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Tampons with pregnancy with sea-buckthorn oil, honey, Vishnevsky ointment, dimexide
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Many women prefer to use tampons - and not only during menstruation, but also for treatment. Not an exception and the period of pregnancy, because of various diseases in these months is not insured by anyone. Tampons during pregnancy - or rather, the possibility of their use, causes a lot of controversy, both among doctors and among the women themselves. So all the same: to be or not to be tampons during pregnancy?
Can I use tampons during pregnancy?
According to many doctors, the use of tampons is advisable in situations where it is impossible to tolerate the possibility of leaking and using daily pads. For example, a woman needs to wear a piece of clothing through which part of the underwear will be viewed, it can be a tight dress, light pants, etc. In such situations, the use of a tampon is justified: a woman becomes confident that she looks perfect.
In addition, the use of tampons can be part of the treatment of women: tampons often apply a drug component that acts directly on the inflamed or diseased mucosa, without affecting other organs and tissues.
However, frequent, and even more so, the daily use of tampons is not welcome. If a woman has any discharge during pregnancy - then the doctor should know about this. In addition, these allocations should flow precisely - independently, without any obstacles. If the secretions get into a warm and non-sterile swab, then such conditions are created inside it that will become an excellent environment for the development of pathogenic bacteria. If you consider that the immunity of a woman during pregnancy is always lower, then "earning" the inflammatory process becomes very easy. Especially if tampons are injected for a long period of time.
Based on the above, we can conclude: you can use tampons, but in case of special need and not for long.
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How to take urine with a tampon during pregnancy?
Another need for a tampon during pregnancy is the surrender of urine for analysis. To properly pass urine (read - to ensure that the results were correct), you need to observe only a few simple rules:
- we choose for urine only pure capacity (it can be taken in advance in the laboratory or bought at a pharmacy);
- we collect a portion for analysis in the morning, after the morning shower;
- before collecting urine, we place a small folded cotton swab in the vagina - this is necessary in order that the vaginal discharge does not get into the urine;
- the capacity is filled with an "average portion" of urine - this technique will also protect against getting foreign impurities into the analysis;
- After the urine for analysis is collected, the cotton swab is removed.
A container with urine should be brought to the laboratory for two hours after collection.
Indications for use
Tampons are often used with a therapeutic purpose - and with a variety of diseases. Typically, this type of treatment can be effective at the initial stage of inflammation, with a chronic form of pathology (especially to prevent exacerbation).
Tampons have a direct effect on the mucous tissues of the vagina and all reproductive organs.
Do not use ordinary hygiene tampons for medicinal purposes. The purpose of such tampons is the absorption of moisture. If they are impregnated with a medicine, then its feedback will not occur - the result of treatment will be zero.
Tampons during pregnancy the doctor can appoint:
- with erosion of the cervix;
- with myomas;
- with endometrium;
- with thrush (candidiasis);
- with inflammation of the ovaries.
Use during pregnancy
Before deciding on the use of tampons during pregnancy, you should consult your gynecologist. Do not indulge in independent treatment - this can harm not only yourself, but also the future baby, or even interrupt pregnancy.
- Sea-buckthorn tampons are commonly used to treat neck erosion, endometritis and endometriosis. Sea-buckthorn oil relieves pain, stops the inflammatory process, heals tissues. Sea-buckthorn tampons during pregnancy can be used for 7-14 days: a tampon soaked in sea-buckthorn oil is injected into the vagina before going to bed, once a day.
- Tampons with honey are a common folk method for getting rid of erosion and inflammation of the appendages, as honey has excellent healing, restoring and anti-inflammatory properties. However, tampons with honey during pregnancy should not be used, and there are several reasons for this. First, honey is a strong allergen, and allergies in pregnancy can have very adverse effects. Secondly, honey, as a sweet product, can cause an exacerbation of thrush, which is also extremely undesirable. Therefore, if possible, it is better to replace honey tampons during pregnancy by another method of treatment.
