For girls, bathing does not necessarily take place every day for 365 days, but their private parts must not fall for a day and their underwear must be changed every day.
However, working hard is not necessarily the right thing to do.
The way to keep hygiene is wrong, and it is still possible to be found by some gynecological inflammation.
Can I use the private parts cleaning liquid? Do you want to rub by hand or rinse with water? How to keep underpants clean? … …
Today, please invite experts to tell us how to keep private parts hygienic.
For healthy women, it is enough to wash with clean water.
Our vagina has self-purification effect. It has two defense teams: female estrogen and vaginal lactic acid bacteria.
Female estrogen can help maintain the normal flora state of vagina, while vaginal lactic acid bacteria can inhibit the growth of pathogens by maintaining a normal acidic environment.
Therefore, do not flush the vagina at ordinary times, otherwise it will lead to the reduction of lactic acid bacteria in the vagina and allow other pathogens to take advantage of it.
However, the vulva has many folds and pubic hair grows. It is easy to be sultry and airtight at ordinary times, and some dirty things are easy to accumulate. It must be carefully cleaned here.
As for private parts cleaning liquid, you don’t have to spend more money without illness. Even if you are ill, you should use it under the guidance of a doctor.
Under normal circumstances, our cleaning steps should be:
Wash your hands-clean your vulva with clear water from the front to the back-dry with a well-dried towel-and change into clean underpants.
Many people do well in every step ahead, but often ignore the importance of the last step.
Keep your private parts healthy, and the hygiene of your underpants is very important.
Underpants are in direct contact with our private parts and are prone to vaginal secretions, urine and feces.
Some studies have shown that underpants worn continuously for 12 hours will be infected by Salmonella, Escherichia coli and other bacteria [1].
These flora reproduce quickly under suitable conditions, so underwear should be changed frequently and eliminated frequently.
Some people use boiling water or add a lot of detergent to [clean] their underwear.
In fact, scalding with boiling water or not washing with detergent will harden the fibers of underpants and increase the residue. If you want your underpants to be as clean as possible, you’d better wash them gently and ensure that they are fully dried.
Under these circumstances, underwear cleaning cannot be relaxed.
Under the following special circumstances, we need to pay more attention to the cleaning of underwear.
1. Physiological period
During the physiological period, the body resistance of women will decline, giving the virus an opportunity to take advantage of.
If you don’t pay attention to the hygiene of your private parts, you will easily suffer from uterine cavity infection, pelvic inflammation, etc., so you must change clean underpants frequently.
Many girls will also worry about whether to throw or wash underpants stained with blood during their physiological period.
If there is no mine in the home, you can choose detergent containing enzyme or oxalic acid to clean it without throwing it away.
However, be careful not to use bleach as much as possible. Chloride in bleach water is more irritating and remains on underpants are not conducive to health.
2. Underwear is not fully aired and is in a humid state for a long time.
Many people think that as long as underwear is done, it doesn’t matter how it is done.
In fact, the wrong way of drying underpants will also bring health risks.
The best way to dry is to hang in a ventilated and sunny environment to dry naturally.
Try to avoid drying in the shade.
Mold likes to multiply in humid and dark environment. If you wear underpants directly after drying in the shade, you are at risk of mycotic vaginitis.
3. Travel and business trips
Many girls buy disposable underpants or bring a pack of pads when they go out for convenience. They only change the pads every day, not underpants.
These practices are not very desirable.
Although pads and disposable underpants are very convenient, their air permeability is very poor and they are easy to cause itching and discomfort.
Even if you go on a trip or business trip, it is recommended to clean and replace your underpants every day.
4. Pregnancy/postpartum
Pregnant women, due to a series of reactions brought about by hormone changes in the body, will make the vagina conducive to the reproduction of other flora, reduce the resistance to external microorganisms, and increase the risk of vaginitis [2].
However, most mothers have wounds after delivery, and the uterine orifice may not be closed in time after delivery. If they suffer from inflammation, there is also a risk of ascending infection of vaginal cavity.
Therefore, mothers during pregnancy and postpartum should keep their underpants soft, breathable and clean to reduce wound friction and bacteria breeding. It is recommended to replace underpants 1-2 times a day. If there are more secretions, they can change them when they are dirty.
5. Undeveloped children
Children’s vulva is hypoplasia and cannot cover urethral orifice and vaginal vestibule. Bacteria are easy to invade.
In addition, children’s estrogen level is relatively low and the pH value of vagina is relatively high, so the probability of infection with inflammation is relatively high.
Therefore, mothers must pay attention to the hygiene of their little babies’ private parts and try to wear pure cotton panties that are breathable and fully aired.
To sum up, to keep underpants clean, in addition to the cleaning process, it is also necessary to dry them fully to reduce the growth of bacteria.