Fresno OB-GYN shares what vaginal health trends are safe for women

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Social media has go the go-to spot for wellness trends.

According to doctors, women should beryllium cautious astir vaginal wellness accusation recovered connected societal media.

According to a 2023 study by the app Flo Health, two-thirds of women are turning to societal media for wellness accusation - which includes vaginal health.

"I deliberation it's bully quality that pistillate patients, nowadays, are paying much attraction to vaginal health," expressed Dr. Daniel Hernandez. "However, it's important to beryllium mindful and to recognize what is mean and what is not normal, conscionable to debar fixing things that doesn't request to beryllium fixed."

TikTok, Instagram and YouTube are afloat of thousands of videos -- immoderate posted by those not successful the aesculapian tract -- showing proactive ways women tin instrumentality attraction of their intimate area.

Action News showed immoderate of those videos to Dr. Hernandez, an obstetrician-gynecologist with Valley Children's. He told Action News that it's good to see some, portion others are conscionable unsafe.

At immoderate cause store, successful the feminine attraction section, you'll find probiotic suppositories oregon capsules that beforehand improving vaginal health.

"In immoderate patients, it could assistance successful the maturation of steadfast bacteria successful the vagina. There are nary well-controlled studies to beryllium efficacy," Dr. Hernandez said. "But determination are immoderate reports, mostly observation, that immoderate patients mightiness payment with the usage of probiotics, again to turn steadfast bacteria."

Other videos beforehand much holistic ways, specified arsenic yoni steaming.

Pure Form Healing Arts, located successful northwest Fresno, offers this service. The pistillate volition beryllium implicit steaming h2o mixed with herbs -- customized to her wellness needs.

"They shrink their cysts utilizing the definite types of herbs. Painful periods are nary much erstwhile you're steaming regularly. There's besides balancing retired your pH. That unsocial is huge," said proprietor Esperanza Richart, a holistic fertility specialist.

Meanwhile, Dr. Hernandez encourages women to beryllium cautious erstwhile it comes to taking attraction of the vaginal country due to the fact that it's delicate and delicate.

One mode women tin show their vaginal wellness is with pH trial strips oregon microbiome tests.

However, if results travel backmost abnormal, doc said not to instrumentality matters into your ain hands.

For example, boric acerb has been utilized for decades to dainty bacterial vaginosis.

It's besides inactive disposable implicit the counter, but Dr. Hernandez said the remedy is outdated.

"We person precise effectual treatments with oral antibiotics oregon vaginal creams oregon gels that are highly effective," helium said.

If you're unsure astir what's mean oregon not mean erstwhile it comes to vaginal health, doctors said the champion mode you tin usage your telephone to find answers -- is to telephone your physician.

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