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Is coconut oil a good natural alternative to help cure yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis?

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Dr. Michael Ein answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No: Yeast infections require antifungal treatment and bacterial vaginosis is usually treated with metronidazole. Coconut oil will not cure either.

Answered 1/4/2019

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