A douche is a device that contains water. Some people mix other fluids with the water. Douching involves flushing out or cleansing a cavity in the body, either for medical or hygiene reasons. Many ...

An estimated 20% of American women between ages 15 and 44 say they use a vaginal douche. Higher rates are seen in teens and African-American and Hispanic women. Besides making themselves feel fresher, ...

Douching has been a controversial subject for some time now. Is it safe or isn’t it? Even though its purpose is to clean you from the inside out, most gynecologists don’t condone it because it messes ...

Roughly 1 in 3 women douche, but there is no good health reason to do so. Douching can change the makeup of the bacteria that normally live in the vagina, and it can even make women more susceptible ...

It's usually best to avoid douching, which can increase your risk of infections and irritation. Douching can disrupt your natural vaginal pH levels. You should clean your outer vaginal area with water ...

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10:25, Sun, Sep 4, 2016 Updated: 10:36, Sun, Sep 4, 2016 While many women douche their vaginas for a cleaner feeling and to get rid of unwanted odours, new research has revealed the negative long-term ...

Douching is cleaning the inside of the vagina with water or other cleansing fluids. It is a fairly common practice, with some studies estimating that about one in every four women regularly douches.

(Reuters Health) - Feminine hygiene products for vaginal douching may expose users to potentially harmful chemicals known as phthalates, a small study suggests. Researchers did urine tests to detect ...

Women who douche their vaginas are twice as likely to suffer from ovarian cancer, research has found. Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Science monitored more than 40,000 ...

Objective: To determine the prevalence of douching among a cohort of HIV-infected women and to examine clinical outcomes associated with frequent douching—namely bacterial vaginosis, presence of a ...