Complications of Bacterial Vaginosis

What are Bacterial Vaginosis Symptoms?

In most cases, BV causes no complications. But there are some serious risks from BV including:

• Having BV can increase a woman’s susceptibility to HIV infection if she is exposed to the HIV virus.
• Having BV increases the chances that an HIV-infected woman can pass HIV to her sex partner.
• Having BV has been associated with an increase in the development of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) following surgical procedures such as a hysterectomy or an abortion.
• Having BV while pregnant may put a woman at increased risk for some complications of pregnancy.
• BV can increase a woman’s susceptibility to other STDs, such as Chlamydia and gonorrhea.