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Physician warns women against using cucumber to clean vagina
A health expert, Dr. Toluwani Binutu, has warned women against inserting cucumber in the vagina.
According to the physician, using a cucumber to clean the vagina is potentially harmful, and should be avoided.
Dr. Binutu also said it is unsafe to use feminine wash or soap products to clean the vagina, noting that it can upset its balance and cause an overgrowth of harmful bacteria.
He, however, stated that women could wash the vulva with water and unscented soap.
The vulva is the external female genitalia that surrounds the opening to the vagina.
The physician warned that the cucumber could “break inside (the vagina). It can get stuck inside (the vagina).
“The cucumber isn’t sanitary. Plus, it is weird putting food inside your body through a hole that isn’t the mouth.”
Speaking further in a video posted on his Instagram page, @tolubinutu, he said, “Some women wash the vagina and nothing bad happens afterward. It doesn’t affect them negatively.
Some women, however, suffer the negative effects when they wash their vagina.”
Listing some of the negative effects of washing the vagina, he said, “A healthy vagina has both good and bad bacteria living together in an acidic environment. This acidity of the vagina protects it from many infections.
“When you wash your vagina, you upset this balance and may cause an overgrowth of the harmful bacteria. When this happens, it increases the risk of yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis.
“This is even worse for those who already have an infection and are washing the vagina. This may push the infection into the uterus, fallopian tubes, and even the ovaries.
“This may cause PID (Pelvic inflammatory disease).
“Washing the vagina may also increase the risk of other problems like vaginal dryness and irritation, Preterm birth, Ectopic pregnancy, STIs, even HIV.
“This is because washing the vagina makes it less efficient at fighting off infections.
Source: Healthwise
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