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Inā hopohopo ʻoe i kahi ʻala hou a mau loa paha o ka wahine, ua hele mai ʻoe i kahi kūpono. ʻAʻole kēia e pili ana i ka hilahila a i ʻole ka hilahila; e pili ana ia i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kou kino a me ka lawe ʻana i ka mana o kou olakino.
Ma mua o ko mākou luʻu ʻana i nā hoʻonā, he mea nui ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea maʻamau. ʻO ka nīnau “He maʻamau anei ka ʻala o ka wahine?” ʻo ia kekahi o nā hopohopo maʻamau, a ʻo ka pane maʻalahi ʻo ia, ʻae! ʻO kou wahine ka home o kahi ʻōnaehana paʻakikikiki o nā bacteria (ka flora wahine) a mālama i kahi ʻano ʻakika kūlohelohe. Hoʻokumu kēia i kahi ʻala e hiki ke hoʻololi iki i ka wā o kou pōʻai menstrual a me kou ola.
Hiki ke wehewehe pinepine ʻia nā ʻala wahine maʻamau, olakino:
Hiki i kekahi mau mea o kēlā me kēia lā ke hoʻololi iki i kou ʻala:
No laila, i ka manawa e hele ai ka ʻala maʻamau ma mua o ka mea āu e pono ai ke nānā aku?
Nā ʻala ʻaʻole maʻamau e nānā aku:
ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa ka ʻanuʻu mua. Inā ua ʻike ʻoe ua hoʻololi kou ʻala i ka ʻāpana “ʻaʻole maʻamau”, ʻo ka nīnau hou aʻe, no ke aha.
Aia ke kī i ka wahine olakino a hauʻoli i ke kaulike. ʻOi aku ka nui, pili ia i ka mālama ʻana i ka kaulike pH o ka wahine kūpono. He ʻakika ka pH wahine olakino, ma waena o 3.8 a me 4.5 source. Hoʻokumu kēia acidity i kahi ʻano kūpono no nā bacteria maikaʻi (lactobacilli) e ulu a mālama i nā bacteria ʻino i ka pale. Ke hoʻopilikia ʻia kēia kaulike paʻakikikiki, hiki i nā bacteria e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻala ke hoʻonui, e alakaʻi ana i kahi ʻala ʻike ʻia.
No laila, he aha ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻala o ka wahine ʻaʻole maʻamau? Eia nā lawehala maʻamau:
ʻO kēia, ʻoi aku ka nui, ʻo ke kumu maʻamau o ka ʻala wahine ʻaʻole maʻamau. ʻAʻole ʻo BV he maʻi i hoʻoili ʻia ma ka moekolohe (STI), akā he kaulike ʻole kahi e ʻoi aku ai nā bacteria ʻino ma mua o nā lactobacilli maikaʻi. ʻO ka hōʻailona hōʻailona ʻo ia ka ʻala bacterial vaginosis maʻalahi a mau loa, kahi i wehewehe pinepine ʻia he ʻala ikaika o ka iʻa i hiki ke ʻoi aku ka nui ma hope o ka moe a i ʻole i ka wā o kou wā source. Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka hina-keʻokeʻo lahilahi.
ʻO “Trich” kahi STI maʻamau loa i hoʻoulu ʻia e kahi parasite. Hiki nō hoʻi ia ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻala iʻa a i ʻole musky, akā naʻe, hoʻopili pinepine ʻia me nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e like me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka melemele-melemele, huʻi, ka ʻumiʻumi, a me ka ʻeha i ka wā e mimi ai. No ka mea hiki i kāna mau hōʻailona ke hoʻohālikelike iā BV, he mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻike pololei.
ʻOiai ua ʻike ʻia nā maʻi hū no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka paʻi, keʻokeʻo, e like me ka paʻi paʻi, a me ka ʻumiʻumi nui, ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻoulu i ka ʻala iʻa. ʻO ka ʻala e pili ana i kahi maʻi hū he palupalu paha a ʻala iki e like me ka berena a i ʻole ka hū.
ʻAʻole kēia e pili ana i ka “ʻaʻole maʻemaʻe” akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hana. Hiki ke hōʻiliʻili ʻia ka hou a me nā bacteria ma ka ʻili o waho o ka vulva, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻoe e ʻaʻahu i nā lole paʻa, ʻaʻole hanu. He ʻokoʻa kēia mai ka ʻala wahine i loko a hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia me ka holoi ʻana.
He pilikia olakino kēia. Hiki i kahi tampon i waiho ʻia no ka lōʻihi ke lilo i wahi hānau no nā bacteria weliweli, e alakaʻi ana i kahi ʻala ʻino loa, palaho. Inā manaʻo ʻoe ʻo ia ke kumu, pono ʻoe e ʻike koke i ke kauka e wehe ʻia a nānā i ka maʻi.
Hiki i nā ʻokoʻa i nā hormones i ka wā hāpai, perimenopause, a me menopause ke hoʻololi i kou pH wahine a alakaʻi i nā hoʻololi i kou ʻala kūlohelohe.
