For some reason, intimate health is seen as a taboo subject to talk about but it really shouldn’t be. Being educated on intimate health and educating others is incredibly important. We all keep ourselves educated on our physical health when it comes to other parts of our bodies so why wouldn’t we give the same care and attention to our more intimate body parts?
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) and thrush are both conditions that affect many women but how many women do you hear talking about them? How much do you know about them? I will be honest and say I didn’t know much myself – I knew that certain symptoms such as certain coloured discharge, a fishy smell and itching and burning were signs of certain conditions but I wouldn’t have been able to tell you what conditions and I wouldn’t really have known how to treat them – I’d be straight down the pharmacy or popping into my doctor’s surgery to speak to the receptionist and get some advice.
Canesten© have introduced a quiz where you answer six questions to see how clued up you are on intimate health. I’ve taken it myself and got 4 out of 6 but I will be honest and say a couple of them were lucky guesses. Why don’t you take the quiz and see how you get on? I’m yet to find anyone who has got all six out of six correct which shows that we as a nation still have a lot to learn about our intimate health.
Canesten© is the number one brand in the women’s intimate health category and are committed to educating women on intimate health matters. They want to work to beat the stigma surrounding intimate health and make sure women know their bodies and changes that might occur. Misunderstanding such conditions as thrush or bacterial vaginosis can be very detrimental – you don’t want to leave them untreated so it is important to know the signs. Bacterial vaginosis is the most common cause of vaginal infections in women of childbearing age yet women still cannot distinguish between the symptoms of BV and thrush due to certain similarities.
Over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime yet many don’t even know what BV is. BV can cause a pH imbalance in your vagina which would normally be acidic. Different factors can affect the pH of your vagina including overwashing with perfumed bath products in the intimate area, sexual intercourse and antibiotics.
It seems I myself still have a lot to learn about intimate health but with Canesten© supporting us ladies and continuing to strive to educate us, I am learning more and more each day.
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That BV is more common than Thrush, I always thought it was the other way around.
I didn’t realise 1 in 3 women will suffer for BV
That Squalene is a substance common in both the vagina and sharks!
That Over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime
That I have more in common with sharks than I realised 😀 XXX
That 75% of women will get thrush
Squalene is also found in sharks.
I didn’t know so many people suffered from thrush and I’d never heard of BV.
Squalene is a substance common in both the vagina and… SHARKS!!! I guessed cats! Ha ha 🙂
That in similar to a shark lol
I thought yeast caused vaginal infection not bacteria
That it’s important to be tested for group B Strep in pregnancy. We are the only country in the developed world that doesn’t routinely test for it. I’d never heard of it before I was found to have it with my last pregnancy.
That we are acidic lol
I knew down there wasn’t neutral but I’ve never really though acidic. I got 4 out of 6 right. 🙂
Squalene is also found in sharks.
Just completed the quiz and had to guess all of the answers, I did get 3 out of 6 correct but that was pure chance. The thing I learned most about most was that the common cause of vaginal infection is bacteria and not yeast as I imagined.
The Squalene shark fact… oh er!!
I didn’t know BV was so common.
Over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime
This surprised me a lot
Over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime.
I hadn’t heard of BV before
That it is ok to talk about it
that further information needs to be found regarding my health
i didnt realise the ammount of woman suffering from thrush was so high
the most common cause of vaginal infection is bacteria! I honestly thought yeast lol
Not to use soap on intimate areas.
More people than I thought suffer from thrush
I got 4 out of 6. I didn’t know the sharks one…but then who would?! how odd! I’ve always had problems so generally know how to look after myself and when to get help! Drives me mad!
I always thought a healthy pH would be neutral, not acidic!
That 1 in 3 women will suffer with BV – great quiz
1 in 3 women will suffer with BV
That Over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime
LOADS, I only got 2 out of 5, and one I got right I guessed. I in 3 women is both a scary statistic and a reassuring one at the same time
I didn’t realise that large a percentage of women suffered from thrush
How common BV is, 1 in 3 women
I never knew Squalene was either in our bodies or in sharks!
That the vagina shares a common substance with sharks! Makes sense both are bad ass creatures! 😉
i learnt that BV is more common than Thrush
I had no idea that BV was more common than Thrush
I didn’t know BV was more common than thrush and that Over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime.
Over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime – very surprised by this
Ive realised how many women have some sort of intimate issue at some point in time.
