Vaginitis is the medical term that encompasses a broad range of problems that can cause discharge, odor, itching, burning, rawness, stinging, irritation, redness and swelling. The understanding of the different etiology or causes of vaginitis has not appreciably changed over the last century. Current medical literature continues to reference only four types of vaginitis; bacterial vaginosis, yeast, trichomonas, and atrophic vaginitis. If it were this simplistic and treatment so obvious, there would not be hundreds of thousands of Google searches per month in the US alone for these symptoms alone! Vaginitis has been for decades and remains the most common reason for gynecologic consultations in the United States, accounting for approximately 10 million office visits annually.

Dr. R. Stuart Fowler is the founder of FGI and developer of the FG Approach. From the onset of his career at the Mayo Clinic, women with chronic vulvovaginitis presented to Dr. Fowler with high expectations, often viewing the Mayo Clinic as their last hope. These patients had commonly seen a number of other physicians and were desperate for reilef. This motivated Dr. Fowler to develop new diagnostic tools to solve the mystery behind these perplexing vaginal problems. In the early 90’s after consulting with a experts in the field, Dr. Fowler hypothesized that the flaw in the current diagnostic evaluation was the rudimentary method for the analysis of vaginal secretions known as wet preparations or wet mounts. Dr. Fowler began clinical observations and research to develop the techniques that enabled delineation of the vaginal constituents present. This culminated in Dr. Fowler’s discovery of a spectrum of altered vaginal microflora. Based on these findings, he formulated vaginal therapies directed to correct the abnormal vaginal micro-flora patterns in women who had chronic vaginal symptoms. Scores of grateful women continue to be ecstatic about their results.