Inā e pāʻani ana ʻoe me kahi ʻala palupalu a i ʻole ka manawa ʻole a ʻaʻohe ou mau hōʻailona hōʻoluʻolu ʻē aʻe, aia kekahi mau hoʻoponopono nohona palekana hiki iā ʻoe ke hana. Kū kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ma ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke kaulike kūlohelohe o kou kino a he kī ia no ka pale ʻana i ka ʻala o ka wahine i ka wā lōʻihi. Eia pehea e hoʻopau ai i ka ʻala o ka wahine ma ke hana ʻana i kahi ʻano olakino.
He ʻano hoʻomaʻemaʻe ponoʻī kou wahine. ʻO ka holoi nui ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana ikaika hiki ke ʻoi aku ka ʻino ma mua o ka maikaʻi. * He aha ka hana: Holoi i kou vulva waho i hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā me ka wai mahana. Inā koho ʻoe e hoʻohana i ke kopa, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo he palupalu loa a ʻaʻohe ona ʻala. * He aha ka hana ʻole: Mai holoi a ʻōpala paha i loko o kou ʻauwae wahine. Hoʻopilikia kēia i ka ʻōnaehana paʻakikikiki.
ʻO ka haʻahaʻa i paʻa a me ka wela e hana i kahi ʻano kūpono no nā bacteria e ulu ai. * He aha ka hana: E koho i nā lole i loko o ka pulupulu 100%. He hanu ka pulupulu a kōkua i ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i ka haʻahaʻa. E hoʻāʻo pū hoʻi ʻaʻole e noho i loko o nā lole hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou a i ʻole ke ʻauʻau pulu no ka manawa lōʻihi. * He aha ka hana ʻole: E kaupalena i kāu hoʻohana ʻana i nā lole synthetic e like me ka nylon a me ka spandex, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā lole paʻa e like me nā leggings, hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i ka wela a me ka haʻahaʻa.
ʻO ka inu ʻana i ka wai he mea maikaʻi ia no kou kino holoʻokoʻa, me kou olakino wahine. Hoʻoheheʻe ka hydration kūpono i ka nui o kou mimi, hiki ke loaʻa i kekahi manawa kahi ʻala ikaika e like me ka amonia i hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia me ka ʻala wahine. Kākoʻo pū ia i nā hana detoxification holoʻokoʻa o kou kino.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole e hoʻōla ka ʻai wale i ka maʻi, hiki iā ia ke pāʻani i kahi ʻano kākoʻo i ka mālama ʻana i kou kaulike pH o ka wahine. * Nā meaʻai waiwai i ka probiotic: Loaʻa i nā meaʻai e like me ka yogurt maʻemaʻe, kefir, a me ka kimchi nā moʻomeheu ola e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka heluna o nā bacteria maikaʻi o kou kino. * He memo e pili ana i nā meaʻai ʻala: Ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe e pili ana i nā meaʻai e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻala o ka wahine. Hiki i nā meaʻai ikaika-ʻala e like me ke kāleka, nā ʻoniona, nā asparagus, a me ka curry ke hoʻololi iki i ka ʻala o kou hou a me nā wai ʻē aʻe o ke kino, me nā secretions wahine. He maʻamau a mau kēia.
He kiʻekiʻe ka pH o ke koko ma mua o kou wahine, no laila hiki i kou wā ke hoʻopilikia iki i ke kaulike. * He aha ka hana: E hoʻololi mau i kāu mau tampons, pads, a i ʻole ke kīʻaha menstrual, e like me ke kuhikuhi. ʻO ke kānāwai maikaʻi o ka manamana lima ʻo kēlā me kēia 4-8 hola no nā tampons a me nā pads, a hiki i 12 mau hola no ke kīʻaha.
ʻO ka ʻōpū he alkaline, hiki ke hoʻopilikia iki i ka pH ʻakika o kou wahine a i kekahi manawa e alakaʻi i ka ʻala ma hope o ka moe. * He aha ka hana: Hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā condoms ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kēia hoʻololi pH. He hana maikaʻi nō hoʻi ka mimi ma hope o ka moe e kōkua i ka holoi ʻana i kekahi bacteria mai ka urethra a hoʻemi i ka pilikia o UTI.
Hōʻike kekahi mau noiʻi ʻo nā probiotics ʻōlelo i loaʻa nā ʻano kikoʻī o lactobacilli (e like me Lactobacillus rhamnosus a me Lactobacillus reuteri) hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana a mālama i ka flora wahine olakino source. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e kūkākūkā mau i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi mea hoʻohui hou me kāu kauka e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ua kūpono ia no ʻoe. ʻO kēia kekahi o nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūlohelohe no ka ʻala o ka wahine maikaʻi loa no ka mea hana lākou mai loko mai e kākoʻo i ke kaulike.
