Chris Kresser: Yeah, I would still consider some of the oral treatment that we talked about and also some of the oral probiotics and vaginal probiotics, but probably D-lactate-free probiotics in the similar way that we talked about during the SIBO unit
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- I just started treating a patient with similar symptoms to frequent yeast infections, and it turned out to be something called cytolytic vaginosis, which is a vaginal overgrowth of Lactobacillus. Most things I read about talked about increasing pH with baking soda, but I’m wondering if there is a probiotics approach.
I just started treating a patient with similar symptoms to frequent yeast infections, and it turned out to be something called cytolytic vaginosis, which is a vaginal overgrowth of Lactobacillus. Most things I read about talked about increasing pH with baking soda, but I’m wondering if there is a probiotics approach.
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