Healthy Lifestyle

How should perform intimate grooming?
* To maintain the external genital area is clean enough to wash with water alone or with a mild soap twice daily, morning and evening. Cleaning should include the vulva, as well as the folds of the labia, the clitoris also.
* Try not to overdo the cleaning, the excess of this can be counterproductive because it destroys the normal flora increase the risk of infection.
* Dry the genital area and the folds between the legs so that there is no irritation or moisture left.
* Washing the external genitalia should also be performed before and after sex. We also must keep hands and nails clean and neat cut to avoid problems of transmission during sex play.
* The vagina (inner conduit of the genitals) is cleaned by itself, its walls produce a fluid that carries the dead cells and other microorganisms outside. Therefore, irrigation is not recommended, vaginal deodorants, talcum powder, spray or intimate, as they can irritate the vagina and cause infections.
* During the period, in addition to the aforementioned hygiene measures must be changed three or four times daily sanitary napkin or tampon.

Factors facilitating the development of infections
* The use of tight underwear, replace it with loose garments.
* The use of synthetic materials such as nylon underwear, because they hold moisture and heat in the genital area, preferably cotton use.
* Sex, by producing chemical changes, as the semen is alkaline and causes a change in the pH of the vagina, make sure the toilet before and after relationships.

* Menstruation, keep the toilet and changing pads and tampons.
* Frequent use of antibiotics destroy beneficial microorganisms in the genitals.
* Parasites can infect the genitals.
* Urinary or fecal incontinence, increase the risk of infection.
* Hormonal changes during puberty, pregnancy and menopause (last menstrual period), increase susceptibility to infection.