mistoferin
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Also can those who aren't as prompt in bathing after intercourse as they should be get yeast infections. PS nobody say that douching is good for you or any of that crap about douching, because actually it's being proven more and more douching does more disturbance and harm than good. It disrupts the natural ph of the body and can actually distroy good bacteria, and let bad ones like vaginitus grow. Semen does not cause yeast infections. The vagina is self cleansing. You are correct that douching is not a good practice. It does disrupt the natural ph and can destroy the good bacteria. Those good bacteria live on yeast. All of our bodies (both men and women) have some level of yeast all of the time. It is when our levels of good bacteria for one reason or another become too low, thus resulting in an overgrowth of yeast. We commonly refer to this condition as a yeast infection, although it is not an infection in the same sense as one caused by bacteria or viruses. That is why antibiotics will frequently cause a yeast infection rather than kill one. Antibiotics kill bacteria, they do not differentiate between good and bad bacteria, they simply kill them all. So the good die along with the bad, allowing the yeast to overgrow. We all have our own natural scent. It is dependent upon many factors such as our personal makeup and diet. This scent should not be offensive. If there is a foul odor there is generally an underlying cause. The vagina should not have a strong odor. If you experience such it is best to have it checked out as it is most likely a bacterial infection of some sort or worse. For example: You sometimes hear people talking about women having a "fishy" odor. That is a sure sign of an infection called Gardnerella that is sexually transmittable. We are women, we should not smell like fish. Yes, I agree there is a lot of misinformation out there regarding women's health issues. I spent a few years working for a gynecologist and it always amazed me how very little women sometimes knew about their own bodies. For some reason women are still quite embarassed about talking about such things with their health care providers.
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