Why can't every washing the vagina?

Many women think the daily cleaning of the vulva and vagina is the cleanest, most hygiene, to avoid the occurrence of gynecological inflammation.

Many women who came here to see the doctor is not understood, ask the doctor: "I am very hygiene, every day, how much vaginitis?" This is the current knowledge on women's health in women is a myth.

First, the female vagina isn't like advertisement said: "wash more healthy female genital"! have a special physiological and anatomical structures, vulval closed due to the size of the vulva, vagina, pathogen Intrusion Defense, and the vagina has a self-cleaning function.

There are many kinds of bacteria in the vagina, which dominated the lactic acid bacteria, maintain vaginal acidity environment, inhibiting the growth of other bacteria, so that the balance of vaginal flora, maintain vaginal health. Daily vaginal irrigation will upset the balance of vaginal flora, pH, and conducive to the growth of pathogenic bacteria, the cause of vaginitis.

Secondly, the bad is not the only reason with vaginitis.

When people in immunocompromised, diabetes, pregnancy, heavy use of antibiotics and other conditions, are also susceptible to Vulvitis. Public places such as baths, swimming pools, hot springs is also a source of pathogens. In addition, sexual partners of health status is also important, multiple sexual partners are also easier to sexually transmitted diseases.

How to care for women with genital?

So how do you make nursing women genital? here is on healthy women, female genital irritation suggestions.

1. use the cold or warm water cleansing genital, 2 ~ 3 days.

Not washing the vagina every day. Every time when it is best to clean water, washed in water cannot repeat use, you can buy a vaginal flusher to genital orifice. Cleaning sequence is front to back, is the size of the vulva, vagina, anus. There is a shower once every day conditions, with bath wash you, you do not have another vulva.

2. a sex life, each time having sex, it is a good idea both cleaning external genitalia.

In addition to regular partners, when there is inflammation of the external genitalia and so far not lies with it or use a condom.

3. the menstrual sanitary napkin to often change.

Choose permeability good sanitary napkins. Usually it is best not to cushion pads, diligent for underwear.

4. to wear cotton underwear, single washing, sun tanning.

Beriberi patients sleep fixed bedding of blanket order, don't put the underwear on the feet.

5. the usual life, bedding frequently drying, ventilation of indoor to.

6. strengthening exercises to enhance fitness.

Summarise: nursing care in accordance with the scientific method, vaginal DOUCHING is not every day.

If there are conditions can every day with water or warm water rushed out of the vulva, but remember to rinse with running water, vulval instead of the vagina.

(Practice editing: Tan Claudia)