Author: Sacha Tarkovsky
All women need to be aware of their vagina's health. Keeping it healthy means you will avoid infections and also have a pleasant odor and the tips enclosed will ensure that you have optimum vagina health
A healthy vagina is home to a huge variety of minute organisms. Normally, they live harmoniously in an acidic environment that prevents the overproduction of any one species in the vagina and helps combat foreign bodies that can infect it.
Vaginal infections are common and occur when the delicate balance is disrupted can cause discomfort in the area and unpleasant smells.
Firstly, the health of a women's Vagina and the smell are influenced by overall lifestyle, diet and weight.
If you follow the tips below you can ensure a healthy vagina so here they are:
1. Your Overall Diet
Eat a healthy diet. Cigarettes alcohol and drugs should be eliminated if you can or cut down, as should heavily spiced foods and junk food.
Try and eat as naturally as possible (food free of additives) and make sure you drink lots of water. What you put into your body comes out in its secretions and the vagina is the same. Ever noticed how your sweat smells differently after eating spiced food, then you will realize why this is so important.
2. Cleaning
Odor-producing bacteria can thrive on the vulva and need to be cleaned off regularly to prevent vaginal inflections and prevent odors.
Washing the genital area daily with a simple, fragrance-free soap is normally enough to keep the vagina area clean and fresh.
Your vagina self-cleans itself so douching is not required.
Furthermore, douching upsets the delicate balance between good and bad bacteria in the vaginal ecosystem and can actually be harmful.
Because infections such as yeasts are found in the intestine, it is important after going to the toilet to wipe front to back i.e. you need to wipe the vagina area first and the rectum last!
During sex it is also very important to avoid contamination of the vagina area with organisms and bodies from the bowel, or rectum area.
3. Clothes to wear
To prevent vaginal infections and keep your vagina healthy make sure your clothing allows the area to breath. To do this avoids tight garments and fabrics containing a high percentage of synthetic fibers such as nylon.
Remember, that tampons and diaphragms left for too long in the vagina can create a very strong unpleasant odor as well.
4. Safe sex
Finally, if you don't know your partner very well, always Use a condom and a spermicidal to reduce the chances of infection and disease.
If you are unlucky enough to get an infection, the symptoms are outlined below of three of the most common ones.
The good news is that to reclaim a healthy vagina is easy, if you are alerted to the problem and take action.
1. Bacterial vaginosis
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) accounts for more than 50% of all vagina related health visits.
About half of all women with BV vaginal infections have no obvious symptoms.
The most common symptom is a thin, white to light grey discharge with an offensive fishy like smell that is extremely unpleasant.
The odor is strongest when the discharge is exposed to any alkaline substance and this includes soap and semen, it will therefore be at its strongest and most obvious after cleaning or sex.
BV is easy to treat and is normally treated by a course of antibiotics prescribed by a doctor.
2. Yeast
Although yeast infections are probably the most common type of vaginal infection, many women never bother to seek help.
Most simply recover naturally and others treat themselves with anti-fungal vaginal creams available without prescription from the chemist.
Symptoms of yeast infections include:
Vulvar itching combined with irritation in the vagina area and redness.
If the urinary opening becomes inflamed, urination will increase and discomfort will be present. If the infection is severe, the vulva will swell and fine breaks, called fissures occur. This causes vaginal discharges to become thicker and whiter.
Yeast infections are the result of excessive growth of a family of fungi that normally live in any healthy vagina, but when they increase the balance of the vagina is upset and problems occur.
The most common infection is vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), which is usually caused by a fungus named Candida albicans.
There are two types of VVC:
Uncomplicated, a mild infection that responds to therapy. Or recurrent which, is more severe and often occurs in women who have diabetes or are infected with less treatable forms of yeast, such as Candida glabratia.
Recurrent VVC, normaly occurs more than four times a year and needs a long initial treatment of around two weeks and then a follow-up therapy course for up to 6 months or longer.
