🌸 Vaginal Microbiome pH Balance Simulator

Lactobacillus Dominance in the Healthy Vaginal Niche

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• Lactobacillus: Dominant genus (Placeholder short note)
• 3.8–4.5: Typical pH (Placeholder short note)
• Low: Species diversity (Placeholder short note)
• Dense: Colonization (Placeholder short note)

Why Lactobacillus dominates

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Lactic Acid Production Maintains Low Vaginal pH

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• Lactic acid: Main acid (Placeholder short note)
• Present: H2O2 output (Placeholder short note)
• Produced: Bacteriocins (Placeholder short note)
• High: Protective effect (Placeholder short note)

Acid as a chemical barrier

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Antibiotics, Douching, and Sexual Contact as Disruption Factors

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• Kill Lactobacilli: Antibiotics (Placeholder short note)
• Flushes flora: Douching (Placeholder short note)
• ~7.2: Semen pH (Placeholder short note)
• Days–weeks: Recovery time (Placeholder short note)

How disruptors act

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Rising pH Enables Pathogenic Bacterial Overgrowth

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• >4.5: pH shift (Placeholder short note)
• Rapid: Pathogen growth (Placeholder short note)
• BV-like state: Common outcome (Placeholder short note)
• Variable: Symptom onset (Placeholder short note)

The dysbiosis cascade

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Two Trajectories: Natural Recovery or Sustained Dysbiosis

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• Residual flora: Recovery driver (Placeholder short note)
• BV / candidiasis: Infection risk (Placeholder short note)
• Supportive: Probiotic role (Placeholder short note)
• Days–months: Timeframe (Placeholder short note)

What determines the outcome

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