"VAGINAL DOUCHING."

Vaginal douching: evidence for risks or benefits to women's health.

Vaginal douching is the process of intravaginal cleansing with a liquid solution. Douching is used for personal hygiene or aesthetic reasons, for preventing or treating an infection (1), to cleanse after menstruation or sex, and to prevent pregnancy (2). For at least 100 years, there have been conflicting views on the benefits or harm in douching. Although there is a broad consensus that douchi...

Vaginal douching and vaginal substance use among sex workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Vaginal Douching in Cambodian Women: Its Prevalence and Association With Vaginal Candidiasis

BACKGROUND We determined the prevalence of vaginal douching (cleansing of the vagina with liquid) in a sample of Cambodian women, and examined the associations of douching with genitourinary symptoms and infections, after controlling for potential confounding factors, including genitourinary symptoms and sociodemographic factors. METHODS A total of 451 adolescent and adult females aged 15 to ...

Randomized field trial of vaginal douching, pelvic inflammatory disease and pregnancy.

BACKGROUND Several case-control studies have reported that women who use vaginal douche products are at increased risk for pelvic inflammatory disease. Women who douche regularly may do so for reasons related to their risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted infection, introducing confounding that is difficult to control in non-experimental studies. METHODS We conducted a multicenter randomiz...

Sexually transmitted infections and vaginal douching in a population of female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya.

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between vaginal douching and sexually transmitted infections (STI) among a group of female sex workers (FSWs) in Nairobi, Kenya. METHODS This study was part of a randomised, placebo controlled trial of monthly prophylaxis with 1 g of azithromycin to prevent STIs and HIV infection in a cohort of Nairobi FSWs. Consenting women were administered a questionnair...