Thrush is caused by the colonization of the microflora of the vagina by fungi of the genus Candida, which are also normally present there, but in smaller quantities. Their increase occurs under the influence of various factors: a decrease in immunity, intestinal dysbacteriosis, stress, hormonal disruptions.

Perhaps every woman in the post-Soviet space knows what douching is. But not everyone knows how to properly douche with thrush at home, and in an effort to achieve good goals, do not cause additional harm to your body.

Treatment of thrush with douching: to do or not?

What it is? At its core, douching with thrush in women is a therapeutic procedure, which consists in treating the vaginal mucosa with certain therapeutic solutions. Properly performed douching is a convenient and safe method of treatment that has practically no restrictions and does not affect the internal organs and systems.

However, douching is strongly discouraged:

• during pregnancy (this disrupts the natural microflora of the vagina, can cause increased dysbacteriosis or excessive dryness, which negatively affects the mother and baby);
• before visiting a gynecologist (washing out microflora threatens you with incorrect test results);
• during menstruation (this carries a threat of infection of the uterus, contributes to the spread of pathogenic microorganisms);
• with acute inflammation, after abortion and childbirth.

Such treatment also has a significant drawback - douching with thrush, chosen as an independent treatment at home, will not be able to lead to a complete recovery. In addition, most gynecologists around the world, based on many clinical studies, argue that self-medication with douching is a very risky activity:

1. douching promotes the spread of infection and the development of inflammation of the uterine appendages, endometritis.
2. Douching the natural composition of the normal microflora of the vagina is disturbed, which provokes the thrush itself.

Remember that for the treatment of thrush there are special effective medicines in the form of suppositories or tablets, such as Livarol, Clotrimazole, Terzhinan and others. These are more reasonable, desirable treatment options than the dubious chamomile or baking soda douche.

How to do douching at home?

First of all, it is advisable to start the procedure twice a day - this is after waking up in the morning and in the evening, before going to bed. Then you can gradually move to one time. The usual number of procedures is mainly 8-10 times per course.

1. Before douching, be sure to wash the genitals.
2. You will need a regular syringe, and preferably an Esmarch mug, which is a container with a hose and two tips: vaginal and rectal. Boil the tip, and rinse the rubber container well, pour hot water, rinse with boiled water.
3. The prepared solution should be at body temperature, approximately 37 degrees.
4. You can irrigate with thrush right in the bathroom. Place Esmarch's mug on a wall or door, at a height of about 75 cm from your lower back, taking into account that you are lying in the bathroom. Lie on your back, sit comfortably. Bend your knees, slightly spread them apart. Lubricate the tip with petroleum jelly so as not to get microtrauma of the mucosa. Insert it into the vagina to a depth of 5 - 7 cm, gradually open the clamp. The jet of the solution should be weak and not cause discomfort. The therapeutic solution will independently flow into and out of the vagina, washing its walls.
5. For the effectiveness of treatment after washing the vagina, it is recommended to lie down for 15-20 minutes.
6. For one douching, take 200 - 300 ml, a glass of medicinal solution or herbal infusion.

There are several options for douching at home, and which one to choose for herself, each woman must decide for herself. Who is comfortable. If you do not dare to carry out the procedure at home on your own, then the gynecologist will do it in a hospital setting.

How to do douching with thrush?

For the preparation of any medicinal solution, it is necessary to use only boiled water at room temperature. The course of treatment ranges from several days to 1 week, until the complete disappearance of all symptoms of the disease. Frequency rate - 1-2 times a day.

In addition to chamomile and soda, the following solutions can be used to treat thrush with douching:

1. Hydrogen peroxide. Add a tablespoon of peroxide to a 0.5l jar of water, stir well.
2. St. John's wort and onions. Two tablespoons of St. John's wort are added to a liter of boiled water, insisted for two hours and filtered. Add the juice of half an onion to the resulting broth.
3. Tea tree . Tea tree oil (1 tsp) and medical alcohol are mixed and five drops of the mixture are added to a glass of boiled water.
4. Lemon. The juice from half a lemon is dissolved in a liter of water.
5. Potassium permanganate. A few crystals are diluted in a glass of water, the solution should have a pale pink color.

