| All women need to be aware of their
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| | therefore be at its strongest and most
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| vaginas health. Keeping it healthy means
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| | obvious after cleaning or sex.
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| you will avoid infections and also have a
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| | BV is easy to treat and is normally
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| pleasant odor and the tips enclosed will
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| | treated by a course of antibiotics
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| ensure that you have optimum vagina
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| | prescribed by a doctor.
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| health
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| | 2. Yeast
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| A healthy vagina is home to a huge
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| | Although yeast infections are probably
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| variety of minute organisms. Normally,
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| | the most common type of vaginal
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| they live harmoniously in an acidic
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| | infection, many women never bother to
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| environment that prevents the
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| | seek help.
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| overproduction of any one species in the
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| | Most simply recover naturally and others
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| vagina and helps combat foreign bodies
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| | treat themselves with anti-fungal vaginal
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| that can infect it.
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| | creams available without prescription
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| Vaginal infections are common and occur
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| | from the chemist.
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| when the delicate balance is disrupted
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| | Symptoms of yeast infections include:
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| can cause discomfort in the area and
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| | Vulvar itching combined with irritation
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| unpleasant smells.
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| | in the vagina area and redness.
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| Firstly, the health of a womens Vagina
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| | If the urinary opening becomes inflamed,
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| and the smell are influenced by overall
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| | urination will increase and discomfort
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| lifestyle, diet and weight.
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| | will be present. If the infection is
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| If you follow the tips below you can
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| | severe, the vulva will swell and fine
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| ensure a healthy vagina so here they are:
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| | breaks, called fissures occur. This
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| 1. Your Overall Diet
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| | causes vaginal discharges to become
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| Eat a healthy diet. Cigarettes alcohol
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| | thicker and whiter.
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| and drugs should be eliminated if you can
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| | Yeast infections are the result of
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| or cut down, as should heavily spiced
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| | excessive growth of a family of fungi
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| foods and junk food.
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| | that normally live in any healthy vagina,
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| Try and eat as naturally as possible
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| | but when they increase the balance of the
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| (food free of additives) and make sure
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| | vagina is upset and problems occur.
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| you drink lots of water. What you put
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| | The most common infection is vulvovaginal
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| into your body comes out in its
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| | candidiasis (VVC), which is usually
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| secretions and the vagina is the same.
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| | caused by a fungus named Candida
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| Ever noticed how your sweat smells
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| | albicans.
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| differently after eating spiced food,
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| | There are two types of VVC:
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| then you will realize why this is so
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| | Uncomplicated, a mild infection that
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| important.
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| | responds to therapy. Or recurrent which,
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| 2. Cleaning
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| | is more severe and often occurs in women
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| Odor-producing bacteria can thrive on the
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| | who have diabetes or are infected with
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| vulva and need to be cleaned off
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| | less treatable forms of yeast, such as
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| regularly to prevent vaginal inflections
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| | Candida glabratia.
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| and prevent odors.
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| | Recurrent VVC, normaly occurs more than
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| Washing the genital area daily with a
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| | four times a year and needs a long
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| simple, fragrance-free soap is normally
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| | initial treatment of around two weeks and
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| enough to keep the vagina area clean and
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| | then a follow-up therapy course for up to
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| fresh.
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| | 6 months or longer.
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| Your vagina self-cleans itself so
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| | Certain factors are common causes such as
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| douching is not required.
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| | nylon and Lycra clothing that traps heat
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| Furthermore, douching upsets the delicate
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| | and moisture, so be aware of our clothing
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| balance between good and bad bacteria in
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| | tips for a healthy vagina we noted
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| the vaginal ecosystem and can actually be
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| | earlier.
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| harmful.
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| | Other common causes include:
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| Because infections such as yeasts are
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| | Obesity, pregnancy, diabetes and
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| found in the intestine, it is important
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| | suppression of the immune system during
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| after going to the toilet to wipe front
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| | illnesses, the use of oral
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| to back i.e. you need to wipe the vagina
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| | contraceptives, and eating excessive
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| area first and the rectum last!
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| | amounts of sugars, starch, and yeasts.
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| During sex it is also very important to
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| | If you do have a yeast vaginal infection,
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| avoid contamination of the vagina area
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| | your doctor will ordinarily treat you
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| with organisms and bodies from the bowel,
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| | with either prescription or
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| or rectum area.
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| | nonprescription antifungal creams and
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| 3. Clothes to wear
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| | suppositories referred to earlier.
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| To prevent vaginal infections and keep
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| | If you have a problem get professional
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| your vagina healthy make sure your
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| | help and you will soon have a healthy
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| clothing allows the area to breath. To do
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| | vagina. Do not ignore symptoms or think
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| this avoids tight garments and fabrics
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| | they will go away get help quickly.
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| containing a high percentage of synthetic
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| | 3. Trichomoniasis
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| fibers such as nylon.
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| | Trichomoniasis, or "trich," is a sexually
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| Remember, that tampons and diaphragms
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| | transmitted vaginal infection suffered by
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| left for too long in the vagina can
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| | a huge amount of women worldwide and this
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| create a very strong unpleasant odor as
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| | runs into tens of millions. While
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| well.
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| | infection with trichomoniasis can be
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| 4. Safe sex
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| | uncomfortable, it is not in anyway a
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| Finally, if you dont know your partner
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| | serious threat to overall health.
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| very well, always Use a condom and a
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| | The symptoms are normally vulvar and
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| spermicidal to reduce the chances of
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| | vaginal burning and itching. The burning
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| infection and disease.
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| | is normally at its height after
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| If you are unlucky enough to get an
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| | intercourse.
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| infection, the symptoms are outlined
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| | In addition, there may be vulvar swelling
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| below of three of the most common ones.
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| | and frequent and uncomfortable urination.
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| The good news is that to reclaim a
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| | There is a heavy vaginal discharge,
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| healthy vagina is easy, if you are
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| | usually yellowish or green, which may or
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| alerted to the problem and take action.
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| | may not have an offensive smell.
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| 1. Bacterial vaginosis
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| | The trichomonad is a minute parasite. It
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| Bacterial vaginosis (BV) accounts for
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| | has three tails at its narrow end and
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| more than 50% of all vagina related
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| | swims with them and the white blood cells
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| health visits.
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| | of the body follow.
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| About half of all women with BV vaginal
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| | These blood cells literally chase down
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| infections have no obvious symptoms.
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| | the trichomonad and kill it by eating it.
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| The most common symptom is a thin, white
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| | Symptoms occur only when the body's
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| to light grey discharge with an offensive
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| | natural defense are swamped by with sheer
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| fishy like smell that is extremely
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| | number of reproducing trichomonads and
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| unpleasant.
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| | the white blood cells cannot cope.
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| The odor is strongest when the discharge
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| | Trichomoniasis is usually easily
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| is exposed to any alkaline substance and
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| | diagnosed and antibiotic treatment cures
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| this includes soap and semen, it will
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| | it in the majority of cases.
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