How to remediate to bad odour during and after period?!


Question: How to remediate to bad odour during and after period.?
Answers:
Your vagina is supposed to smell like a vagina, which is a musky but clean smell, not unpleasant, the only time your vagina would smell bad is if you had a vaginal infection. For example with bacterial infections it is common for a vagina to smell foul, fish-like or with a slight scent of ammonia due to the additional harmful bacteria present in your vagina.
Menstruation can have an affect on smell as menstrual flow is a different pH to your vagina but again it should never smell bad, particularly if you stay clean and change your sanitary products regularly. If your vagina does smell bad then you need to see a doctor for testing and treatment, it may not be an infection but there may still be an imbalance in vaginal flora.

One serious thing to consider is your choice in menstrual product, one of the biggest causes of infections which in turn cause bad vaginal odour is tampons. Tampons are the most harmful and unhygienic menstrual option as prevent normal vaginal self-cleaning functions, gives bacteria the perfect place to multiply, absorb vital vaginal fluids and commercial tampons contain chemicals that can affect vaginal pH. If you use tampons then I would highly suggest using something safer and more hygienic such as menstrual cups like Mooncup or softcups like Instead, or at least if you continue using tampons try organic like Cottons which don

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