I can’t believe that over 75% of us will suffer thrush, that number is far higher than I’d have expected
That over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime.
No idea how common BV was! Noone ever talks about it!
That over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime
That thrush is that common, I didn’t realise
That Squalene is a substance common in both the vagina and sharks
What Bv is
BV can cause a pH imbalance in your vagina which would normally be acidic.
I didn’t realise 1 in 3 women will suffer from BV
I actually am not surprised that there is 75% suffer from thrush it’s very common in men and women
high number of thrush suffers – felt alone with this!
I didn’t know overwashing with perfumed bath products in the intimate area could affect the pH of my vagina
I thought a healthy Ph balance was neutral, very surprised to see it should be acidic.
I’d never heard of BV
Bacterial vaginosis is the most common cause of vaginal infections in women of childbearing age
I didn’t realise that over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime. Quite a high percentage.
I didn’t realise so many women suffer from bacterial vaginosis
I’d never heard of squalene before today!
The % of women who suffer from BV was a lot higher than I thought
That BV is more common than i thought
The ph shouldn’t be neutral
Really interesting to learn that Squalene is a substance common in both the vagina and sharks,
I thought yeast was more common than bv
That we have something in common with sharks!!
Scored very poorly most surprised to find Squalene is a substance common in both the vagina and in sharks! Who would of thought it!
that the Vagina can clean itself…I have heard to not use perfumed soaps etc in that area as it can affect the healthiness of your nether regions!
75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime never knew it was that high
Never knew that 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime wow that’s high.
75% of women suffer from it, I had no idea!
That you need to drink a lot of water to avoid repeated bouts of cystitis. I learned that the hard way!
We all need to know more about ourselves and our own bodies!
That it is a lot more common than I thought and certainly OK to talk about it
I had absolutely no idea that Squalene is a substance common in both the vagina and sharks!
Squalene is a substance common in sharks is a surprise
Squalene is also found in sharks.
Everyone is different
I did not know the problem was so common
I knew it was common 1/3 I got right!
Didn’t know if vaginas were neutral, alkaline or acidic! Never given it any thought before! Very interesting!
To be honest, there is nothing in the article that I didn’t know before 😉
Squalene is also found in sharks! x
That bacterial vaginosis is the most common cause of vaginal infections. A few of my friends have had it, so I knew what it was, but didn’t realise it was the most common cause.
That so many women (over 75%) will get thrush
Never heard of BV
I didn’t know about squalene and sharks!!
I’ve learned that Bacterial vaginosis is the most common cause of vaginal infections in women of childbearing age.
I’ve always known canesten works it’s the best product for thrush
I knew most of it to be honest apart from the squalene. We need to be less embarrassed about these things considering how common it is to us all.
I got the pH balance question wrong. Mind you, some of the others were guesses.
That over 75 per cent of women will suffer from thrush
I’m
Confused….. so do sharks have vaginas?
I would never have thought that the healthy pH would be acidic!!
Squalene is found in sharks…i said cats lol
That a healthy PH is acidic
That not all stis have signs such as Clamidhia
I’ve learn’t that it’s okay to ask questions because we all go through it, so it’s nothing to be embarrassed about.
The only thing I didn’t know in that quiz was that bacterial infections were more common than yeast.
That BV and Thrush are so similar
I didn’t know that BV was more common than thrush.
I never knew that over 75% of women will suffer from thrush!
Just how common these things are
I hadn’t realised that so many women suffer from thrush you tend to think it’s just you.
Just how important it is to go for a cervical smear test! i used to ignore invitations to go until recently after watching This morning
How common all these conditions are
i actually no what bv is now th docter just assumes u no and im to shy to ask aha
That it’s Bacteria that courses infection’s and not Yeast
That the pH needs to be acidic…genuinely thought it was neutral!
I’m surprised at how many women will suffer from thrush!
I didn’t realise 1 in 3 women suffered from BV
That 1 in 3 women suffer from BV
That being over clean, can also do more harm than good and cause more bacteria.
I didn’t know BV was more prevalent than thrush!
That one in three women suffer from bv
75% of women will get thrush
That 1 in 3 suffer from BV
That so many women suffer with BV
That 75% of women will get thrush..
I’m really surprised at how common BV is. Really common!!
