PROBIOTICS containing “good bacteria” do not help prevent thrush after a course of antibiotics.
Antibiotics disrupt the natural balance of flora in the gut and vagina, which can result in upset stomachs and the fungal infection vaginal thrush. The idea of taking probiotics is to maintain or re-establish populations of harmless bugs, preventing nasty ones from getting out of control.
While there is good evidence that probiotics help prevent diarrhoea during antibiotic treatment, no rigorous studies have looked at their effect on thrush. Despite this they are a popular treatment, recommended by many doctors. The low-tech approach is to apply…