Piha ka pūnaewele i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo maikaʻi akā hewa pinepine ma kēia kumuhana. Ke ʻimi ikaika nei ʻoe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau home no ka ʻala iʻa, hiki ke hoʻowalewale ʻia e hoʻāʻo i kekahi mea. Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi mau hana ke ʻoi aku ka ʻino o ka pilikia.
ʻO ka douching ka hana o ka holoi ʻana a i ʻole ka “hoʻomaʻemaʻe” ʻana i loko o ka wahine me ka wai a i ʻole nā wai ʻē aʻe. Nui nā huahana i kūʻai ʻia ma ke ʻano he hopena no ka ʻala, akā ʻōlelo kūʻē nā loea olakino. ʻO ka douching no ka ʻala ka mea hoʻokahuli; hoʻopau ia i nā bacteria maikaʻi a pau, hoʻopilikia i kou pH kūlohelohe, a hiki ke hoʻokuʻu i kahi maʻi e puka mai ana, e like me BV, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe i loko o ka ʻōpū, hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e like me Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) source.
E pale i nā tampons ʻala, pads, nā pūhu wahine, a me nā kopa ʻala. Hiki i nā kemika a me nā mea ʻala i hoʻohana ʻia i kēia mau huahana ke hoʻonāukiuki a me nā hopena maʻi ma ka ʻili palupalu o kou vulva, e alakaʻi ana i ka mumū a me ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i kou kaulike kūlohelohe.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻokomo i nā huahana meaʻai a i ʻole nā ʻaila koʻikoʻi i loko o kou wahine. Aia kēia i nā mea āu e ʻike ai ma ka pūnaewele, e like me: * Nā ʻāpana kāleka * ʻO ka ʻaila lāʻau kī * Nā tampons i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka yogurt
Hiki i kēia ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻeha nui, nā ʻā, a i ʻole ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā bacteria ʻino, e alakaʻi ana i kahi maʻi ʻoi aku ka ʻino.
Ua lohe paha ʻoe e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻauʻau ʻōpala cider apple (ACV) ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau kūlohelohe no ka ʻala o ka wahine. ʻOiai he mau waiwai antibacterial ko ACV, he ʻakika nui hoʻi ia a hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki loa i nā ʻiʻo wahine palupalu. Pono ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka makaʻu a ʻaʻole ʻōlelo ʻia e nā ʻoihana lapaʻau. ʻO kahi ala ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻo ka pili ʻana i nā ʻano palupalu, hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna.
ʻOiai hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia nā ʻala palupalu he nui ma ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kāu mau hana, he mea nui loa ka ʻike i ka manawa e ʻike ai i ke kauka no ka ʻala o ka wahine. No ka pale ʻana a me ke kaulike ka mālama ʻana ma ka home, ʻaʻole no ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi. Pono nā kūlana e like me BV a me trichomoniasis i nā lāʻau antibiotic kuhikuhi e hoʻōla ai.
E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻopaʻa manawa me kāu kauka a i ʻole gynecologist inā ʻike ʻoe:
Hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki ke hoʻāʻo e ʻike pehea e hoʻopau ai i ka ʻala o ka wahine ma kou iho, akā ʻo kēia mau hōʻailona ke ala o kou kino e haʻi aku ai iā ʻoe e pono ana ia i ke kōkua olakino ʻoihana.
Hiki ke hoʻoikaika ke ola me kahi ʻala wahine ʻē, akā e hoʻomanaʻo, he pilikia maʻamau loa ia i hoʻōla ʻia i nā manawa āpau. ʻO ke kī ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana ʻo kou wahine he ʻano ʻōnaehana ikaika, hoʻoponopono ponoʻī. ʻO ka hoʻolālā maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka ʻala wahine ma ka home ʻo ia ke kākoʻo i kēlā kaulike kūlohelohe ma o ka maʻemaʻe palupalu a me nā koho nohona olakino.
E hoʻopaʻa hou kākou i nā mea nui loa: * He maʻamau kekahi ʻala. Unique kou ʻala iā ʻoe a hoʻololi me kou pōʻai. * He mea nui ke kaulike. ʻO ke kākoʻo ʻana i kou kaulike pH o ka wahine kūlohelohe ka pahuhopu. * E palupalu. ʻO ka mālama maikaʻi loa ma ka home ka mau hana maʻalahi e like me ka ʻaʻahu ʻana i nā lole pulupulu hanu a me ka hoʻohana wale ʻana i ka wai e holoi ai i kou vulva. * Mai hoʻokaʻawale. ʻO kēia ka mea helu ʻekahi e pale aku ai no kou olakino wahine.
ʻOi aku ka nui, e hoʻolohe i kou kino. Inā manaʻo kekahi mea ʻaʻole maikaʻi, a inā mau ka ʻala me ka ʻole o kāu hana maikaʻi loa, ʻoluʻolu mai kānalua i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo olakino ʻoihana. ʻAʻole pono ke hilahila—ʻike nā kauka a me nā limahana olakino i kēia i kēlā me kēia lā, a aia lākou ma laila e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kēlā ʻanuʻu he hana nui o ka mālama ponoʻī.
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