Baking soda is one of the more common home remedies for thrush. A solution of soda makes the acidic environment of the vagina, which Candida likes so much, alkaline. During the procedure, the development and destruction of pathogenic microorganisms is stopped. Also, soda helps to get rid of unpleasant discharge and itching.

However, with excessive zeal to use soda solutions, you can get the exact opposite effect. The mucous membrane of the vagina is overdried and an inflammatory-allergic reaction occurs. Douching with sodium bicarbonate is contraindicated during pregnancy or immediately after childbirth, especially in the presence of severe inflammation of the genital organs or erosions.

To prepare a solution for douching from thrush, mix 1 tsp in 500 ml of boiled water. soda. It is necessary to carry out the manipulation in the morning and in the evening. Douching with a solution of soda is performed in the absence of an allergy to alkalis. In addition, it is desirable that a woman does not take contraceptives.

Traditional medicine also suggests douching with chamomile infusion.

To prepare a decoction, take 2 tablespoons of dried flowers per 1 liter. boiling water. Pour boiling water over the flowers, put on fire and bring to a boil. After the infusion has cooled to 37-38 degrees, it can be used for douching.

Such a wonderful natural antiseptic as chamomile can be combined with oak bark, taken in equal proportions, to enhance the effect. Douching with chamomile can be alternated with soda treatment.

This is not as common, but no less effective method. Hydrogen peroxide is a powerful antioxidant that destroys almost all known types of pathogenic bacteria, including viral and fungal infections. Such a solution inhibits the viability of anaerobic microorganisms that live inside the vagina, which greatly facilitates the general condition of the disease.

In order to prepare a liquid for the procedure, mix a tablespoon of peroxide and 0.5 liters of water (warm and boiled) and douching. If there was abundant discharge during a fungal infection, the procedure helps almost immediately. However, if you are not sure about the cause of the discharge, you should not use the method without first consulting a gynecologist.

Furacilin

Using a solution of furacilin as a composition for douching will relieve the unpleasant manifestations of thrush - itching, burning, irritation, relieve swelling and inflammation.

To prepare a solution, five tablets of furacilin are diluted in 500 ml of boiling water or hot water (it dissolves better).

Malavit is a popular herbal remedy. It can be bought at a pharmacy. The drug relieves swelling, destroys aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms.

The douching solution is prepared as follows: dilute 15 ml of the solution in 300 ml of boiled water. The course of treatment is 5 days or more at the discretion of the attending physician.

Ready solution can be found in any pharmacy at a very affordable price. Initially, this drug comes in a convenient packaging that does not require the use of a syringe - the bottle is equipped with its own spout for easy administration of the solution.

You should take a horizontal position and insert the spout of the bottle into the vagina. After squeezing out a little chlorhexidine, you need to lie down for a few minutes. Constant douching with this medicine is not recommended. Otherwise, bacterial vaginosis may occur.

Also, very often douching with this substance provokes allergic reactions.

Douching is a contentious issue even today. There are too many opinions about the benefits and harms of the procedure, about how to do douching correctly and whether it can be done at all, even among gynecologists. On the other hand, the procedure is successfully prescribed and carried out both in medical institutions and at home.

When patients are prescribed this procedure, the question arises as to what douching is, whether it causes pain or discomfort. Douching is the introduction of medicinal solutions into the vagina.

For the procedure, a pharmacy syringe pear is used; in medical institutions, an Esmarch mug is used to irrigate the vagina.

A gynecological syringe is a rubber pear of various sizes with a tapering tip. Usually this is enough for the procedure. Some women use a twenty milliliter syringe without a needle, although it is not designed for douching.

Douche Basics

When wondering how to douche correctly at home, it should be understood that this is a medical procedure, and it has rules for conducting it.

