The Use Of Petroleum Jelly Can Lead To Bacterial Infection

The Use Of Petroleum Jelly Can Lead To Bacterial Infection.
Women who use petroleum jelly vaginally may put themselves at jeopardize of a hackneyed infection called bacterial vaginosis, a measly study suggests. Prior studies have linked douching to ill effects, including bacterial vaginosis, and an increased chance of sexually transmitted diseases and pelvic fiery disease example. But little research has been conducted on the possible effects of other products some women use vaginally, said Joelle Brown, a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, who led the renewed study.

She and her colleagues found that of 141 Los Angeles women they studied, half said they'd reach-me-down some breed of over-the-counter product vaginally in the past month, including sexual lubricants, petroleum jelly and toddler oil. Almost as many, 45 percent, reported douching kis cheez k khane se pregnancy me date nhi aati. When the researchers tested the women for infections, they found that those who'd employed petroleum jelly in the lifetime month were more than twice as likely as non-users to have bacterial vaginosis.

Bacterial vaginosis occurs when the normal preponderance between "good" and "bad" bacteria in the vagina is disrupted. The symptoms include discharge, pain, itching or parching - but most women have no symptoms, and the infection usually causes no long-term problems. Still, bacterial vaginosis can present women more vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV.

It also on occasion leads to pelvic inflammatory disease, which can cause infertility. The new findings, reported in the April effect of Obstetrics & Gynecology, do not prove that petroleum jelly unswervingly increased women's risk of bacterial vaginosis. But it's possible, said Dr Sten Vermund, steersman of the Institute for Global Health at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn.

Petroleum jelly might encourage the growth of bad bacteria because of its "alkaline properties," explained Vermund, who was not complicated in the study. "An acidic vaginal environment is what protects women from colonization from weirdo organisms". He noted that many studies have now linked douching to an increased risk of vaginal infections. And that may be because the drill "disrupts the natural vaginal ecology".