What are the characteristics of gynecological health?

There is no unexplained persistent pain, long-term stable menstrual status, and no abnormal discharge. Ordinary women do not need to go to the hospital and can make a preliminary judgment based on daily observation.

Not long ago, I met a 29-year-old Internet operator in the clinic. She stayed up all night to work on projects for most of the year. At first, her menstrual period was seven or eight days late. Later, she gradually felt that her lower abdomen was falling, and she also felt a little stinging during sex. She always felt tired and needed more rest. She didn't come to check until the pain was so severe that it affected her work. It was already chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, and it took a lot of effort to treat it. If she had noticed the signs a few months earlier, it wouldn't have been so troublesome.

Many people have a very deep misunderstanding of "normal menstruation". They always think that it must be 28-30 days before it is considered healthy. Now there are actually two different views in the academic circles. One is based on the general standard, a cycle of 21-35 days, a menstrual period of 3-7 days, and a bleeding volume of 20-60ml (roughly one time It is normal to use about 10 ordinary sanitary napkins during menstruation. The other view is more focused on individual differences. If your cycle has been about 40 days since menarche and you have no other discomforts, there is no need to take medicine to adjust the cycle to meet the so-called "standard value". On the contrary, it may disrupt your own stable hormone levels.

After talking about menstruation, the secretion on the underwear is also a very accurate barometer of health. I have met many little girls who are still in school. They panic when they see the increase in leucorrhea and secretly buy Internet celebrity lotions to flush into the vagina. Instead, they destroy the normal flora barrier and get fungal vaginitis. It is really unfair. In fact, three or four days before ovulation and menstruation, it is a normal physiological phenomenon for the secretions to become thicker and thinner, and to pull out filaments. Only when the secretions turn into tofu dregs, turn green and yellow with a fishy smell, and are accompanied by itching and burning pain in the vulva, is it a sign of infection and requires timely treatment.

There are also pains that people tend to ignore, especially dysmenorrhea. Many people think that "dysmenorrhea is a normal thing for women" and they can just get over it. In fact, it depends on the situation: if the pain starts after menarche and the pain does not get worse year by year, it can be relieved by taking some ibuprofen or applying a hot water bag. Most of them are primary dysmenorrhea and are not considered a health problem.； But if you have never had pain before and suddenly start having dysmenorrhea around the age of 30, and the pain becomes worse each time, and it even hurts to the point of vomiting and unable to get out of bed, and you also have obvious pain during intercourse, you should be alert to whether endometriosis or adenomyosis is a problem, and don’t delay the treatment by taking painkillers.

In fact, gynecological health is really not that mysterious, and there is no need to worry about the symptoms online every day. Wear less sweaty tight jeans, try to dry your underwear in the sun after washing, and do a routine gynecological ultrasound and cervical cancer screening once a year. It is more effective than any expensive private parts maintenance program.