• The base of the solution is often water. You can only douche with warm water so that its temperature is slightly lower than body temperature.
• The duration of douching treatment should not exceed a week. Otherwise, there is a high risk of washing out the own microflora of the vagina, which will only worsen the condition.
• The duration of each individual procedure does not exceed 15 minutes.

• The pressure of the incoming liquid also needs to be regulated. With a strong pressure of the solution, there is a risk of damaging sensitive mucous membranes, as well as allowing the solution to penetrate beyond the cervix. The easiest way to control the flow of the solution is when using the Esmarch mug, the pressure in which is regulated by raising and lowering the vessel. But since douching with Esmarch's mug is inconvenient without assistance, you should gently press the pear of the gynecological syringe so that the solution flows slowly.
• The douching regimen is usually drawn up by the attending physician. How to douche for a specific disease should tell the doctor. In the general case, the scheme looks like this: morning and evening douching in the first days, only in the evening when the condition improves.

• The hygiene of items used for douching is mandatory. After each procedure, it is necessary to rinse the pear and tip, as well as Esmarch's mug. Before starting the next procedure, it is recommended to boil for several minutes those parts of the instruments that are in direct contact with the body.
• The procedure requires accuracy and slowness. If you feel pain or severe discomfort, stop douching the vagina for a couple of minutes and try to relax your muscles - the procedure should not bring pain.
• The preparation of solutions should be carried out in strict accordance with the recipe, and when using decoctions of medicinal herbs, the prepared decoction should not be stored, it is better to use it immediately after preparation.

These simple rules help you get the most out of the procedure and not harm your health. Be sure to check with the doctor whether it is possible to douche with this or that solution in case of a disease.

Solutions

Talk to your doctor about how to douche from the above list in a particular case. The fact is that both herbal decoctions and pharmacy solutions have active substances, the spectrum of which must exactly match the existing disease.

For the procedure with decoctions of herbs use:

• Chamomile;
• Calendula;
• Celandine;
• Oak bark;
• nettle;

• Thyme;
• Burdock roots;
• Borovoy uterus;
• a series;
• Sage;
• Sagebrush;
• St. John's wort.

The combination of these herbs is often used for douching with thrush. In gynecology, soda-saline solutions are also known, which are also called hypertonic. The concentration of salt and soda must be strictly prescribed by the doctor so as not to burn the mucous membranes of the vagina.

Pharmaceutical preparations that can be used for douching with thrush and other inflammatory diseases in gynecology:

These drugs have antiviral, antimicrobial and antifungal effects of varying degrees, therefore they are successfully used to treat a wide range of diseases with external pathogens.

Is prophylaxis useful?

Some women, having discovered unpleasant odors, do not seek to look for the cause in violations of the rules of personal hygiene, but perform vaginal lavage in order to disinfect it.

This approach is not correct. The entire human body, including the vagina, has the ability to self-cleanse. Discharge from the vagina cleanses its walls, uterus, channels, maintaining the natural microflora.

Performing the procedure without a prescription, but only for prevention, threatens to disrupt the microflora. If you feel itching, burning, and the discharge has acquired an abnormal smell and texture, you should consult a doctor who will prescribe how to rinse the vagina and how to do it correctly.

Contraindications

Quite harmless at first glance, the procedure is not always allowed. In particular, douching is prohibited:

• For the purpose of hygienic cleansing of the vagina;
• Without prior consultation with a gynecologist, even in the presence of discomfort;
• On the eve of a visit to the gynecologist, since a smear for analysis and a visual examination can give distorted information;
• In inflammatory processes of the reproductive system: adnexitis, inflammation of the appendages, endometritis;
• During childbearing, menstruation, the first two months after childbirth and after an abortion.

Violation of these contraindications can lead to serious consequences, the spread of the inflammatory process and bleeding.

