A member asked:

Have lack of lactobacilli in vagina what causes this i am scared ! could lupus cause this i was ana + then negative all ena were neg no other symptom?

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Vaginal flora: There are many reasons for variation in vaginal flora , diet ,age(atrophy dryness due to lack of estrogen) , other medications including antibiotics. ANA + that resolves can be due to lots of other reasons than true lupus up to 20% of healthy individuals have positive ANA - blood pressure/seizures meds can induce as can mono .Eat yogurt as that contains lactobacilli . f/u w/ gyn. Dont worry.

Answered 10/22/2018

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