Quite another matter is honey tampons for pregnancy. According to reviews, many women managed to get pregnant due to the treatment with honey tampons. How is this procedure carried out? First, do syringing with a weak soda solution or infusion of chamomile color. After that, insert a tampon, soaked in water-diluted natural honey (2: 1) with a few drops of aloe juice. The tampon is administered overnight, but no more than 10 hours. In total, the course will require 10 procedures.
- Ointment Vishnevsky, as is known, accelerates the resorption of inflammatory processes, since the composition of the ointment includes tar, which enhances the blood supply of tissues and promotes healing. Tampons with Vishnevsky during pregnancy are used only with the permission of the doctor - in fact there are many individual contraindications. Self-administration of ointments during pregnancy is prohibited.
- Chinese tampons, which, according to the producers, are designed to save women from all the ailments of the urinary tract, can not be applied during pregnancy. Chinese tampons and pregnancy are incompatible, since the likelihood of spontaneous abortion is too high. In particular, Hao Gang tampons during pregnancy are also strictly contraindicated.
- Tampons with Miramistin during pregnancy the doctor can appoint only in a special case - for example, for urgent treatment of sexual infection. But most often tampons with Miramistin are used to prevent the development of inflammatory processes in the genital area in the postpartum period. Such treatment starts in advance - about a week before the expected date of the onset of labor. Such treatment can last up to 2 weeks. The frequency of administration of tampons is determined by the doctor on an individual basis.
- Dimexide is a known anti-inflammatory, resorptive and antimicrobial agent that is often used to improve the condition of the genital tract shortly before the onset of pregnancy planning. However, tampons with Dimexidum during pregnancy should not be used, since this solution can provoke an increase in the tone of the uterus. External application of Dimexide during pregnancy on skin - for example, with osteochondrosis, neuritis, etc., is allowed.
- Malavit is a natural anti-inflammatory and antiseptic that is considered safe for pregnant women. A tampon with Malavit during pregnancy helps to solve a problem with genital herpetic infection, candidiasis, chlamydia, erosion, endocervicitis. Apply it and with a threatening miscarriage. A tampon prepared from a bandage is abundantly moistened with diluted Malavit (20 drops + 200 ml of water) and injected into the vaginal cavity on average for three hours. Divorced Malawit remains active throughout the day. The course of treatment is determined by the doctor: most often 5-10 procedures are carried out.
- Soda tampons during pregnancy are considered the most common remedy for thrush. Soda solution is easy to prepare, it is available and effective. For treatment use 2% soda solution (about 1 tsp baking soda for 200 ml of water). To speed up the recovery, doctors advise to hold warm sessile soda baths and soda podmyvaniya. The minimum therapeutic course is 5 days.
Tampon during pregnancy in the pool can not be used: this will several times increase the risk of infection in the genital tract. If you want to swim in the pool during pregnancy, you can do it without additional means of protection.
Contraindications for use
- Tampons during pregnancy can not be used for intensive vaginal discharge.
- Can not be used for spotting.
- It is necessary to change not less often than once in 3-4 hours, regardless of their fullness.
- Can not be used constantly. Tampons - this is only a temporary measure, for the last resort.
- It is possible to provoke the interruption of pregnancy with Chinese-made swabs, as well as any other tampons with medicinal fillers not recommended by the treating gynecologist.
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Reviews
There are a lot of medical and user information on the possibility of using tampons by pregnant women. For example, there is an opinion that using tampons can aggravate the course of infectious diseases, as well as vaginal candidiasis.
However, according to many reviews, chronic inflammatory diseases develop more often in women with unstable and weakened immunity, or with individual hypersensitivity to a particular pathogen - for example, fungi. Be that as it may, categorically you can not use tampons during pregnancy, if their use is not consistent with the doctor. Pregnancy is a unique period when the use of any medication is generally strictly prohibited. Treatment with tampons is also prohibited, but this prohibition is relative, since the decision about the use of tampons is still taken by the doctor.