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Can a probiotic cause smelly vagina and tingling ? i have already been tested for clamydia and flora cultures and all came back fine
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Antibiotics lately?: One cause, as you suggest, may be an alteration in the flora that colonize your vagina (this is typically seen with recent antibiotic use). Probiotics, on the other hand, alter the flora of the gut. As such, probiotics would not be expected to impact significantly the vaginal flora unless there is cross contamination or a fistulous connection between the two otherwise unconnected spaces.
Answered 12/6/2012
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