THINGS YOU SHOULD AVOID FOR GOOD GENITAL HEALTH:

This article is just for ladies but men can also read it to share with their female relatives or colleagues. It contains a few pieces of advice from urologists for ladies to avoid doing certain things that they figure out to be good but in reality, may be harmful for their bladder health.

1. Stop Doing Incorrect Kegel Exercises: 

Don’t do kegel exercises but after learning how to do them under the guidance of a physical therapist or a urologist. These exercises are meant to build up the stamina of pelvic muscles and are certainly useful however due to various distinct reasons these are not recommended for everyone since it’s not appropriate for all. It is so because doing kegel exercises isn’t usually that simple and many individuals are doing them improperly. To start with this exercise what you need to do is to lie down on a straight and smooth surface like a bed and then relax for a few moments, and afterward using only your pelvic floor muscles attempt to “pull up and in” without using any other muscles. Do not press the abdominal and bottom muscles since it would be an inaccurate method of doing kegel exercise. Further, kegel exercise requires relaxing periods in between very much like when you do sets at the gymnasium. In a gymnasium, you can't simply continue to do exercise with no relaxing intervals since that will cause uneasiness. In ladies, if they do consistent kegel exercises they can develop a condition called “high tone pelvic floor” which means tense and strained pelvic muscles, and for anyone who already has this condition, doing kegel exercise can worsen the situation and can give rise to uneasiness and pain. Certain specific symptoms can tell you whether you have “high tone pelvic floor” or otherwise. These symptoms include urinary urgency or frequent urination, lower abdominal pain, vaginal pain, back pain, and constipation time and again; all these may suggest a “high tone pelvic floor”. In case you are facing any of these symptoms, the best thing for you to do before kegel exercise is to consult a specialist doctor or physiotherapist who had practical experience in such exercises, to evaluate any disorder of your pelvic muscles.   (@ chhanno blogspot com 29102021). 

2. Don’t Wash Your Inner Genitals: 

Please do not wash inside or outside of the vagina! Yes, that’s not a joke. In reality, it’s an instrument that self-cleans itself, and washing it might be risky. Its “ph” is kept ideally stable by the body itself. There is no need to wash it, douche it or place any stuff in it since it’s all managed naturally and efficiently by the body itself. If you clean it or wash it that will give rise to certain disorders like the “ph” will get changed, a few useful bacteria will get wiped out and will no longer be there to safeguard the required “ph” of the inner part of the vagina which will again give rise to yeast infections and things like that. There is no harm in washing or cleaning mons or hairy areas using soap or shampoo however nothing more is needed or required to be done because it may result in getting dry or itchy tissues or it may cause symptoms of urinary infection though it may not be there and there may be a little inconvenience during intercourse. Thus, you should not buy cleansing and washing items available in the market that suggests you consider if you want to be clean. Ladies! You are altogether clean and you don’t have to worry about the discharge since it’s just an ordinary natural thing. However, in case of yellowed discharge or badly smelling discharge, you have to consult a gynecologist for assessing if it’s not due to UTI or else, and nothing further is required to be done. In case you see that your skin or inner things are tender or touchy and some specific clothes are disturbing you around the vagina the first thing you should do is to wear undergarments made of pure cotton and before you wear them ensure to get them washed in the washing machine. This is due to the different textures and materials used to make undergarments and they could be disturbing for the skin and tissues around there. Similarly, make sure to wear the types of pantyhose having hundred percent pure cotton crotches. Furthermore, avoid perfumed and hygiene items for douching since that may be troublesome occasionally. Also, be vigilant about the washing powder of the laundry and ensure it is not perfumed since perfumed ones are quite itchy for some individuals. 

3. Void Your Bladder Completely:

Let’s look at a study first. In this study, more than six thousand ladies were enrolled and they were given a questionnaire concerning their activities before and around they go to the toilet to pass water and additionally whether they suffer from any urinary disorders or not. The observations of the study were very fascinating. It was observed that eighty-nine percent of ladies were anxious over the sanitary measures concerning public toilets while sixty-one percent tried not to utilize public toilets completely. Ninety-four percent of ladies preferred to pass urine before venturing out from their houses and fifty-six percent retain their urine and did not go to the washroom when they were outside till they reach back their houses again. Now such practices are harmful and may create a lot of problems for you since these could be advancing the urinary disorders that you may have. The net result obtained from this study reveals that the likelihood of urinary issues goes on increasing for ladies who were either having comfort voiding or retaining their urine for a very long time until they reach their place of comfort or pressing their pelvic and abdominal muscles to void speedier.   (@ chhanno blogspot com 29102021). 

Thus the final topic here is please do not hold or linger on before you go to the washroom to pass water. If you hold your urine since you found that the public toilets are dirty and not clean, your findings may not be true. It is so because a few recent studies reveal that a swab test may prove that your cell phone may be filthier than the majority of public washrooms. Therefore, please do not be so concerned about whether the public toilets are clean or not. If it looks clean, it is clean yet you may use anything else you want to like a seat cover for your satisfaction. However, the most significant thing is not to linger on for a long time before passing urine. Its reason is very simple. Your capacity to pass water is reliant on the size of your bladder which is in between a cup of pelvic muscles that unwind when you pass urine but in case you are restraining yourself and lingering on before urinating you are in reality tightening your pelvic muscles. In such a moment it becomes hard for you to fully empty your bladder because the urine has to pass through the tight muscles which do not unwind completely and retain some of the urine in the bladder which may create a lot of issues in the long run. In case you void your bladder partially and not totally that could be quite dangerous for you and lead you to catch the repeated infection of your urinary system. So in case you have some bladder issues please ensure to go to the washroom, sit there in an easygoing way, and fully void the bladder. In case you linger on and circle the washroom and rush back to work you could not void your bladder completely. Many patients with bladder issues have shown their satisfaction with relaxed and total voiding of the bladder. Occasionally, it’s alright whenever you come across a very horrible washroom however ordinarily please do all that you can to sit relaxed and fully void your bladder. 

OK, God bless you. Take care, everywhere and always. 

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(Updated on 18-01-2023)