‘Make sure you always wear clean pants’ isn’t just something your mum used to say – keeping your underwear scrupulously clean could stop you from getting ill
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Sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis can provide ideal conditions for HIV infection in women. A new test aims to detect these conditions even when women don’t show symptoms.
If symptoms of thrush persist despite treatment, you may have an entirely different condition that would not be helped by anti-fungal creams or tablets.
The vagina is self-cleaning, and vaginal discharge plays an important role in keeping the vagina healthy.
Few women have heard of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and often confuse its symptoms with thrush. But improper treatment of BV can lead to persistent symptoms and distress.
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Research Fellow, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Monash University
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Research Fellow in Women's Health at Monash University and Honorary Researcher, General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Head of Research Translation and Head of the Genital Mycoplasma and Microbiota Group, Monash University
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Professor of Practice, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow and Head of the HIV, Inflammation and Microbiome Working Group , Burnet Institute
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Innovation Commercialization Manager, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor, University of Cape Town