ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Vaginal pH Value for Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Vaginitis.
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- The Vaginal Microbiome and Recurrent and Chronic Urinary Tract Infection.International urogynecology journal · 2026Review
- Vaginal aging: from concealed symptoms to defined biomarkers.npj aging · 2026Review
- Comprehensive Evaluation of a Mucoadhesive Self-Emulsifying Anhydrous Base for Vaginal Drug Delivery.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Novel liquid-based approaches for transmucosal drug delivery.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2026Review
- Clinical and Molecular Diagnostic Profiling of Vaginitis Using Multiplex Real-Time PCR: A Multicenter Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Efficacy and Safety of a Plasma Vaginal Cleanser (WOMEN CAREBiomedicines · 2025Article
- Lactic acid in the vaginal milieu modulates theVirulence · 2025Article
- Characterization of cervical microbiota in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer using low-coverage whole genome sequencing.Microbiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Investigating microbiota and biochemical changes in vaginal fluid toward point-of-care microbial monitoring using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.Biophotonics discovery · 2025Article
- Microfluidic technologies for wearable and implantable biomedical devices.Lab on a chip · 2025Review
- Extracellular vesicles from different regions of the female reproductive tract promote spermatozoa motility and support capacitation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
In modern society, 75% of all women worldwide have had vaginitis at least once in their lives. The vagina has a dynamic microbial ecosystem with varying vaginal pH levels. An imbalance in that ecosystem can alter the vaginal pH and tip the scale to the point of causing issues, such as vaginitis, that require medical attention. Although vaginitis is not an incurable disease, it causes discomfort and pain that disrupt women's daily lives. The most common causes of vaginitis include bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis, and vulvovaginal candidiasis. In this review, we discuss the causes, diagnostic methods, and symptoms of different types of vaginitis, the relationship of vaginitis to the prevalence of other diseases, issues associated with recurrent vaginitis and the immune system, and a variety of effective available treatments. In our article, we summarize the relationship of pH with the vaginal ecosystem, discuss the associated factors of vaginal pH, and finally introduce the different available vaginal pH self-test products.
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