Certain factors are common causes such as nylon and Lycra clothing that traps heat and moisture, so be aware of our clothing tips for a healthy vagina we noted earlier.
Other common causes include:
Obesity, pregnancy, diabetes and suppression of the immune system during illnesses, the use of oral contraceptives, and eating excessive amounts of sugars, starch, and yeasts.
If you do have a yeast vaginal infection, your doctor will ordinarily treat you with either prescription or nonprescription antifungal creams and suppositories referred to earlier.
If you have a problem get professional help and you will soon have a healthy vagina. Do not ignore symptoms or think they will go away get help quickly.
3. Trichomoniasis
Trichomoniasis, or "trich," is a sexually transmitted vaginal infection suffered by a huge amount of women worldwide and this runs into tens of millions. While infection with trichomoniasis can be uncomfortable, it is not in anyway a serious threat to overall health.
The symptoms are normally vulvar and vaginal burning and itching. The burning is normally at its height after intercourse.
In addition, there may be vulvar swelling and frequent and uncomfortable urination. There is a heavy vaginal discharge, usually yellowish or green, which may or may not have an offensive smell.
The trichomonad is a minute parasite. It has three tails at its narrow end and swims with them and the white blood cells of the body follow.
These blood cells literally chase down the trichomonad and kill it by eating it.
Symptoms occur only when the body's natural defense are swamped by with sheer number of reproducing trichomonads and the white blood cells cannot cope.
Trichomoniasis is usually easily diagnosed and antibiotic treatment cures it in the majority of cases.
Follow the tips above for a healthy vagina and if you do have a problem don't worry or be embarrassed simply seek help quickly and clear up the problem, in the vast majority of cases treatment is quick, easy and painless
Source: http://www.articlesbase.com
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Sep 18, 2008
How Having a Healthy Vagina Can Put a Smile on your Face
Author: Kacy Carr
How is it that every time after bathing and before sanctioning a daily ritual on my vagina with scented smellies I still detect an odour, this is a questioned asked by many females? Although the vagina is an odourless organ, smells can still occur through natural happenings of the human body like sweating of which produces odour, however, if sweating is not the cause there maybe a simple explanation to why a vaginal odour remains. Normally vaginal odours are determined by the actual smell itself. In answer to the question why the vagina still smells after a bath/shower can be caused through infection. The lingering fishy odour is usually caused by bacterial vaginosis
The vagina has its own self regulating cleaning system so therefore making it a body part cleaner than the mouth or the orifice down below (rectum) Just because the vagina smells does not dictate that a person is dirty, the vagina contains many bacteria types e.g. good and bad. Lactobacilli the good bacteria has its healthy purposes where it helps prevent all bad bacteria interfering with the female reproductive system.
A healthy vagina normally has a slightly sweet pungent odour, however, if of a stronger pungency (fishy odour) then this is usually a sign that there has been a disturbance in bacteria’s where the bad bacteria has finally upset the balance therefore resulting in the lactobacilli not able to carry out prevention. Eliminating causes which can upset the balance will certainly help stem vaginal odours occurring later. There are several factors which can disturb the balance in the vagina and lead to the vaginal condition called bacterial vaginosis.
Poor hygiene – is most definitely one reason why offensive smells develop. It is not necessary to scrub the private parts as you would like cleaning a floor, the genital area is delicate and sensitive so be careful even when using perfumed soaps/sprays. Cleansing with water is fine because scented products can cause thrush.
