Amazing pieces of sanitary napkins are bacteria bombs

Use 2 hours later, the surface of bacteria per square centimeter of up to 107

A woman, the lifetime approximately 15000 sanitary napkins. But this little thing next to the skin, if used improperly, it can cause health hazards. Recently, even some experts have raised concern: women's sanitary napkins and sometimes simply carry a bacteria bomb at any time will trigger a heavy or light, or disease.

1 World Health Organization officials have said the world 50% of gynecological patients had used unclean hygiene products. According to an authoritative department statistics, China is now about 340 million women at the age need to use sanitary napkins. So how to make so many women in the use of sanitary napkins to avoid "bacterial bombs" of the "attack"? How should women care of their delicate private parts healthy? "Life Times" reporter interviewed relevant experts.

Menstrual period has been a lot of women, known as the "great period" in this period of female resistance to poor, if not pay attention to patient during convalescence, this will cause all kinds of discomfort. It is understood that our country as early as in 1996 a statistical data show that the use of substandard sanitary napkins, 38% of people suffering from a serious gynecological problems, 73% of women will feel during menstruation local skin itching, burning, burning , 80% of the women to spend a dirty sanitary napkin after, but also during menstruation high fever, headache, abdominal pain and other symptoms.

In response, Chinese Medical Association, vice chairman of Credit Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University, Honorary Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Wei Lihui said that this is because the female pelvis, uterus, cervix, vagina, in vitro environment are interlinked, so that the structure to enable women the reproductive system vulnerable to outside attack disease-causing compounds. In particular, during menstruation, genital resistance decreased more vulnerable than usual, if you use a sub-standard sanitary napkins, they pick up an infection. In addition, the blood is rich in nutrients, and thus become a breeding ground for bacteria wantonly a "medium." An experiment showed that the general sanitary napkin after 2 hours of continuous use, surface total number of bacteria up to 107 per square centimeter.

Not only that, at present, the national quality standards on the sanitary napkin is not good enough, just set the production of sanitary napkins, sanitary quality of the environment and product standards, sanitary napkins used in the production of raw materials and auxiliary materials such as packaging of sanitary napkins, plastic bags, bag paper and print, etc., and there is no strict hygiene requirements.

　Five Mistakes to use

In interviews, several experts said that because most women's incorrect use, easily lead to sanitary napkins of the "secondary pollution", so that health is under threat.

Rarely change. A survey showed that Japanese women during menstruation to replace an average of six times a day, while the Chinese women is 3. International Maternal and Infant Health Hospital, Shanghai, honorary president of Professor Cheng Linan the proposal, sanitary napkin preferably replaced once every 2-4 hours.

Ignore the validity of sanitary napkins. In general, sanitary napkins is to use high-temperature sterilization method to achieve sterile, disposable, after all, the limited validity of sterilization, over time there will be no sterile protection.

Long-term on the bathroom. Sanitary napkin more than a non-woven fabric production, after the damp material deterioration, bacteria breed easily penetrated. Most of the bathroom had not seen sunlight all day long, it is easy to propagate mold, pollution, sanitary napkins. Therefore, after unpacking sanitary napkins should be placed on dry, clean environment, the moisture should not be used later.

Blind pursuit of large uptake of sanitary napkins. Professor Wei Lihui that such sanitary napkins may not be healthy. A long time without replacing sanitary napkins will increase the risk of a variety of gynecological diseases.

Do not wash their hands before using sanitary napkin. Do not wash their hands before using sanitary napkins, it is easy to use process, the handle on the bacteria into the sanitary napkin.

Frequent use of sanitary napkins with medication or fragrance. Obstetrics and Gynecology, director of Beijing Union Medical College Hospital, said Dr. Juran, drug health sanitary napkins are generally claim to have antibacterial, antimicrobial, anti-itching effect and so on. Although such a sanitary napkin to a certain extent, cleaning can play the role of women during menstruation, but not be able to sterilization, healthy women do not need to use.

　　How to select sanitary napkin

Sanitary napkins for the multitude of types, a female friend should pay attention to selection of the following: cotton surface, good. Net surface texture of dry fiber easily lead to allergies. Cotton is more affinity for the surface of the skin permeability Yehao. Not go back to infiltration function is very important. Especially the night to use sanitary napkins, menstrual blood can not easily be penetrated by extrusion, can reduce the incidence of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. Tampon should be used with caution. Cheng South reminded sliver before use unclean hands will be bacteria into the vagina; easily lead to injury of the vaginal wall, coupled with prolonged exposure to blood is difficult to recover