What is Vaginal Infection? What are Symptoms of Vaginal Infection?

2023-04-25

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What is Vaginal Infection (Vaginitis)?
How to maintain intimate skin care?
Product recommendation for daily feminine care: TS6 cleansing mousse

Women may face different feminine health-related problems during different periods of their lifetime and it may cause by changes in hormones, and lifestyles. For example, when in little girls time, bad hygiene care may cause itch and odor in the intimate area during adolescence; After growing to adolescent girl/woman, during menstruation and dealing with life pressure, it may cause itch in the intimate area and the growth of bad bacteria; When women get married and finally get pregnant, changes in hormone secretion may cause an uncomfortable feeling in intimate areas. After a couple of decades, women would have a certain period of time, called menopause, change or lack of hormone secretion may lead to imbalance and dryness of the intimate area.

Not to mention, the intimate area is especially vulnerable through daily activity, such as swimming, sexual activity, etc, because these kinds of activities may cause a change of pH in the intimate area, and it may have a higher possibility of getting infections.

What is Vaginal Infection (Vaginitis)?

Normally, women have natural protection system in feminine intimate skin, and healthy intimate areas have probiotics forming a natural protection system, increasing immunity and protecting from bacterial infection. Apart from natural probiotics protection, the body also forms secretions called the cervical mucus which is the layer that protects against infection from sexual activity.

Women may have vaginal infections at some point in their lifetime. This kind of infection does nothing with having sex, meaning that you might get infected due to other things, such as excessive water cleaning, excessive usage of antibiotics, and inappropriate intimate cleansers. The above causes may lead to a decrease in intimate probiotics, an imbalance in pH value, and a loss of the natural protection system.

Some symptoms of vaginal infection are listed as follows:

Feels the vaginal is itchy and burning, discomfort
Intimate skin is inflamed and itchy
Uncomfortable during urinating
Feels painful during sex
The odor of intimate skin may change
Vaginal discharge changes
The color of vaginal secretion is different than usual

Some symptoms of vaginal infection are listed as follows:

Bacterial infection
Candida infection
Trichomonas infection

Here’s a kind reminder, another infection is also very common, called UTI (Urinary Tract Infection), one of the very obvious symptoms is feeling pain or difficulty urination and the frequency of urination is high and urgent. And, the symptoms usually come worse in a very short period of time, so be sure to go see the doctor immediately when feeling a bit strange.

We have talked about UTIs in more detail in another article: Why probiotics could relieve Urinary Tract Infection issue?

How to maintain intimate skincare?

In order to avoid vaginal infection (vaginitis), which we just mentioned above, or any kind of itchy, discomfort feeling, we can do this from our daily feminine hygiene routine, which is truly helpful for preventing further discomfort and infections.

When it comes to daily intimate skin care, remember, less is more, please keep it simple as possible. So now let's talk about several things that you should keep in mind and do on a daily basis, even build it as your habit.

Wipe after going toilet / change clothes soon if it is wet
Never let your underwear wet and sweaty, make sure it is dry as possible as bacteria grow greatly in the environment where it is humid and hot. And if bacteria cultivate, the intimate area may get infected.
Be sure to wipe from front to back
Every time when using the toilet, please wipe your intimate area from front to back. If you do it opposite, it will make the bacteria in the anus area go to your vagina and urethra which could make it get infected easily.
Urination after sex
Since the urethra is really close to the vagina, it is really easy to get any germ and bacteria to go into the urethra. Urination could make germs and bacteria get out of the urethra, helping to lower the possibility of getting UTI.
Wear cotton-made underwear
Since your intimate skin is very sensitive and delicate, cotton-made underwear is soft and breathable, and it is very suitable for your intimate skin. Other textures, such as nylon and spandex, it is not breathable as cotton, besides, it is not that soft either. Furthermore, it is pretty normal that you might sometimes have discharge in the intimate area, the trait of breathable cotton-made underwear is extremely helpful as it does not make intimate skin area catch heat and humidity that much, creating the condition to allow bacteria to grow.
Wash underwear every day, do not put it overnight
It can let bacteria breed if let underwear is put overnight without washing. And, it is better to hand wash instead of machine wash as it may attach clothes bacteria to underwear and may not clean enough.
Change underwear every 3 months
Underwear contacts your intimate skin almost 24/7, it also makes discharge and bacteria attach. Even though washing it every day after you wear it, it still cannot prevent bacteria attach to underwear material. Moreover, underwear might get loose and out of elasticity, affecting breathable effect which is not good for intimate skin as well.
Use a feminine wash with simple ingredient
It can get you daily basic protection by using feminine wash because it is designed for intimate skin, meaning that the PH, ingredients are suitable for it. Suitable, simple, and natural ingredients of feminine washes can give intimate skincare a boost, making a comfortable feeling after washing, and also form a protective barrier against the pathogen, and any further infections happening.

Product recommendation for daily feminine care: TS6 cleansing mousse

TS6 Cleansing Mousse – This is a feminine wash that you can use daily.
It is suitable for all ages (age 6 and above) and can be used as an intimate care routine for every day. It is great for daily protection, helping intimate skin stay healthy, stable, and pH-balanced.

Helps maintain a good and healthy environment in the intimate skin area and relieves skin discomfort for everyday use
Adds the patented probiotic essence (TS-2L®), which promotes the growth of probiotics in the intimate area. The female vaginal eco-system utilizes probiotics to defend vaginal areas from the pathogen because it causes itching, an odor of vaginal discharge, odor, burning, soreness, pain with sex, etc...problems.

TS-2L® developed and manufactured by Tensall Biotech Company is the ultimate product for feminine hygiene care, which is made of natural and healthy ingredients. The product is originally generated by extracting the bioactive constituent of fermented milk that is inoculated with two Lactobacillus strains isolated from a healthy female individual.