1.Self-care during menstruation
(1) Pay attention to hygiene during menstruation and keep the vulva clean. (2) Menstrual pads should be clean, soft in texture, and should be changed frequently.
(3) Avoid sex and bathing during menstruation to prevent infection. (4) You can work as usual during menstruation, but avoid strong physical labor and strenuous exercise.
(5) Pay attention to warmth, avoid cold stimulation, do not use cold water shower, do not go to the water field during menstruation. (6) Avoid the influence of toxic substances, radiation, chemical and physical factors. (7) Do not do knee-chest position treatment. (8) Avoid stimulation, maintain a relaxed mood, emotional stability, and adequate sleep.
(9) Diet should be moderate and bowel movements should be smooth.
2.Self-care of menopause
(1) Generally speaking, menopause occurs between the ages of 45 and 55. Most women can adapt to it through phytonadic regulation, but a few women have menstrual disorders, facial flushing, insomnia, headache, palpitations, sweating, irritability, mental depression and other symptoms, called menopause syndrome. This is a physiological phenomenon and can recover on its own. If the symptoms are more serious, you can go to the hospital and take medication as prescribed by the doctor.
(2) Release your worries and keep your spirit happy. (3) If you have irregular vaginal bleeding before or after menopause, you should go to the hospital for cancer screening once every six months. (4) To prevent senile vaginal disease, pay attention to vulva cleanliness. (5) Strengthen exercise and pay attention to the combination of work and rest.
3.Self-care for elderly women
(1) The elderly should maintain appropriate daily activities, such as walking or playing tai chi, and doing head-level hair care exercises.
(2) The elasticity and toughness of the bones of the elderly is poor, and osteoporosis, easy to fracture. It can be prevented by appropriate physical work and physical exercise, and increase protein, calcium salts and vitamins in food.
(3) Take a small amount of estrogen as prescribed by the doctor to lower blood lipids and prevent hypertension and coronary heart disease from vascular sclerosis.
(4) Insist on anal contraction exercises to increase local tension and prevent atrophic cystitis, stress urinary incontinence and uterine prolapse.
(5) Receive regular gynecological examination, once a year.
(6) Pay attention to the combination of work and rest, avoid excessive fatigue, maintain a relaxed mood, exclude tension, anxiety, fear mood, pay attention to nutrition, improve immunity, and prevent systemic diseases.
4.Dysmenorrhea
(1) When women have pain in the lower back and abdomen during or before and after menstruation and affect workers, it is called dysmenorrhea.
(2) Learn about the physiology of menstruation, so that you have a correct understanding of menstruation, in order to eliminate fear and anxiety, to maintain a happy mood.
(3) Pay attention to nutrition and menstrual hygiene. (4) Exercise properly and strengthen your body. (5) Go to hospital for examination and treatment.
5, PMS self-care
(1) PMS refers to some symptoms that appear before menstruation, such as edema, breast swelling, headache, abdominal distension or vomiting, irritability, depression and anxiety, insomnia, etc., which disappear after menstruation. (2) Avoid mental tension, pay attention to the combination of work and rest before menstruation, and release unnecessary mental worries.
(3) Eat more vegetables and fish, poultry and other foods. (4) Appropriate restriction of water and salt intake in the premenstrual period.
6.Vulvodynia
(1) Pay attention to the cleanliness of the vulva and improve hygiene during menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. (2) Underwear should be soft and comfortable, and avoid using impermeable fabrics as underwear as much as possible. Underwear should be changed frequently. (3) Rest is needed during the acute period and follow the doctor’s prescription for local treatment. (4) Actively treat other diseases that cause vulvodynia, such as diabetes, cervicitis and vaginitis.
7. Vaginitis
(1) Each wash cloth should be separated as much as possible and often exposed to sunlight. (2) Shower should be used. (3) Follow the doctor’s instructions and treat actively, preferably with husband and wife, and forbid intercourse during treatment. (4) Use squatting pit when urinating and defecating.
8. Vaginitis in the elderly
(1) Pay attention to the cleanliness of the vulva and change underwear regularly. (2) Apply warm compresses or hot water baths locally. (3) Insist on physical exercise regularly to prevent relaxation of vaginal wall and pelvic floor tissues and to strengthen body resistance. (4) Follow medical advice for treatment.
9. Vulvodynia and vaginitis in young children
(1) Keep the vulva clean and develop good hygiene habits. (2) Do not wear open pants. (3) The vulva should be washed with warm water and topical antibacterial ointment should be applied.