Illness – some conditions are somewhat unavoidable, a pelvic Infection can lead to vaginosis. Bacteria is known to flourish if Candida is diagnosed because of the amount of alkaline present of which is more known to develop through a poor diet, oral contraceptives and stress
By preventing conditions which affect the vagina can save you money i.e. unnecessary products. Douching is neither a necessary process nor is it recommended because it forces water or other solutions into the vaginal orifice to wash away discharge or menstrual blood. Seek medical advice if you tend on douching. All you need to do to maintain a healthy vagina is wash the vulva daily with warm water. Avoid using scented soaps. It is not uncommon for some women to douche after engaging in sexual activity in an attempt to prevent pregnancy or catching a sexually transmitted disease, douching is not a prevention method for birth control nor will it reduce risk of catching infections. The best method to avoid catching an STD is to use a condom if you enjoy coupling with different partners
How can a healthy vagina put a smile on your face, well the next time you are out socialising and you get a fishy whiff you know the finger of suspicion is not pointed in your direction.
Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/
How is it that every time after bathing and before sanctioning a daily ritual on my vagina with scented smellies I still detect an odour, this is a questioned asked by many females? Although the vagina is an odourless organ, smells can still occur through natural happenings of the human body like sweating of which produces odour, however, if sweating is not the cause there maybe a simple explanation to why a vaginal odour remains. Normally vaginal odours are determined by the actual smell itself. In answer to the question why the vagina still smells after a bath/shower can be caused through infection. The lingering fishy odour is usually caused by bacterial vaginosis
The vagina has its own self regulating cleaning system so therefore making it a body part cleaner than the mouth or the orifice down below (rectum) Just because the vagina smells does not dictate that a person is dirty, the vagina contains many bacteria types e.g. good and bad. Lactobacilli the good bacteria has its healthy purposes where it helps prevent all bad bacteria interfering with the female reproductive system.
A healthy vagina normally has a slightly sweet pungent odour, however, if of a stronger pungency (fishy odour) then this is usually a sign that there has been a disturbance in bacteria’s where the bad bacteria has finally upset the balance therefore resulting in the lactobacilli not able to carry out prevention. Eliminating causes which can upset the balance will certainly help stem vaginal odours occurring later. There are several factors which can disturb the balance in the vagina and lead to the vaginal condition called bacterial vaginosis.
Poor hygiene – is most definitely one reason why offensive smells develop. It is not necessary to scrub the private parts as you would like cleaning a floor, the genital area is delicate and sensitive so be careful even when using perfumed soaps/sprays. Cleansing with water is fine because scented products can cause thrush.
Illness – some conditions are somewhat unavoidable, a pelvic Infection can lead to vaginosis. Bacteria is known to flourish if Candida is diagnosed because of the amount of alkaline present of which is more known to develop through a poor diet, oral contraceptives and stress
By preventing conditions which affect the vagina can save you money i.e. unnecessary products. Douching is neither a necessary process nor is it recommended because it forces water or other solutions into the vaginal orifice to wash away discharge or menstrual blood. Seek medical advice if you tend on douching. All you need to do to maintain a healthy vagina is wash the vulva daily with warm water. Avoid using scented soaps. It is not uncommon for some women to douche after engaging in sexual activity in an attempt to prevent pregnancy or catching a sexually transmitted disease, douching is not a prevention method for birth control nor will it reduce risk of catching infections. The best method to avoid catching an STD is to use a condom if you enjoy coupling with different partners
How can a healthy vagina put a smile on your face, well the next time you are out socialising and you get a fishy whiff you know the finger of suspicion is not pointed in your direction.
Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/
Sep 17, 2008
Vaginal Itching & Infections – Does Your Vagina Itch and Sting When You Pee
Author: Kacy Carr
Whether the vagina is only a "titchy itchy" it can still mean something is wrong. Nonetheless the itch does not have to be something of a serious nature either. A vaginal itch can be caused by simple things like being allergic to the material of your underwear or that your jeans maybe too tight. Should the itch be one that has you aggressively clawing away at the skin near to tearing the flesh, and you know the cause is not that of cloth or tightness then you will have to have yourself checked over by your doctor? Vaginal itching is not uncommon nor are the reasons for the itch occurring and that being more times than not an infection.
