Vaginal odor is normally a symptom of a bacterial infection, vaginosis.
When you suffer from this infection you will experience a peculiar fishy smell which becomes pronounced especially after sexual intercourse.
However there is no reason for you to despair.
The condition can be easily treated with the help of home remedies.
Let us first understand why the smell becomes prominent after intercourse.
The normal vaginal discharge in a healthy woman has a pH of about 4.
However when you suffer from vaginosis the pH level is greater than 4.
7.
The male semen on the other hand has a neutral pH of around 7.
When semen comes in contact with vagina which is infected with vaginosis, the bad bacteria releases more amines resulting in the fishy vaginal odor.
How to Get Rid of Fishy Vaginal Odor? Out of sheer habit most of us visit a doctor who would normally prescribe antibiotics to cure the odor.
Antibiotics are not the best way to cure a smelly vagina.
Medicines kill not only the bad bacteria responsible for the infection but also the good ones which you need to be healthy.
I personally got relief by making use of home remedies to cure the odor.
Some of these remedies are: Garlic: Take a fresh pealed clove of garlic and wrap it in gauze.
Insert it directly into your vagina and replace every 6 hours.
This remedy should provide you immediate relief in matter of a day or two.
Plain Yogurt with live cultures is another excellent remedy to get rid of the fishy vaginal odor.
In fact if you make this a part of your daily diet and consume it regularly you are less likely to suffer from bacterial infections like vaginosis.
Acidophilus capsules capsules also provide quick relief from smelly vagina.
It will help in enhancing the depleted levels of good bacteria in the vagina.
You can also use this in the form of a douche by mixing two teaspoons of acidophilus powder in a quart of warm water for vaginal odor relief.