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  1. Douching (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)  
    Birth Control/Related Issues ... Birth Control ... Pelvic Inflammatory Disease/Related Issues ... Pelvic Inflammatory Disease ... Vaginal Diseases/Related Issues ... Vaginal Diseases
  2. Douching (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)  
    douching, female health ... Douching means squirting fluids into the vagina to rinse it. Most doctors say douching is not good for female health. Learn why ...
  3. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)  
    Pelvic Inflammatory Disease/Start Here ... Pelvic Inflammatory Disease ... Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health
  4. ... Pat the area dry, don't rub. Avoid douching. Douching may worsen vaginitis symptoms because it removes healthy ...
  5. ... using a condom when you have sex. Not douching. Douching removes the healthy bacteria in your vagina that ...
  6. ... not hot, bath may help your symptoms. Avoid douching. Although many women feel cleaner if they douche ... period or intercourse, it may worsen vaginal discharge. Douching removes healthy bacteria lining the vagina that protect ...
  7. ... It can be enough to cause a pregnancy. Douching shortly after sex is not likely to work. ... their way past the cervix within 90 seconds. Douching is never recommended because it can cause infections ...
  8. ... you are older, and having only one partner. Douching can help protect you from HIV. The correct answer is myth. Douching can make you more likely to get HIV. ...
  9. ... week. For about 4 to 6 weeks avoid: Douching (douching should never be done) Sexual intercourse Using tampons ...
  10. Vaginal Discharge (American Academy of Family Physicians)  
    Vaginal Diseases/Diagnosis and Tests ... Vaginal Diseases ... American Academy of Family Physicians
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