Can baking soda cure vaginal candidal infection?

Many people don't know whether using baking soda to clean the vagina will have a curative effect. Many patients with candidal vaginitis will choose to use baking soda to treat the disease. Many women even believe in this treatment method. Baking soda can be eaten or used externally. Using baking soda to wash the vagina with water can also eliminate vaginal bacterial infection. So is baking soda effective in treating candidal vaginitis?

Recommendation 1. You can use 2% to 4% baking soda water to rinse the vagina 1 to 2 times a day, and 2 weeks is a course of treatment. After rinsing, wipe the vulva dry to inhibit the growth of Candida.

2. Vaginal medication: Using imidazole suppositories for vaginal medication has a good effect on fungal vaginitis. Take 1 clotrimazole suppository every night, insert it into the vagina after flushing, and 10 to 14 days is a course of treatment; or take 1 Daconil suppository every night, apply the medicine into the vagina after flushing, and 7 days is a course of treatment.

3. External ointment: Use clotrimazole ointment or Daconin ointment to treat vulvitis caused by fungal infection and relieve symptoms of vulvar itching and pain. Apply it several times a day for 2 weeks. Yifuqing ointment is made of econazole as the main drug and a small amount of local steroid therapeutic agent. It has a good antipruritic effect and is more suitable for those with fungal vulvitis and vaginitis who have unbearable vulvar itching and pain. Apply it to the vulva, once in the morning and once in the evening.

The treatment of candidal vaginitis requires the selection of local or systemic antifungal drugs based on the elimination of the predisposing factors. The length of treatment is determined according to the clinical classification and severity of the disease. For patients with repeated recurrences, the treatment time can be extended. Since it can be transmitted through sex, sexual partners need to be treated at the same time.

Baking soda is very effective in treating fungal vaginitis. Using baking soda to flush fungal vaginitis is also the best way to improve the acidity of the vagina. When flushing fungal vaginitis with baking soda, you should also choose other treatment methods reasonably. When treating this disease, you should use anti-inflammatory and bactericidal methods, and change your underwear frequently during the treatment to keep the vagina clean to treat this fungal vaginitis.