How to carry out the procedure

Douching with thrush and bacterial vaginosis, as well as other diseases of an infectious or fungal nature, is carried out as follows:

1. Prepare a solution according to the doctor's prescription and disinfect the pear.
2. Take a comfortable position: you can perform the procedure while lying in the bathroom, throwing your legs on the sides. Douching is also performed while sitting, slightly rounding the back, over the basin or bath. The most comfortable is the lying position.
3. Having taken a comfortable position, draw the solution into a pear by pressing it and lowering it into a container with a solution. Estimate the filling of the pear by weight - it should be no more than two-thirds full, otherwise the pressure will be difficult to control.
4. The tip of the syringe can be lubricated with baby cream or latex lubricant for more comfortable insertion.
5. The pointed end of the syringe is inserted into the vagina no more than three centimeters.
6. By gently pressing the pear, the solution enters. If pain is felt, pressing the pear should be weakened or stopped altogether until the pain disappears.
7. Upon emptying the pear, its end is slowly removed, and the muscles of the vagina are strained to retain the solution inside.
8. After a minute, you can relax and the solution will leave the vagina itself.
9. Perform hygiene procedures by washing with baby soap, dry with a clean towel and put on dry, clean underwear made from natural fabrics.

By following the rules of asepsis during the procedure, you can guarantee a faster recovery. During douching, there should be no water in the bathroom; the walls of the bathroom can be preheated with hot water.

Indications for use

The procedure is indicated for the following diseases of the female reproductive system:

• Candidiasis - with thrush, douching is included in complex treatment with oral medications and vaginal suppositories. Among herbal preparations, chamomile, calendula, thyme are used. Among pharmaceutical preparations, you can use Furacilin, Tantum, Miramistin for douching.

• Bacterial vaginosis is a disease that can just be caused by too frequent and unreasonable douching. By prescription, you can use Miramistin, Vagotil, Chlorhexidine, Furacilin, Dekasan for douching.

• In diseases such as fibroids, endometriosis, cervical erosion, douching will not bring any results, since the etiology of the disease lies in hormonal imbalance.

By performing the procedure in a timely manner, correctly and only as directed by a doctor, it is possible to alleviate the course of infectious and fungal diseases of the vagina associated with a qualitative violation of the microflora. It is dangerous to prescribe a procedure and solutions on your own with serious complications for the reproductive system.

Although douching was practiced quite often in the past, it has recently lost its former popularity. Studies have shown that douching can cause bacterial infections and complications during pregnancy. That is why this procedure is far from an ideal way of hygiene. If, however, your doctor has advised you to douche, follow the steps below to do so correctly and safely.

Steps

Part 1

When to Douche

Understand - the body is independently cleansed of vaginal secretions, blood and sperm. Many women douche regularly after their period to wash away vaginal discharge or semen after intercourse. The body has an excellent property of self-regulation. The inside of the vagina cleans itself without douching, so there is no need for soaps and rinses to keep it healthy.

Do douching as advised by your doctor. In recent years, a number of studies have been conducted, as a result of which scientists have come to the conclusion that douching can do more harm than good to your body. Self-cleansing for the vagina is natural, and douching can upset the acid-base balance of the vagina. As a result, the likelihood of yeast and other bacterial infections increases. Therefore, before douching, be sure to consult your doctor.

It is unacceptable to douche to eliminate itching and burning. Some women find it necessary to douche in order to get rid of itching and burning inside the vagina or outside. These manifestations may be symptoms of some kind of illness, and by douching you simply extinguish them. Instead of extinguishing these symptoms, consult a doctor with your problem.

Do not douche to remove strong odor from the vagina. It is normal for the vagina to have a slight persistent odor. If you experience a strong vaginal odor (outside of your period), it could be a symptom of an infection. Instead of trying to wash off this smell, you should seek the advice of a doctor. Douching should be done only after this, otherwise you can harm your body.

Avoid douching to prevent sexually transmitted diseases or unwanted pregnancies. Douching is not an alternative to using a condom or other form of contraception, but is used only for internal vaginal hygiene. Therefore, douching will not protect you from sexually transmitted diseases or unwanted pregnancies.

