Sunday, June 17, 2012

How bacteria in the vagina change during pregnancy

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One thing that becomes more clear with each piece of research is that the human body is a hive of mostly harmless bacteria that live in any crevice they can reach while affecting their human host as little as possible. In some cases these bacteria can be very beneficial – preventing more dangerous bacteria from taking up residence in places like the stomach and throat. In some cases they can occasionally go rogue, get into places they shouldn’t be, and cause havoc.

Despite the relatively safe and prosperous homes that the human body provides, living on it does have it’s downsides. As the body changes, grows and falls ill the bacteria are subject to seismological shifts in their living quarters. And for bacteria that live around the female reproductive areas, pregnancy represents a pretty major shift indeed.

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