Daily attention points for women’s health

Don’t just follow the general health care standards on the Internet, don’t be overly anxious or even torment yourself for “health”. All your attention points should be based on “your own physical feelings” as the first priority. Doing the basic little things solidly will be more useful than eating many sky-high-priced health products.

To be honest, the first pitfall for many girls around me is private care. There is a lot of quarrel on the Internet. One group says that you should never use any care solution and water is the best. The other group says that if you don’t clean it properly, it will easily lead to inflammation. In fact, there is really no need to take sides. The official gynecological guidelines clearly state that daily cleaning of the vulva with running water is enough. The bottom line is not to wash the vagina casually to destroy the bacterial flora. However, if you wear tight jeans every day in the summer and your vulva gets acne, or you have oily acne-prone skin that is prone to bacterial growth, occasionally use a weak acidic vulva with simple ingredients. There is no problem with the care solution. I once treated a girl who had just started working. She wore commuting suit pants every day and suffered from folliculitis several times. Later, she changed to loose bottoms and used a mild care solution 1-2 times a week. On the contrary, she never did it again. There is no absolute "can" or "can't". The most important thing is to adapt to your life situation.

When it comes to daily care related to hormone levels, we have to mention menstrual care, which many girls love and fear. All the searches on the internet read were "You must drink brown sugar ginger tea during menstruation" and "You must not touch ice." My best friend has stepped into this trap before. She has heavy menstrual flow and is prone to getting angry. Every time she comes to visit her aunt, she forces her to drink brown sugar ginger tea. As a result, it took ten days for her to get clean twice in a row. After going to the hospital for a checkup, she found out that her physical condition is not suitable at all. Girls who are cold and suffer from menstrual pain and break out into cold sweats can indeed find relief by drinking hot brown sugar ginger tea. However, for those who are hot and have heavy menstruation, drinking it will aggravate bleeding. If the pain is so severe that you can’t stand it, just take ibuprofen. The side effects are much less than if you endure the pain until it causes endocrine disorders. One more thing to mention, if your menstrual period is so painful for two or three consecutive months that painkillers are useless, or the amount of bleeding is twice as much as usual, don’t believe the nonsense that “just get married and have a baby”, and go check for adenomyosis or endometrial polyps as soon as possible. If you delay for a long time, it will be troublesome.

There are also breast nodules that 8 out of 10 girls now panic after being diagnosed. The words "can't drink soy milk" and "can't eat honey" mentioned on the Internet actually depend on the situation. The view of Western medicine is that soy isoflavones in soy products belong to phytoestrogens, which are regulated in both directions and will not aggravate nodules. It is perfectly fine to drink them normally. ； However, many Chinese medicine associations recommend that people with grade 3 or higher nodules drink less concentrated soy milk and avoid health products with high animal estrogen content, such as royal jelly. In fact, there is absolutely no need to touch a bite. I once had a patient who was diagnosed with grade 3 nodules and dared not touch soy products for half a year. His face turned sallow and his hair fell out. Later, he resumed drinking light soy milk two or three times a week. After half a year, the nodules did not grow at all, and his complexion actually improved a lot. In addition, you really should not go to a beauty salon for breast massage to clear the breasts. Many nodules are originally stable, but if they are pressed violently, they may be stimulated to grow or even rupture. If you really want to be comfortable, it is better to be less sulky. Don't wear a push-up bra with steel rings for a day just to squeeze the groove. It will be more effective than any massage.

Finally, let me talk about a point that people tend to overlook. Don’t wait until you are menopausal to think about calcium supplements. After a woman reaches the age of 30, her bone mass begins to decline. Drink less carbonated drinks, drink a cup of pure milk or take calcium tablets every day, and bask in the sun for more than ten minutes. This will be much better than strengthening your bones when you get older and have osteoporosis that makes you unable to straighten your back. Don’t blindly follow the trend of ketogenic and low-carb diets just to lose weight. There are indeed many people who have lost weight through this, but there are also girls around me who insist on not eating carbohydrates for three months. Their aunt left for half a year, and it took a whole year to return to normal. No matter how good other people’s recipes are, they can’t stop you from feeling dizzy, losing hair, or having trouble with your aunt. If you really want to lose weight, adjust your diet slowly, and eat two bites of staple food when you are hungry. Don’t compete with your body.

In fact, after all, there are really not so many "must do" and "definitely not do" rules. Your own body will always be more honest than the standards on the Internet: If your aunt doesn't feel pain after eating ice cream, then you can eat it. If you drink soy milk and you don't feel uncomfortable, then drink it normally. Even if you occasionally stay up late to watch TV shows, there is no need to feel guilty as long as you don't feel uncomfortable the next day. Get a gynecological ultrasound and breast ultrasound regularly every year. If you feel uncomfortable, go to the hospital immediately. Don’t frighten yourself by blindly searching on Baidu. You already know how to love yourself better than 90% of people.