Maintain external vaginal hygiene instead of douching. If you want to keep your vagina clean and odor free, then you should wash the outside of it. To maintain hygiene, you only need to wash dirt and sweat from the outside of the vagina. To do this, you can use liquid soap while taking a shower or bath. Your body will take care of the cleanliness of the vagina from the inside.

Part 2

How to do douching

Select the ingredients for making the douche solution. See what douche ingredients are right for you at your local pharmacy. Avoid ingredients containing fragrances or dyes, as they can cause infection. In addition, you can prepare a douching solution yourself at home. To do this, you only need vinegar and a syringe, which you can purchase at the store.

Prepare a solution for douching. If you purchased a ready-made kit in the store, then to prepare the solution you need to follow the instructions that came with it. As a rule, to prepare a solution for douching, you need about one liter of water. If you decide to prepare the solution yourself, then you need to mix vinegar with water in a ratio of 1: 3. In this case, the volume of the resulting solution should be at least 0.5 liters.

Fill the solution with a syringe or other suitable container. Follow the instructions on the package or simply fill the container with the solution. If all the solution does not fit in the container, then fill it as much as possible, and add the rest later.

Perform the procedure in the shower or bath. Douching is not the most accurate procedure, but under certain circumstances it is still necessary. To prevent the solution from splashing, the entire procedure should be carried out in the shower or in the bath. Moreover, at the end of the procedure, you will most likely need to take a shower or bath.

Rinse your vagina with a douche. Insert the tip of a syringe or other suitable container into your vagina and press down on it to release the fluid. Continue the procedure until you use all the prepared solution.

• There is no need to keep the solution inside. One liter of solution is enough to thoroughly rinse the vagina.
• When using a syringe, do not insert the plastic tip too deep into the vagina. In addition, there should be no pain during the procedure. Sensations should converge only to the heat emanating from the warm water flowing down.
• Use only fresh solution. Always discard leftovers - they cannot be reused.

Warnings

• If you have an infection, contact your doctor immediately. Do not try to cure the infection yourself with douching.
• If during douching you feel a burning sensation, then immediately stop the procedure and rinse the vagina with clean water.
• If after douching you feel pain, burning, itching or bleeding, then you should definitely consult a doctor.

Candidiasis (thrush) - the presence of fungi of the genus Candida. They cause inflammation, affect human organs. With low immunity, the body weakens, for this reason it cannot resist the processes that caused thrush.

What will the article tell you?

What is douching and why is it needed

Douching with thrush is a medical treatment, implying washing the vagina with drugs. The procedure is prescribed for inflammation in the uterine cavity, its appendages, the vagina. The session is carried out to cleanse from foreign microorganisms, fungi, bacteria, harmful substances.

If a woman does not take contraceptives, she does not have allergies, she is not sexually infected, then her body, in particular, the vagina, will cleanse itself. Then there will be no need to wash out the germs, it will be enough to take a shower more often.

A similar procedure is useful for infertility for an unknown reason. In this case, there are assumptions about an over-acidified environment. Increased acidity destroys sperm, and they cannot reach the finish line.

An acidic environment can become against the background of the addition of fungi. It's about dairy. Here it is necessary to artificially deoxidize the environment, to create an alkaline environment. Here comes to the rescue douching.

Soda always comes first in the treatment of candidiasis. How long and why douche with thrush, if you can take a pill and everything will pass. Soda is able to wash out white plaque, which constantly provokes a recurrence of the disease. The main thing is to choose the option that is suitable for the body.

Rules before the procedure

In order for the procedure to have an effect, you need to adhere to the rules, the regime. For example, when douching, you can not:

• Drink alcohol, both for the woman and the partner;
• Visit the sauna, take hot baths.

You can drink sour milk drinks, eat yogurt. Most importantly, the syringe must be disinfected.

Soda douching with thrushdone once a day before bed. It happens that the gynecologist advises to carry out manipulations twice. Therefore, the session should take place in the evening and in the morning after waking up. To cleanse the vagina with thrush, a syringe is required, it is sold in every pharmacy.

