Women with low vitamin D status are affected by frequent bacterial infections of the vagina. A lack of Vitamin D appears to contribute to making it easier for pregnant women comes at a bad vaginal colonization with bacteria. These so-called bacterial vaginosis increases the risk for gynecological infections and is therefore also associated with an increased risk for preterm birth, so it – should be avoided wherever possible -.

Background of the investigation was to evaluate the inter whether vitamin deficiencies are in the training of bacterial vaginosis is important because it could impact negatively on an intact immune system. Bacterial vaginosis as a pathological change in the vagina by the increased colonization of bacteria called Gardnerella vaginalis and other anaerobic bacteria and mycoplasma. This shift in the microbiological balance of the vagina to the detriment of lactic acid bacteria, which are triggered symptoms such as skin irritation and pain. In the study, the vitamin D levels of 469 women studied in early pregnancy, as well as the vaginal environment. The data were collected with the help of blood tests and vaginal swabs.

The evaluation shows that about 41% of pregnant women surveyed were suffering from bacterial vaginosis, and compared with healthy women actually showed a decreased vitamin D status. Likewise, it became clear that a bacterial vaginal infection was present less frequently, was more favorable in vitamin D levels in pregnant women.

The investigation confirmed the suspicion that a vitamin D deficiency and a consequent negative effect on the immune system for the formation of bacterial vaginosis has a role. Despite these study results, however, we would not go so far as to recommend that pregnant women or women with high fertility vitamin D doses. More important, it seems to us to point out that a healthy diet – even in advance of pregnancy – is important, “emphasizes the gynecologist.