Maintaining a healthy vagina involves avoiding fragranced products, wearing breathable fabrics, doing Kegel exercises, practicing safe sex, and visiting a gynecologist annually for PAP smears and other health concerns.
Maintaining a healthy vagina is a matter of real concern. There are many tips on how to stay healthy and these include behavior advice, basic protections and medical care.
Numerous “feminine” products are marketed to women and these include items such as soaps, deodorants, maxi pads and scented tampons and douches. Most gynecologists advise women not to use anything with a fragrance and to avoid douching or using feminine soaps, which can disturb the natural balance of the vagina. It is generally thought that a healthy vagina is best left alone and that other than minimal cleaning or external cleaning, internal cleaning is not necessary. On the other hand, if women seem to need these products to eliminate unpleasant odors, a doctor should be consulted because this could suggest a buildup of yeast or bacteria, which can affect vaginal health.
All parts of the body benefit from a little exposure to air and another behavioral tip to have a healthy vagina is to wear breathable fabrics. Cotton underwear, or at least cotton crotch knickers, are considered healthier. Super-tight jeans or non-breathable underwear (including cotton crotchless nylons) should be avoided to prevent yeast infections.
The vagina has muscles, and women should consider doing Kegel exercises, which tighten and loosen these muscles. This is especially important for pregnant women, but all women can relax as they age, making them prone to things like urinary incontinence. Engaging in some daily exercise can help reduce this risk.
While many women may occasionally suffer from yeast or bacterial infections, one goal in having a healthy vagina is to make sure that other types of infections are prevented, especially those that fall under the class of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). It is advisable for sexual behavior to be monogamous with a monogamous partner, but many women do not go this route. To increase protection, using a condom with every sexual intercourse and using vaginal dental dams can help prevent the spread of the disease. It is also highly recommended that you get to know your partners and get tested for major diseases before sexual encounters. If a partner has an STD, sexual activity should be avoided until the STD is cured or is no longer contagious.
Healthy vagina needs regular doctor visits. Women should plan to see a gynecologist every year for life. In their teens and early 20s, if they are sexually active, they should have a PAP smear once a year to test for cervical cancer, and they may be considering new human papillomavirus vaccines. These exams are also good opportunities to talk about birth control, plans for having children, hormonal changes, and menstrual irregularities. Once-a-year care helps provide physician supervision so women have the best chance of continued vaginal health.
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