Before use, the rubber tip is washed, wiped with an alcohol solution. Of course, it would be better to boil. In order to avoid relapses and unpleasant consequences, such cleaning of the syringe should be carried out regularly.

douching technique

To start douching with soda for thrush, you need to know how to do it, the technique for performing a treatment session. You will need a pear-syringe. Before and after manipulation, it must be treated with alcohol.. The procedure itself is carried out in the bathroom.

1. The solution is collected.
2. The woman lies on her back, her legs are bent at the knees and moved apart.
3. The tip of the syringe is inserted into the vagina (no more than 5 cm).
4. The liquid is slowly squeezed out.
5. Remain lying down for 15 minutes for greater effect.

Cleansing of the mucosa is also carried out in a standing position, placing one foot on the corner of the bath or while squatting with the knees apart. How to do vaginal cleansing in other ways, you can ask your gynecologist.

Baking soda for candidiasis. douching

Douching with soda for thrush is considered one of the most effective methods in the fight against candida fungus. This method has almost no contraindications, it is used in any period of the disease. Due to the ability to neutralize the acid, soda does not allow microbes to multiply, therefore, contributes to their death. Judging by practice, soda is effective in half of the cases of treating candidiasis.

How to do douching with thrush, not everyone knows. It will take 200 grams of hot water and tsp. soda. After dissolving the substance, you need to fill the pear with a solution, then slowly introduce a thin stream into the vagina.

To achieve the desired result, it is desirable to carry out the procedure twice a day. The soda solution should always be fresh. After 24 hours, the symptoms will subside, but the treatment must be completed.

Most women know how to douche with thrush at home, so they choose soda. The solution for douching is made simply, usually the powder is mixed with water, this is where the preparation ends.

Thrush. Douche with chamomile

With the development of candidiasis, chamomile is used (decoction, infusion). It is suitable for both douching and perineal sanitation. There are many videos on the net on how to properly prepare the solution.

It is necessary to pour a large spoonful of pharmaceutical grass into a glass of boiling water. Put on fire and simmer for 20 minutes. Then put to infuse for half an hour, strain through double gauze. The solution must be warm.

If you need to make a decoction, you need to pour 2 large spoons of 500 gr. water, leave on low heat (5 minutes). Strain. Use warm.

After the cleansing session, a solution may remain, they can be washed away. Douching with chamomile dries the delicate tissues in the vagina, so you should talk to your doctor before the event.

Treatment of thrush with chlorhexidine and saline

• Douching with chlorhexidine can be carried out only on the recommendation of a gynecologist, since this remedy is calculated based on the characteristics of the body and individual dosage. Before the procedure, you need to dilute it with water. The entire stage of treatment is similar to the chamomile recipe.
• Douching with saline for thrush is easy: 1 tablespoon of salt is added to a liter of water. Everything is mixed until the crystals dissolve. The method of application is similar as with chlorhexidine.

Pregnancy. Thrush. douching

Thrush is often seen in pregnant women. This is due to a violation of the immune defense. The embryo is perceived by the body as a stranger, therefore, for the normal course of pregnancy, the organs have to stop the action of their own defenses. As a rule, pathogenic activation occurs.

Treatment of expectant mothers from candidiasis involves taking the same medications, but it is better to forget about cleansing the vagina by douching during pregnancy, since this process can lead to sad consequences.

In the process of cleansing the vagina through the pear, air enters inside, which may end up in the uterine cavity. For this reason, the infection will overtake the baby precisely after an untreated infection enters the vagina. This will lead to the death of the fetus.

Douching during pregnancy is not allowed in the following cases:

• Pregnancy;
• Menstruation;
• Acute inflammation in the perineum;
• The period (30 days) after labor or termination of pregnancy.

