Douching With Water Works Device for Perceived Vaginal Odor With or Without Complaints of Discharge in Women With No Infectious Cause of Vaginitis: A Pilot Study

摘要

Objective. To determine if douching with Water Works device for 1 month can (1) lower or eliminate perceived vaginal odor by subject; (2) have any effects onvaginal ecosystem. Methods. Ten women with perceived vaginal odor with or withoutdischarge, douched every day for 4 weeks in an open-label, nonrandomizedpilot study. Primary outcome measures included perceived vaginal odor bysubject, lactobacilli score from Nugent slide, and acceptance of the WaterWorks douching system. Secondary outcome included the safety of using thisdouching device. Results. At week 4, there was improvement in vaginal odor (P = .0006) and there was no significant change in lactobacilli score.Conclusion. Douching with Water Works device is associated with reduction orelimination of vaginal odor without adversely affecting the vaginalecosystem.