Gynecological health regimen

Do not overly interfere with the microenvironment of the private parts, adjust your living habits according to your own body constitution, and conduct regular gynecological screenings. If you do these three things well, you can avoid 90% of common gynecological problems.

Last week, we just received a 26-year-old girl from the clinic. She saved three months’ salary to get a private annual card for a beauty salon, and she went for washing and fumigation every week. The results were fine, but recently she was so itchy that she couldn’t sit still. She was diagnosed with fungal vaginitis and bacterial imbalance. She sat and cried, saying that she was clearly paying attention to hygiene, but she still got sick. In fact, regarding private parts care, there has long been a consensus in different fields: the current mainstream evidence-based view of Western medicine clearly states that the vagina has its own weakly acidic bacterial flora environment. Normally, you only need to rinse the vulva with warm water. Any vaginal flushing or filling of gel with unknown ingredients may destroy the balance of flora and induce inflammation. ； Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that the vulva itself has "defensive Qi" protection. Excessive use of irritating drugs and high-temperature fumigation will damage the healthy Qi and give evil Qi an opportunity to take advantage of it. Of course, many people think that "the cleaner you wash, the safer it is." This concept is mostly brainwashed by excessive marketing. If you really follow this, it will cause problems.

When it comes to physical adjustment, I really have to complain. Nowadays, many bloggers give blind advice. No matter who they are, they tell them to drink brown sugar ginger tea or eat snow clams to supplement estrogen. This is really deceiving people. There was a 30-year-old patient who had uterine fibroids of 3 cm. After reading a blogger saying that he needed to supplement estrogen to support his ovaries, he ate snow clam stewed with papaya every day. After half a year of eating, the fibroids had grown to 6 cm, and he finally had to undergo surgery. In fact, there is really no unified standard in this area. For example, a girl with a cold body usually has cold hands and feet, and her aunt is so painful that she breaks into cold sweats and has a lot of blood clots. She usually eats less ice. Her aunt drank brown sugar ginger tea for a few days and it was really comfortable. ； But if you usually have yellow and sticky leucorrhea, are prone to bitter mouth and bad breath, and your stools stick to the toilet, and you have a damp-heat constitution, drinking ginger tea every day will only aggravate the inflammation and increase the amount of irritation. Just like raising succulents at home, if you water drought-loving varieties every day, the roots will definitely rot. The same is true for health care. Don't follow other people's health care recipes. Only those that suit you will be useful. Oh, by the way, the most quarrelsome question about "can I eat ice cream" is also based on this logic. You don't have to put so many shackles on yourself. Try to avoid those who are cold before and after the period. You are usually afraid of getting angry because of your love. Eating a popsicle in the summer is nothing at all. There is no need to feel guilty.

Many people think that if I have no pain or itching, there must be nothing wrong with me and there is no need for a gynecological examination. This idea really needs to be changed. Last year during the physical examination at the unit, a nurse sister in our department had no symptoms at all. She was found to be positive for HPV16 and had low-grade lesions on TCT. Fortunately, she was discovered early and turned negative after more than half a year of intervention. If it had been delayed for another two or three years, it might have developed into a more serious problem. There are also two highly controversial points here: one is that many people say that if you take the HPV vaccine, you don’t need to undergo screening. In fact, this is not the case. The vaccine can only cover up to 9 high-risk subtypes, and there are many subtypes that cannot be prevented. Annual TCT+HPV screening is still required. ； Some people say that you cannot have a gynecological examination if you are not married. In fact, as long as you have had sexual intercourse, it is recommended to have an examination once a year. If you have not had sexual intercourse, but you have problems with irregular menstruation or abnormal leucorrhea, you can also ask the doctor for an anal ultrasound or vulvar examination. Don’t be shy. Doctors have seen you many times, so it’s really nothing.

Let me talk about my own little habits. I usually sit in the clinic for four or five hours. I will set an alarm clock and stand up for two minutes every hour to get some air. I never use panty liners during non-aunt period. I always wear pure cotton underwear. I change them every day, iron them with boiling water and put them in the sun. I have never had any minor gynecological problems in so many years. Some people have asked me before whether to buy pure cotton disposable underwear. In fact, it is okay to use it when traveling. It is better to wear normally washed pure cotton underwear at home. After all, most disposable underwear has sterilant residue, and long-term use may irritate the skin.

In fact, there are really not so many bells and whistles in gynecological health care. To put it bluntly, don’t mess with your body. Don’t just buy a bunch of useless products, and don’t turn a blind eye to the small signals sent by your body. If you pay more attention to it, it will naturally not cause trouble for you. Right?