Whether the vagina is only a "titchy itchy" it can still mean something is wrong. Nonetheless the itch does not have to be something of a serious nature either. A vaginal itch can be caused by simple things like being allergic to the material of your underwear or that your jeans maybe too tight. Should the itch be one that has you aggressively clawing away at the skin near to tearing the flesh, and you know the cause is not that of cloth or tightness then you will have to have yourself checked over by your doctor? Vaginal itching is not uncommon nor are the reasons for the itch occurring and that being more times than not an infection.
Most common vaginal infection that includes itching and burning is thrush. It also causes the vagina/vulva to swell along with soreness.
Thrush is referred to as a yeast infection or candidiasis which is an overgrowth of yeast that brings a variety of nasty symptoms. Although the infection can be treated, it is known to come back, if this be the case in your case then seek medical help as it could be something more serious. We all have yeast in our bodies and if grows out of control, then thrush is usually the result.
All genders young and old carry yeast in and on their bodies without any problems. Yeast is notably known living in the intestines, vagina, mouth and skin. This may not sound healthy but the body has 'friendly' bacteria which help keep yeast levels low.
Soreness, swelling and redness are primary symptoms if delicate tissue of the vagina is infected. Thrush not only causes a stinging sensation when peeing but is painful too. The sting is due to inflamed tissues in the vagina. It is painful to have sex, sexual intercourse should not even be considered until the infection is cleared. Movement i.e. sitting and walking can because you pain. All women have a vaginal discharge and know what the norm is, but if thrush is present it can show up white and thick (not all the time) with a strong smell of yeast and like yoghurt to look at. It can also be watery with a light smell. Yeast thrives in warm, moist locations with low acidity and an ample supply of sugar.
Taking antibiotics can cause the infection.
Antibiotics kill friendly bacteria of which is needed to keep yeast levels low
Antibiotic drugs are prescribed to fight infections, but while doing so can kill 'friendly' bacteria, such as lactobacilli. Without lactobacilli, the balance in the vagina is upset giving cause to Candida.
1.Taking the birth control pill affects hormones which result in a woman's ability to metabolize (process) sugar. Yeast feeds on sugar, and any extra supply in the body, will give reason for yeast to develop more. Because of this, they say taking the pill no longer augments a woman's risk of thrush.
2. Women who suffer from diabetes are more likely to suffer because diabetes increases blood sugar levels, which may, in turn, higher the sugar level in vaginal secretions. Diabetic women normally have high sugar levels in their urine, therefore encouraging thrush by feeding on yeast
Like with most disorders and conditions the best effective way to keep healthy and keep disease at arm's length is to eat healthily. A healthy well balanced diet along with light exercise is seeing off life threatening illnesses every day. Specific foods may have an impact on thrush. Some medics say sugar; dairy produce, coffee, tea and wine contribute to thrush by increasing urinary sugar.
You can relieve the itch using Aloe Vera which will also cool down burning around the vagina.
Treat the burning with cold water or ice cubes wrapped in a tee cloth. If it's good enough for babies its good enough for you. Rub the outer lips of the vagina with nappy rash cream
Introduce to yourself and into to your daily routine the suggested below to help prevent thrush infection
Eat yoghurt with lactobacillus acidophilus, or take lactobacillus acidophilus supplements.
Never douche - the vagina is a self cleaning organ so douching is not necessary. Avoid using chemical based beauty products.
Wear cotton under wear or go commando if you have no cotton briefs. Wear loose clothing round the genital area.
Remove tampons regularly,
After using the loo wipe from front to back. Candida in the bowel can infect the vagina causing infection.
You must not be embarrassed over having this infection; in fact you shouldn't be embarrassed over any vaginal issue. Vaginal infections are very common indeed and so are the doctor appointments for women who wish to suffer no more. So make an appointment and 'rid' any worries, the pain and most importantly of the fear of telling your doctor.
Source: http://www.articlesbase.com
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