Want a clean and healthy vagina during menstruation? do these 5 easy tips

Maintaining vaginal hygiene is mandatory thing that must be done by every woman. Moreover, when the monthly guests come. When menstruating, miss V will be susceptible to various attacks by bacteria, fungi, and parasites that can make the vagina infected. Therefore, you have to clean your vagina frequently to keep it healthy and smell good. So, how do you keep the vagina clean during menstruation?

Tips for keeping the vagina clean when menstruating

The vagina actually has the ability to clean itself by secreting a liquid that is like saliva. This fluid keeps the vagina clean and free from various bacteria that can cause infections. However, if you do not clean it properly and appropriately, it is not impossible that Miss V will actually experience vaginitis, urinary tract infections, or other genital infections.

Even in a study conducted in Iran, it was stated that keeping the vagina clean, especially when menstruation is one of the prevention of cervical cancer which often attacks women. Want a clean vagina when monthly guests come? You can do the following simple tips:

1. Change sanitary napkins regularly

Maybe you are confused, how often you have to change pads in a day. Actually, there is no definite standard of how many times you have to change pads. This is because everyone has a different blood flow and causes the amount of blood to be removed to be different. However, to keep the vagina clean and free of bacteria, you should change the pads about 4-6 hours after use. So in a day, the pads must be changed 4-6 times.

2. Clean the vagina in the right way

Many women who are still wrong in cleaning the area around Miss V. Most of them, maybe including you, wash the female organs from back to front. In fact, this can cause bacteria to move from the urethra to the vagina.

So, from now on, change the way to clean your vagina. Wash Miss V from back to front with running water. Don't forget to dry your vagina area so it's not damp, because damp surfaces are favored by bacteria and fungi.

3. Choose the right cleanser for the vagina

You cannot use any soap to clean the vagina. The acid-prone vagina can be irritated if you clean it with an alkaline pH bath soap. Normally, the pH of Miss V is 3.8-4.5. Because of this, most body soaps are not suitable for cleaning the vagina.

Choose a vaginal cleaner that does not contain soap, and has a pH that matches Miss V. Use a vaginal cleaner only to clean the outside of the vagina, not the inside of the vagina, because it can kill good bacteria.

4. Shaving pubic hair before menstruation

Make it a habit to shave pubic hair before your period. Pubic hair that is too long and a lot can make menstrual blood clot. This is often overlooked and forgotten.

Blood that clots and sticks to pubic hair will become a nest of fungi and bacteria if not cleaned properly. But, don't forget to prepare the pubic hair trimmer properly and be careful when using it, because it could hurt the surface of the vagina.

5. Wear cotton underwear

What you wear also affects the cleanliness of Miss V. If you want a clean and healthy vagina, then you can use cotton underwear, because these clothes are good enough to absorb sweat, especially the sweat around the vagina.

The resulting sweat around the vaginal area will make it moist and not dry. Conditions like this make bacteria and fungi feel at home to linger in your vagina.