How can women prevent vaginal itching and properly care for their private parts?

Women's private parts are always itchy or smelly, which is very bad for women's health. They must pay attention to daily private care. So how can women prevent private itching and properly care for their private parts?

Causes of vaginal itching

When the weather is unstable: The sudden changes in temperature can easily cause the body's immunity to decline, giving germs an opportunity to take advantage. If it is humid and rainy, it can cause discomfort such as itching in the private parts and abnormal vaginal discharge.

Tight pants and stockings: The structure of a woman's private parts is more complicated. When the temperature is high in summer, the body sweats easily. Many women like to dress in tight skirts or stockings, so the private parts are a breeding ground for bacteria.

Don't wear too tight skirts or stockings just to show off your figure. Try to keep your private parts ventilated and breathable. Try not to use sanitary pads to reduce the reproduction of bacteria. Underwear should mainly be made of cotton. Don't always be obsessed with thongs or lace underwear.

Irregular diet and daily life: If you often eat irritating and spicy food, stay up late, drink alcohol, etc., it will cause damp heat reaction in the body, which is also the main factor for more discomfort in the private parts. Try to make your lifestyle habits regular, whether it is exercise or diet, balanced and appropriate, so that your private parts will be healthier.

How to prevent vulvar inflammation

Eliminate infection problems

First of all, you must have a sense of hygiene, try to use the shower method, do not share towels, lower body clothes, bathtubs, etc., to avoid cross infection.

Personal hygiene

The vulva must be cleaned every day. Towels, lower body clothing, especially underwear, should be replaced and washed. Subsequent exposure to sunlight is also very important. It must not be just air-dried or shade-dried. If there is no sun, just hang it in an air-circulating area to dry.

Be careful when using pads

Although sanitary pads are convenient, their disadvantage is that they are not breathable. Long-term use will cause local moisture problems, which is also a factor that induces inflammation. If you use them during normal menstruation, of course it cannot be avoided, but you must change them frequently.

Warm reminder: Some patients suffering from private part diseases mistakenly believe that sanitary pads are very hygienic and that they do not need to change shorts or even wash their genitals after long-term use. However, these misconceptions may become the root cause of the disease without them realizing it.

Correct medication habits

Some patients who have suffered from genital diseases have recovered through drug treatment, but they are misled into believing that using more drugs to clean the vulva is health care. Little do they know that long-term use of drugs will irritate the sensitive skin of the private parts, causing more discomfort in the genitals.

Warm reminder: Be sure to correct this wrong idea and never buy medicine on your own and use it for a long time. In principle, under normal circumstances, just wash it with warm water and keep it clean and fresh.

Complete treatment

Patients must follow the doctor's instructions and requirements, use the medicine correctly and consolidate the treatment course. Usually incomplete treatment is the reason why vaginal diseases recur and become difficult to treat.

Warm reminder: Most genital problems are contagious diseases, so spouses should also pay attention to hygiene habits, and if necessary, they should also receive diagnosis and treatment at the same time.

How to self-check vulvar inflammation

"Smell" means to smell the secretions, menstrual blood or the smell of the vulva. Normal smells are light fishy, ​​sweaty or odorless. If there is a fishy, ​​rancid or special smell, there may be a problem.

"Look", you can use a small mirror, put it under the vulva, move the mirror back and forth, left and right, and use the mirror to observe your vulva. In addition, by observing the color, turbidity, and consistency of vaginal secretions, such as leucorrhea and menstrual blood, you can also find some clues. Normal leucorrhea is a thin liquid with a clear white color, and normal menstrual blood is bright red or light red. Some people may also have a few blood clots.

When "touching", wash your hands first, and use the "finger pads" (commonly known as "finger belly") of your index and middle fingers to touch the vulva in sequence, starting from the "mons pubis" area, from top to bottom, until the anus.

When you touch the vulva normally, it should feel smooth and soft. If you don't press it hard, you won't feel any pain. Of course, you shouldn't feel any small nodules or lumps under normal circumstances. Otherwise, you may be sick.

How to treat vulvar inflammation

Prevention and treatment of vulvitis: pay attention to the cleanliness of the vulva and develop good personal hygiene habits.

The vulva should be bathed in 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution twice a day, and antibiotic ointment should be applied locally after the bath. For those with fever and increased white blood cell count, antibiotics can be taken orally or intramuscularly.

Chinese herbal medicine also has a certain effect on the treatment of vulvitis. The principle is to clear away heat and dampness, detoxify and relieve itching.