Top 10 tips for women’s health

1. You must have a gynecological examination every year. Don’t wait until you feel pain.

2. Don’t supplement estrogen randomly. Even if you drink 1 liter of ordinary soy milk, you won’t be able to supplement the excess amount.

3. Change your underwear once a day. After washing, try to expose it to the sun and do not leave it in the bathroom to dry in the shade.

4. Try to get the HPV vaccine before the age of 26. Even if you get it, you should have regular cervical cancer screenings.

5. There is no need to have any dietary restrictions during menstruation. You can eat iced and spicy ones as long as you don’t feel uncomfortable.

6. Taking 10 minutes a day to do Kegel exercises is more effective than buying tens of thousands of personal care products.

7. Do not take emergency contraceptive pills for a long time. It is best not to take them more than twice a year.

8. 90% of breast hyperplasia does not require treatment. Don’t buy loose knot tea and pay IQ tax.

9. Sleeping for 7 hours a day has a better anti-aging effect than applying 10 anti-aging masks.

10. Emotional stability is the best immunity. Don’t always punish yourself for other people’s mistakes.

Oh, by the way, let me first clarify the point that everyone is most likely to worry about: Do I need a gynecological examination if I don’t have sex? There is a lot of quarrel on the Internet right now. One group says that it must be checked every year, while the other group says that not checking your sex life will harm your health. In fact, objectively speaking, if there are no special symptoms, there is no need to do routine internal examinations. However, if you have menstruation for more than 10 days, non-menstrual bleeding, or frequent lower abdominal pain, you should have an abdominal B-ultrasound examination even if you have not had sex. Don’t feel embarrassed. Doctors in regular hospitals will take care of your feelings.

Last week I also met a 28-year-old Internet operator girl. She always felt that she stayed up late because she thought it was too embarrassing to take off her pants for a gynecological examination. She didn't come until she had bleeding in the same room. She was found to have CIN2 and finally had to have a cervical conization. In fact, if she had insisted on doing TCT+HPV combined screening every year, this problem would have been discovered long ago, and it would not have been delayed to the point of surgery.

When it comes to the HPV vaccine, don’t think that everything will be fine if you take it. Now the vaccine can cover up to 9 high-risk subtypes, and there are still many subtypes that are not covered. So even if you get the nine-price vaccine, you still have to do a screening every 3-5 years. Don’t be lazy.

Previously, there was a 32-year-old patient who was diagnosed with type 3 breast nodules. She was so panicked that she asked me if I drank soy milk every day. She said on the Internet that soy milk contains phytoestrogens and that drinking too much can cause cancer. This controversy has actually been going on for many years. Some niche studies do believe that long-term intake of large amounts of soy isoflavones may be risky for people with estrogen-sensitive diseases. However, the consensus among the mainstream obstetrics and gynecology and endocrinology circles is that drinking 1-2 cups of soy milk and eating one or two pieces of tofu every day does not even reach the endocrine regulation threshold. On the contrary, it is good for postmenopausal women to relieve hot flashes. If you really have to worry about taking too much estrogen, you might as well try less royal jelly, snow clams, and breast enhancement products with unknown ingredients. Those are the hardest-hit areas where estrogen may exceed the standard.

Let’s talk about a small detail. Many girls who work hard in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou live in rented houses without balconies. After washing their underwear, they hang it in the bathroom to dry. Don’t take it seriously. The bathroom is always damp and airless, and it is simply a natural petri dish for mold. A while ago, I treated several girls who suffered from recurring fungal vaginitis. They took medicine for several months and could not get better. Finally, they changed their habits and hung their underwear in a ventilated place outside the window to dry, or boiled their underwear in boiling water for 5 minutes each time. They were all cured in less than half a month. Oh, by the way, there is no need to buy that kind of expensive underwear disinfectant. Washing with ordinary soap and sufficient exposure to the sun is enough. Excessive use of disinfectant will destroy the balance of the flora in the private parts, causing illness even if there is no illness.

