Gynecological health knowledge circle of friends

All girls, remember the core conclusion - 90% of the "gynecological problems" you search online that make you anxious are normal physiological phenomena that do not need to be treated. The remaining 10% should not rely on folk remedies and buy random medicines. Go directly to the public tertiary gynecology department to register. It will be more effective than reading 100 popular science posts.

Last Wednesday, I met a girl who was just entering her junior year at the clinic. Her eyes were swollen like walnuts when she came in. She clutched a free physical examination form from Zhang Private Hospital and said that she had been diagnosed with "second-degree cervical erosion" and "low-risk HPV infection." The doctor there said that without treatment, she would become cancerous and asked her to pay 15,000 for treatment. She had almost spent half the living expenses she had saved for half a year. Fortunately, her roommate stopped her from coming to our place for a follow-up examination. In the end, nothing happened. The so-called "cervical erosion" is normal cervical columnar epithelial ectopia, which was removed from the disease list more than ten years ago. As long as the immunity is normal, 90% of low-risk HPV infections can turn negative within one or two years. After explaining to her, the little girl burst into tears on the spot, saying that she was so scared that she couldn't sleep well for three days.

I have been in the clinic for so many years, and I have seen too many such things. Many girls were fine at first, but were fooled by rumors or bad institutions on the Internet, spending a lot of money, and causing problems to their good bodies. In the past few years, everyone has been brainwashed by the advertisement of "washing is healthier", and they use lotion to irrigate the vagina when there is nothing. In fact, clinical opinions have changed in different periods: as early as ten years ago, some people believed that mild lotion can be used for daily cleaning, but now at home and abroad The consensus of the Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology is very clear - for healthy women, it is enough to wash the vulva with warm water every day. The vagina itself has its own acidic environment and probiotics. If you douche blindly, you will directly wash away the "protective barrier", which will make you prone to vaginitis. Of course, this does not mean that all lotions should not be used. If it is a medicinal lotion prescribed by a doctor based on your inflammation condition, just use it according to the doctor's instructions, and don't blindly buy Internet celebrity models.

Oh, by the way, there are still many people who are scared to death when they grasp the "Cleanliness III" in the leucorrhea routine. Last month, there was a girl who worked in Internet operations. She stayed up late for half a month to catch up on a project, and when she found out that Cleanliness III was found, she bought three boxes of suppositories and stuffed them for a week. However, she was so itchy that she couldn't sit still and came to register. In fact, as long as there are no itching, odor, or abnormal leucorrhea/green discharge, the cleanliness level III does not require treatment at all. If you adjust your work and rest schedule and stay up less late and eat less spicy food, you will recover on your own after a while. It is purely a signal from your body that you are too tired recently, and it is not a serious illness.

Speaking of this, someone must have asked, then there is no harm in buying some gynecological probiotics to use, right? There is indeed no unified conclusion in the academic community on this point: one school of thought believes that healthy women do not need additional supplements at all, and foreign strains may disrupt the balance of their own flora. ； The other group believes that for patients with refractory vaginitis who relapse more than three times a year, after standard anti-inflammatory treatment, the use of compliant specific strain probiotic suppositories can indeed reduce the probability of recurrence. So to put it bluntly, if you are not sick, don’t just follow the trend and buy it. If you are sick, ask your doctor first. All questions must be considered on a case-by-case basis. There is no “skin care product that everyone can use”.

There are also those "gynecological gels" and "detox pills" sold in the circle of friends, which are said to be used to expel dirty things and cure various gynecological diseases. I treated a 30-year-old woman last year. She used this three-no gel for three months. When she came, the entire vulva was burned, red and swollen, and the vagina was full of residual drug residue. The bacterial flora was in a mess. It took less than half a month to heal. Don’t believe this kind of gimmick. If there was such a thing that could cure all kinds of diseases, our hospital would have already admitted it, right?

I have met a girl before who refused to take ibuprofen because of painful menstrual cramps and cold sweats. She said she was afraid of becoming addicted or that it would affect her future pregnancy. It was really unnecessary. Taking 1-2 ibuprofen in one menstrual cycle would have far fewer side effects than eating a bunch of Nuangong Pills with unknown ingredients. Of course, some people say that drinking brown sugar ginger tea and wearing baby warmers are useful. It all depends on you. As long as it can relieve the discomfort, you can feel comfortable and comfortable. You don’t have to listen to others saying that "drinking brown sugar is useless because it is an IQ tax." If you drink it and feel the warmth makes the pain less, then it is not an IQ tax, right?

I have been thinking so much today. I just feel anxious when I see so many girls stepping on my friends when I check my friends circle. Don’t think you have cancer just by searching Baidu, and don’t believe the nonsense that “gynecological examinations are too embarrassing”. Gynecologists in regular hospitals are really not that scary, and they won’t just prescribe you a bunch of medicines. By the way, remember to do TCT+HPV joint screening every year after having sex. It is more effective than any expensive private parts maintenance. Girls should take good care of themselves~