What is gynecological health like?

To put it simply, gynecological health is far more than just "no itching down there, menstruation, and no tumors." It means that the entire female reproductive system, from structure and function to hormone levels, emotional adaptation, to sexual health and reproductive options, is in a stable and comfortable state, with no pain, and no reproductive-related problems affecting normal life.

I have been in gynecology clinics for almost ten years, and I have seen too many girls who have gone to extremes in their understanding of this matter. They are either scared to death at the slightest discomfort, or they are unable to bear any problem until they can no longer bear it. Last month, I met a 32-year-old mother of two children. She said that she had always had pain during intercourse after being married for 8 years. She had never been embarrassed to say it. She thought it would be better after giving birth. However, the pain has become more and more severe recently. When I went to check, I found out that it was deep endometriosis. After delaying it for so long, it became more troublesome to intervene.

There are still many people who are confused about "whether cervical erosion should be treated or not." There is a lot of quarrel on the Internet. One group says that this is a serious disease and requires surgery, while the other group says that it is completely a physiological phenomenon and does not need to be treated. In fact, both sides are not entirely wrong - a simple cervical erosion-like change is that women of childbearing age have high estrogen levels, and the columnar epithelium of the cervical canal has moved to the outside. It looks red and "rotten". In fact, there is no problem, not even inflammation.； But if this change is accompanied by bleeding after intercourse, leucorrhea that is yellow and smelly all year round, or there are abnormalities in TCT or HPV screening, then there is a real problem, and intervention is necessary. You cannot just insist on it as a "physiological phenomenon".

In fact, you can treat the female reproductive system as a small garden with its own ecology. You don't have to mess around with it. If you have nothing to do, flushing the vagina with lotion and stuffing various so-called "detoxification" suppositories is equivalent to spraying herbicides into the garden. The lactobacilli that originally help you maintain balance will be killed, and "weeds" such as mold and bacteria will pop up immediately. This is how recurring vaginitis is mostly caused.

Many people think that gynecological health is only related to women who are sexually active. In fact, it is not at all. Last week, a 16-year-old girl came here accompanied by her mother. She said that every menstruation was so painful that she rolled on the bed and vomited out yellow bile. Her mother also said, "It's normal for girls to have dysmenorrhea, and it will be fine once they get married." However, after a B-ultrasound, it was found that it was a chocolate cyst on the ovary, which is almost 5 centimeters. If it continues, it may affect future fertility. There are also many girls who have an emotional breakdown a week before their period. They cry over the smallest things and make everyone unhappy. Don't think it's because you have a "bad temper". It's most likely premenstrual syndrome. If the symptoms are severe, you can definitely seek medical advice. There's no need to hold it in yourself.

After all, gynecological health is really not that mysterious, and there are not so many things that you should be ashamed to talk about. Don’t do anything blindly in daily life. If you feel uncomfortable, go to the doctor openly. Don’t be lazy about the annual screening. Only when you are comfortable can you be truly healthy.