There is also the issue of taboos during menstruation. I have really seen too many girls who are so controlled by their elders that they dare not even touch a popsicle when it is over 30 degrees in summer. Some even feel that they are going to suffer from gynecological diseases when they touch something cold. In fact, there is currently no evidence-based medical evidence to prove that eating ice during menstruation will cause dysmenorrhea or gynecological diseases. This completely varies from person to person: if you usually eat ice and you are prone to diarrhea and dysmenorrhea, then you must not touch it during menstruation. ； But if you don’t feel well after eating iced food, just eat it if you are craving for it. If you hold it in, you will feel bad. The impact on endocrine is much greater than that of two mouthfuls of iced food.

When it comes to personal care products, I get angry. Many girls feel urine leakage and vaginal looseness after giving birth, so they are deceived by postpartum centers or beauty institutions and spend tens of thousands of dollars on pelvic floor muscle repair and private parts care. In fact, most of the mild looseness and leakage of urine can be done by yourself at home for 10 minutes every day. If you insist on doing Kegel exercises for three months, the effect will be much better than those IQ tax programs. Of course, if you have been diagnosed with severe pelvic floor muscle protrusion, you must seek treatment from a professional rehabilitation department or gynecologist. Don't delay your work by practicing hard at home.

Oh, by the way, there are also emergency contraceptive pills. Last month, a 19-year-old girl came to regulate her menstruation. She said that she had taken emergency contraceptive pills 8 times a year. Her boyfriend didn’t like to wear condoms, and she was afraid of getting pregnant. As a result, her aunt had been having trouble for almost half a year. I really want to remind everyone that the progesterone content of emergency contraceptive pills is 8 times that of regular short-acting contraceptive pills. It is okay to use it once in a while, but do not treat it as a regular contraceptive method. It is best not to take it more than twice a year. For routine contraception, short-acting contraceptive pills and condoms are preferred. If you have already given birth and have no need for reproduction, you can also consider taking an IUD. It is much better than worrying about taking emergency pills every time.

There is also breast hyperplasia. It is true that eight out of ten girls can detect hyperplasia after breast B-ultrasound. Many people are scared to death and buy loose knot tea and loose knot ointment everywhere. In fact, 90% of breast hyperplasia is physiological. It is related to hormone fluctuations before you came to your aunt, staying up late recently, and being angry and stressed. There is no need to treat it at all. Just do regular breast B-ultrasounds to detect abnormal nodules. Many of those loose knot teas are added with cold Chinese medicinal materials, which can hurt your stomach if you drink too much of them. There is really no need to spend that money.

I once had a 35-year-old patient who had a good family and spent hundreds of thousands on medical beauty treatments every year. She also had Thermage, photorejuvenation, and anti-aging injections. However, her face was still sallow and her menstruation was irregular. When I asked her, I found out that she stayed up until two or three o'clock every day and checked her mobile phone. She had to get up early to go to work the next day and slept less than 5 hours a day. Later, she forced herself to go to bed before 11 o'clock every day and sleep for 7 hours. It was only 3 months old. When she came back for a review, her complexion looked better than before after three photon rejuvenation treatments. Do you think she looked better? Really, sleep is the most economical way to fight aging, and it is more effective than any expensive skin care products you buy.

Finally, I have to say something heartbreaking. I have treated too many women whose illnesses are caused by anger: breast pain due to divorce from their husbands, missed menstruation due to anger with colleagues, unable to sleep all night because of anxiety about their children’s studies, and a lot of thyroid nodules, breast nodules, and ovarian cysts were found. There used to be a 42-year-old sister who was divorced by her husband for half a year and was diagnosed with Type III breast nodules. Later she thought about it and moved out to live on her own. She danced square dances after dinner every day and went hiking with her sisters on weekends. After a follow-up examination six months later, the nodules were half the size. Really, the impact of emotions on female endocrine is much greater than you think. Don’t always compete with yourself, nothing is as important as your own body.

In fact, these ten rules are not golden rules that must be followed. Everyone's physique is different. The most important thing is to pay more attention to the feelings of your body. Don't always believe in all kinds of anxiety marketing on the Internet. If you feel uncomfortable, go to a regular hospital to see a doctor. It is better than anything else.