By Alexandra Thompson Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline
Published: 15:14 GMT, 19 February 2019 | Updated: 15:17 GMT, 19 February 2019
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A 22-year-old woman developed a foul-smelling discharge as a result of not washing her vagina.
The woman - known only as Nu Nu - admitted to regularly forgetting to wash in her intimate area.
Nu Nu visited nurse Sarah - of E4's hit show The Sex Clinic - worried she may have bacterial vaginosis (BV) or an STI due to a 'fishy smell' down below.
The patient, who lives in Surrey, set out to be celibate for a year after deciding 'men are trash' and her vagina is 'precious' - but lasted just six months.
Determined to make sure she was 'clean', Nu Nu went to Sarah for an STI, but then told the nurse she has had BV before.
Sarah told Nu Nu that BV is not an STI but can be triggered by having sex without a condom, adding a fishy odour is a common symptom.
Nu Nu - whose STI test came back clear - admitted poor