Didn’t realise that 1 in 3 women suffer from BV
I hadn’t heard of BV until now!
bacteria is the most commem infection x
Probably that the number of people that suffer from intimate health issues is so incredibly high – Over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime – and yet we still don’t talk about it enough as a society as a whole?
4/6 I learnt something! Thanks. If I win I’m buying new pants, cotton ofcourse.
I underestimated how many women get BV, was surprised it was 1 in 3
Omg I learnt loads I only got 1 right, just goes to show x
I thought it was a yeast infection but it’s a bacteria
I didn’t realise bv was so common
Squalene is also found in sharks.
I’ve never heard of Squaline, or it being found in sharks. I got a miserable 2/6 on the quiz.
1 in 3 women suffer from BV, its a very high amount
That thrush is that common
I picked 1 in 5, I had no clue as much as 1 in 3 people suffer from BV.
1 in 3 suffer from bv
That Squalene is a substance common in both the vagina and sharks!
That 1 in 3 women will suffer from BV
Squalene is a substance common in sharks
That the vagina and sharks have something in common…who knew?!
1 in 3 people suffer from BV
Did not realise BV was so common – I guessed 1 in 5
That Squalene is a substance common in both the vagina and sharks!
That it’s ok to talk about vaginal problems and most woman suffer from BV at some point in life.
I have an acidic vagina!
The number of women that suffer with BV.
I had never heard of BV so learnt about that
that over 75% of women will suffer with thrush in their life time
That I should be more understanding
That we all have the same worries
That Over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime
That the vagina can clean its self but I find that hard to believe I wouldnt want to not wash mine lol
That over 75% of women will get thrush
That squalene is also in sharks.
that vaginas and sharks are related and that BV is much more common than I had realised. I scored absolutely rubbish I scored 2 and guessed one of them by fluke too
It is quite shocking to hear some of the statistics in this blog post
i actually thought more than 75% would have thrush at some point!
I didn’t realise that over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime.
Interesting
That over 75% of women will experience thrush.
Over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime
I got 3/6 more common than i realised i thought 1/5 but its 1/3
Never knew squalene was a thing, tbh
I’ve never heard of Squalene before, so I didn’t know it was found in vaginas and sharks!
I learnt that I knew more about that subject than I thought 😀
never heard of BV
That more than 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime!
Nothing is off limits!
I didn’t know BV was more common than thrush
Squalene is also found in sharks.
That thrush is quite so common.
That 75% of women will suffer from thrush
That one in three women will suffer from BV. That’s a lot.
I didnt know that over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime
That squalene is also in sharks as I did guess the answer to this question
I didn’t realise that antibiotics make it worse (and contraceptive pills) and think it’s something that should be highlighted at the doctors.
that its acidic not neautral
That 1 in 3 women suffer from BV
That 75% of women will get thrush.
I never thought about pH in my vagina. I guess it very important to keep it less acidic.
I need to learn more as I am peri menopausal now. 🙁
Not to feel ashamed….BV is more common than I realised……Squalene is a word I have never heard off
That BV is more common than thrush
that it should be a subject spoken about more openly x
we need to open up morre
I never knew the PH of a vagina was acidic, it isn’t something I’ve thought about.
i didn’t know that Squalene is a substance common in both the vagina and in sharks
Misunderstanding such conditions as thrush or bacterial vaginosis can be very detrimenta
That Squalene is a substance common in both the vagina and sharks
I’d never even heard of Squalene …
I didn’t know that 1 in 3 women suffer from BV!
Well I thought the most common infection would be yeast and not bacterial so that surprised me
That BV can be commonly misconstrued for Thrush :O
Squalene is found in sharks?!
I didn’t know BV was so common
It’s interesting to know it’s more common than thought
That 75% of women will experience thrush
I had no idea that BV was more common than thrush! This is defo the new fact of the day and i intend to pass the details on to all of my friends, female of course….some men could do with hearing it as well i think!
that BV Is really common
BV was so common
That the vaginal is acidic… I guessed neutral, and that most common infection is bacterial where I guessed yeast
That vaginas and sharks have something in common!
That 75% of women will get thrush
How perfumed soaps would affect me
I use a gentle specific wash for the ”down there” area as I have to be careful with getting infections, as I am susceptible to them
I’ve learnt that Squalene is a substance common in both the vagina and sharks
That Squalene is a substance common in both the Vagina and Sharks!
That 1 in 3 people suffer with BV – I do know that you can buy stuff for it without a prescription though
I learnt that 75% of women will get thrush. Wow thats a lot.