How to treat thrush with hydrogen peroxide and kefir

• Douching with hydrogen peroxide is a dangerous activity. Efficiency is in doubt, and the risk of harming the soft tissues inside the vagina is very high. If the concentration of compounds is high, there is a chance of getting burned. This method of eliminating candidiasis must be discussed with the doctor.
• When using kefir, lactic acid bacteria directly affect the pathogen. For a therapeutic measure, it is necessary to warm the drink to 37 degrees, after which douching can begin. You can do it in the morning and before bed. The course of therapy is 7 days, improvement is noticeable after 48 hours. If candidiasis is running, it is allowed to insert a tampon moistened with kefir into the vagina at night.

What else can be used

What you can douche with running thrush and how to do it, many women know by heart. "Experienced" already themselves can advise douching with soda for thrush, they can even suggest a method of application.

• Potassium permanganate. In 500 grams of warm liquid, a small amount of powder is diluted. The water should be pale pink. The douching technique is similar to other solutions. Here it is important not to overdo it with the tool. Otherwise, you can burn the vaginal mucosa.
• Calendula. A decoction with this herb can be used in the presence of cervical erosion, so this method is more popular among the female population. This is due to the large number of girls who have a history of erosion.

To prepare the solution, you will need 2% tincture of the product (a teaspoon), 200 ml of water. 2 approaches are carried out per day. The itching quickly stops, the burning sensation disappears, but the grass is not able to suppress the functioning of the fungus inside the vagina.

• Celandine. The drug is known as a vaginal cleanser and as an aid in the treatment of cysts. Preparing is difficult, but the effect is worth it. First, to prepare the infusion, you need to collect the stems with leaves (flowering period). This is done before the appearance of pods. Half of the jar should be filled with celandine, pour boiling water. Then the container is wrapped, cools down. After the tincture is ready, you need to strain it. The solution is ready.
• Furacilin. Douching with such a medicine should be discussed with the doctor. The drug helps relieve symptoms, remove itching and burning sensation. To obtain a medicinal liquid, you need 1 tablet and 100 ml of water. The procedure relieves inflammation and washes white flakes from the vagina.

The benefits of douching

Douching is considered a hygienic procedure that is used as a method of treating thrush. In combination with other medicines, this activity significantly speeds up the process of “leaving” the pathology. With the help of sanitation with thrush, you can:

• Create an unfavorable environment for fungal colonies;
• Eliminate unpleasant symptoms;
• Reduce the inflammatory process.

Essence - restoring the balance of the vagina and cleansing it of pathogens. When the inside walls become clean after “flushing”, the drugs are absorbed faster and the therapy becomes more productive. It is important that the solutions used for sanitation of the vagina have a healing effect, which has a good effect on the speed of recovery.

According to statistics, every second woman asked the doctor or her friends about whether it is possible to douche with soda with thrush. Even if the answer is negative, she will try this method of cleansing the vagina and treating the pathology.

Contraindications for douching with soda

It is not recommended to carry out the procedure with a pear-syringe during the period of gestation, inflamed genitals. It is also unacceptable to be treated in a similar way for infections of the genitourinary system, as well as after recent childbirth.

Cervical erosion, menstrual cycle, endometritis, adnexitis - these conditions are also included in the list of prohibited during douching.

You can not wash the vagina before going to the gynecologist, since the solution will eliminate everything, then the doctor will not be able to take an informative smear. With low acidity, it is also not recommended to douche, otherwise then the woman will be treated not only for thrush, but will also go to restore the microflora.

In order to achieve the best possible result when douching, it is important to know the recommendations that must be followed.

• Refusal of alcohol, coffee drinks;
• Stop taking tranquilizers, antidepressants;
• Remove from the menu fried, salty, fatty, spicy;
• Do not visit saunas, steam rooms;
• Postpone tanning (solarium);
• Do not take a hot bath;
• Temporarily stop having sex;
• Change your underwear to cotton.

At home, you can clean the vagina with soda, but for this you need to know the technique for performing the procedure, be able to calculate the dosage of the remedy. With a soda solution, a woman is able to get rid of thrush and restore the balance of the flora inside the vagina. In any case, before the "new" cleaning session, it is necessary to visit a gynecologist. Self-medication is destructive.

