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		<title><![CDATA[What is the VFA Test Used by FGI?]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 13:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[You may be tempted to order one of the many types of vaginal microbiome test kits available on the internet to determine if you have vaginal dysbiosis. These tests range between $60-200.00. While they sound impressive because they use next-gen sequencing and/or metaqgenomic sequencing.  they are stuck on making one of 4 types of vaginitis; bacterial vaginosis (BV), trichomonas, yeast or atropic vaginitis. Not one of these has been the underlying etiology of chronic vaginal disorders diagnosed and treated by FGI. Many of the tests also look for the STD’s chlamydia and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Neither of these is an underlying etiology...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pain With Sex? Should be Pleasurable, Right?]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 08:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Feeling like you are getting no where for the treatment of vulvodynia? Consider the five years of frustration by the patient below. Can you relate?
Five years ago, I was first diagnosed with BV. Little did I know that it would be a long, painful, and extremely frustrating journey that disrupted my physical and sexual well being. I was diagnosed with BV again and again. My gynecologist did little to help me. She prescribed the same antibiotics for me for years every time I came in. The ongoing infection never seemed to go away. The only other treatment tried by my...]]></description>
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