Squaline is found in sharks
That sharks and vaginas have something in common
I just took the quiz and was surprised the vagina has something in common with sharks.
I had never heard of BV !
I hate thrush.
BV is more common than Thrush??? never knew that
that so many woman suffer thrush
Squaline is found in sharks
I learnt that an acidic ph is better
Never heard of Squalene before, mad the things sometimes I don’t know!
Over 75% of women will suffer from thrush in their lifetime
I hadn’t heard of BV before
I didn’t know BV was more common than thrush
I didn’t know how common bv was
I have never heard of BV before
We were never taught about cystitis so when I got it I thought something was seriously wrong, they should definitely teach more, my 16 year old niece didn’t even know about smear tests until I told her the other day!!!
I didn’t know BV was so common.
That smears can save life’s please go for yourse they are two seconds
I didn’t know that the pH of a healthy vagina is acidic.
I learnt about BV not heard of it before
I got 3 out of 6 – I didn’t know the Squalene is a substance common in both the Vagina and Sharks! How Fishy!! lol sorry couldn’t resist the pun
I thought the shark thing was the most interesting, too!
That 75% of women will experience thrush!
What a great post.
i had no idea that antibiotics can affect your vagina’s ph balance or that 1 in 3 women will suffer from bv.i like the idea of the kit you can buy from the chemist to check if you have bv or thrush,but at £12 i think its far to expensive,what do you think?
I did so rubbish on the quiz and have learnt so much that I had not idea about especially how many women suffer from thrush
Squaline found in sharks
I didn’t realise that 75% of women will get thrush, didn’t realise it was so high
That a healthy vaginas ph is acidic!
Id have said it was neutral!
I didn’t realise a health Ph level was acidic or squaline is found in sharks
I didn’t realise that 1 in 3 women suffer from BV.
I didnt know bv was so common!
I didn’t know 1 in 3 women will suffer for BV
i didnt realise 1 in 3 women will suffer from BV. That is a lot more than i thought.
That 75% of women will get thrush
the percentage of women that actually suffer with thrush. its one of those things that we just don’t talk about despite it being so common
That talking about it is not bad or wrong
That suprised me the 1 in 3 statistic of women suffering but the shark thing was also fascinating. Thank you very informative
The shark thing! Blew my mind!
I’ve learnt that it’s best to be open about what’s happening because even if you think it’s only happening to you, it’s probably happened to your friends and family members before AND GPs really have seen it all before!!
Very informative. Surprised that 75% suffered with thrush. Great prize, thank you x
I didn’t realise that a healthy vagina is acidic.
I never knew Squalene was either in our bodies or in sharks – weird!
75% of us suffer from thrush that’s 3/4. Of us higher than I thought
That squalene is found in sharks and us!
I had never heard of BV before.
I didn’t know a healthy vagina is acidic
That 75% of women will get thrush
We share something called squalene with sharks!
I didn’t know that BV was the most common vaginal infection. It’s useful in formation. Thanks for sharing x
that 1 in 3 women are affected
Didn’t realise that the statistics were so high for thrush and that antibiotics can effect the ph level in the vagina.
75% of women will get thrush
75% of women will get thrush at some point in their life’s.
1 in 3 women suffer from BV :O
that a healthy pH is acidic !
that a healthy ph is acidic (I guessed alkaline)
Well I didn’t know we should be acidic down there I got 3/6 which is shocking but I learnt a few new things so thank you for this great post and the quiz was really fun lol
1 in 3 ppl will get Bv
i didnt realise 1 in 3 women will suffer with thrush thats higher than i expected
That squalene is found in sharks and that bacterial vaginosis is so common
75% of women will get thrush
That squalene is also found in Sharks.
That 75% of women will experience thrush xx
That 75% of women will get thrush
I didn’t realise what a high percentage of women that suffer from thrush. I have always found it embarrassing to talk about it, but I feel more open after reading this xxx
That BV is the most common cause of vaginal infections
I knew thrush was common, but I didn’t realise how common!
I didn’t know that as many as 1 in 3 women will suffer from BV!
What I learnt (admittedly by phoning Canesten customer service) is that you can still safely have sex whilst in the 7 day treatment period of Canesbalance. Well, unless you’re trying to conceive, when its apparently safe but significantly lowers your chances for that week. The “patient information” leaflet is the vaguest thing ever.