Because some common STDs present with vaginitis symptoms, ignoring them could have serious impacts on your sexual and reproductive health. Untreated vaginitis caused by STDs such as chlamydia can lead to pelvic inflammatory diseases, which increases a woman’s risk of infertility, pelvic scarring, chronic pain, and ectopic pregnancy.

Our practitioners perform treatment for vaginitis at either of our Kansas City area women’s health clinics. The time your treatment takes will depend upon the root cause of your vaginitis.

Whether or not your insurance covers vaginitis treatment will entirely depend on your carrier, your insurance plan, and your employer. If you are concerned about the cost of vaginitis treatment, first contact your insurance provider to determine your coverage. From there, you can contact our office for more information.

Most often you won’t have to worry about downtime after undergoing treatment for your vaginitis, but each treatment is unique to your situation. Generally, patients can treat vaginitis with a pill or topical treatment.

Vaginitis itself is not contagious, but contributing factors might be. For example, a variety of sexually transmitted diseases, which are contagious, can cause vaginitis.