After the stray prince, it's just right to douche

Water or solutions of medicinal substances for various purposes: for the sake of hygiene, protection against unwanted pregnancy, prevention and treatment of various diseases. Sometimes this method can prevent dangerous consequences, but sometimes it can do harm.

Self cleaning
The mucous membrane of the vagina secretes a viscous secret, which in itself is a cleanser - it is with it that dead cells are brought out. By themselves, the discharge is natural and harmless and appears due to hormonal changes during the cycle (for example, during ovulation). Therefore, if there is no infectious disease, and the woman's body itself copes with self-purification, then there is no need for douching. Enough daily hygiene of the genitals with the help of intimate detergents.
Many women douche to clear the mucous membrane of the genital organs from secretions. But remember that daily douching washes away natural lubrication, and this can lead to irritation and dryness of tissues, changes in acidity and inhibition of the normal microflora of the vagina. As a result, the protective functions of the vaginal mucosa are reduced, which can lead to the multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms and lead to the development of infectious and inflammatory diseases.
For women after 45 years, especially during menopause, douching is not recommended at all, because during this period there is already a problem of vaginal dryness.

You can't douche
during pregnancy - the risk of passing air through the cervix during the procedure increases, and there is also a risk of transmission of infection from mother to fetus or premature birth;
during menstruation;
in the first weeks after childbirth or abortion;
with some inflammatory diseases (adnexitis, metroendometritis, parametritis).
it is undesirable to douche before visiting the gynecologist. Washing the genitals washes away the discharge from the mucous membrane, and this can blur the clinical picture of the disease and make it difficult to make a diagnosis.

Healing
When the discharge is associated with diseases, has an unpleasant odor, unusual color and texture, causes itching, burning and irritation, then this is a reason to contact a gynecologist who will make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe the necessary treatment.
In these cases, douching contains drugs that help get rid of discomfort.

For example, for sexually transmitted diseases, antiseptic solutions are prescribed. However, they are used only for prophylaxis in emergency cases (for example, after unprotected intercourse with a new or casual partner), but it is impossible to completely get rid of the symptoms of the disease only with their help.
In inflammatory diseases of the genital organs, infusions of medicinal plants are used for douching - chamomile, sage, calendula, as well as anti-inflammatory and antiseptic drugs. Such drugs relieve inflammation and accelerate the healing of the mucous membrane.
Douches may also be given to girls and young women (for example, for vulvovaginitis), but thin, soft rubber tubes are used. And the procedure should be carried out by a specialist with extreme caution.

Prevention
Some women practice douching to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies. But the method is not reliable - pregnancy can occur in more than 80% of cases. The fact is that spermatozoa move quickly towards the cervix - sometimes it takes them less than two minutes to do this. During this time it is impossible to douche. In addition, sometimes spermatozoa hide in the mucous secretions of the cervix, which are inaccessible to the douche jet. And if this happened on a day favorable for conception, then pregnancy cannot be avoided.

Milena Shkandal, pharmacist

Douching Rules
1. The procedure is best done in the bathroom. You need to lie on your back in the bath and throw your legs up on the wall.
2. Relax, otherwise tense muscles will interfere with the flow of the solution into the vagina.
3. For douching, special irrigation syringes are used, which are more convenient because they are equipped with a special tip, but you can also use ordinary rubber syringes or an Esmarch mug. The prepared solution is poured into the syringe, and the tip is inserted carefully so as not to damage the vaginal wall. For one douching, 200 - 300 ml of solution is used.
4. During the procedure, it is necessary to ensure that the solution enters gradually and not under great pressure, otherwise fluid may be thrown into the uterine cavity and the development of inflammatory processes. The solution washes the vagina and pours out.
5. For therapeutic purposes, vaginal douching is carried out in the morning and in the evening, as the condition improves, once a day or every other day. The course of treatment is usually prescribed 7 - 10 procedures. The duration of each procedure is about 15 minutes.