes, a vaginal pH o...

Recent studies of the vaginal flora using molecular techniques have identified several novel bacterial species that are more prevalent in women with BV compared to women without BV. The first of these species to be identified was Atopobium vaginae, which was initially described after isolation from the vagina of a healthy woman (11). Subsequent studies using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-base...

Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in women, including healthy women with normal genitourinary anatomy. Recurrent UTI is typically defined as three or more UTIs within 12 months, or two or more occurrences within six months. The same species that caused previous infections is typically responsible for recurrences. In premenopausal women, sexual intercourse three or more times ...

INTRODUCTION Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss among the elderly. Atrophic AMD, including early, intermediate and geographic atrophy (GA), accounts for ~90% of all cases. It is a multifactorial degeneration characterized by chronic inflammation, oxidative stress and aging components. Although no FDA-approved treatment yet exists for the late stage of atr...

INTRODUCTION An evaluation of efficacy of the management of urinary tract infections by using local forms of Estriol in postmenopausal women with type II diabetes and asymptomatic bacteriuria. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was conducted in two stages. The first stage: a prospective cross-sectional study to identify patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria. During this stage, 414 postmenopausal...