10. Acute pelvic inflammatory disease
(1) Pay attention to personal hygiene and sexual hygiene, pay attention to menstruation, childbirth, puerperium hygiene and abortion surgery hygiene. (2) Bed rest, take a semi-recumbent position. (3) Pay attention to nutrition and hydration to increase resistance. (4) Actively follow the doctor’s instructions to prevent the disease from becoming chronic. (5) Pay attention to physical exercise in general to enhance natural defense function. (6) Those with pelvic abscess formation should receive timely surgery.
11. Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease
(1) Release ideological concerns and build confidence to overcome the disease. (2) adhere to physical exercise, improve the systemic resistance to disease function.
(3) Do family planning work, pay attention to post-abortion hygiene. (4) Pay attention to menstrual hygiene. Avoid sexual intercourse before and after menstruation.
(5) Adhere to comprehensive treatment as prescribed by the doctor. (6) Rest in bed during chronic and acute attacks, and gradually increase exercise during recovery.
12.Vulvar pruritus
(1) Pay attention to menstrual hygiene, clean and dry vulva. (2) Prohibit cold, heat, soap and irritating liquid scrubbing. (3) Avoid alcohol and spicy food. (4) Underwear should be wide and breathable. (5) Follow the medical prescription for local and internal medication.
13.Cervical cancer
(1) It is the most common malignant tumor of female genitalia, which is usually found in women aged 40-60 years old, mostly in women with early marriage, early childbirth and multiple births.
(2) In pre-infiltrative cervical cancer, there may be no symptoms, or there are signs of cervical erosion such as increased discharge and pink leucorrhea, so regular gynecological examination is necessary.
(3) There is a trend of younger people suffering from this disease, which is related to sexual promiscuity.
(4) Irregular vaginal bleeding or bleeding after sexual intercourse or bleeding after defecation should be examined in hospital in time.
14.Uterine fibroids
(1) The most common benign tumor, mostly occurring between 30 and 50 years old.
(2) According to the growth site of uterine fibroids, they are divided into submucosal fibroids, interstitial fibroids and subplasma fibroids, and less common are cervical fibroids and intramural fibroids of broad ligament. They can be single or multiple.
(3) If the fibroid is larger than 12 weeks of gestation, or if the submucosal fibroid is small but with excessive menstruation and conservative treatment is ineffective, or if the fibroid has symptoms of pressure, or if the fibroid grows rapidly and has malignant potential, surgery is required.
(4) For young patients, myomectomy is feasible to preserve the reproductive function.
15.Endometrial cancer
(1) Most commonly seen in menopausal women over 50 years of age, but may also occur in women of childbearing age.
(2) Possible factors for the development of endometrial cancer are: (1) overweight; (2) not pregnant; (3) not menopausal at the age of 52; (4) diabetes; (5) hypertension; (6) polycystic ovaries; (7) polycystic ovarian tumors; (8) long-term use of estrogen.
(3) Irregular vaginal bleeding, especially postmenopausal vaginal bleeding, requires early diagnostic scraping and pathological examination of the scrapings.
(4) Diagnostic scraping is also required for those with excessive endometrial thickening for early diagnosis.
16.Intrauterine device
(1) The most appropriate time to place the IUD is 3-7 days after menstrual cleansing. Abortion, natural childbirth, cesarean delivery without contraindications can also be placed at the same time IUD.
(2) 7 days before and 2 weeks after IUD placement, sexual intercourse is forbidden. 2 weeks after IUD placement, bathing is forbidden to avoid infection.
(3) 3 months after IUD placement, especially during menstruation and after defecation should pay attention to whether the IUD is dislodged.
(4) Rest for 2 days after the operation, and do not perform heavy physical labor for 1 week.
(5) One follow-up visit should be made after the first menstrual transition after IUD release. After that, follow up once in 3 months, 6 months and 1 year, and check once a year after 1 year.
(6) If there is bleeding, increased leucorrhea, fever, abdominal pain and lumbago after IUI, you should go to the hospital for examination and follow the medical prescription.
17.After abortion
(1) After abortion, you should rest for 2 hours under observation. Pay attention to the amount of vaginal bleeding and general condition. Rest for 20 days after going home.
(2) Prohibit bathing before vaginal bleeding and sexual intercourse for 1 month.
(3) You should go to the hospital for a check-up after 1 month. If you have fever, abdominal pain or heavy bleeding, you should consult the doctor at any time.
(4) If the IUD is placed at the same time as the abortion, the IUD must be rechecked 3-7 days after the next menstrual period.