Douche

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A douche is a tool used to introduce the flow of water into the body for medical or hygienic reasons, or the water flow itself. Douche usually refers to vaginal irrigation, vaginal flushing, but can also refer to flushing of the body cavity. A douche bag is a cleaning tool - a bag for storing fluids used in douching. To avoid transfer of intestinal bacteria into the vagina, the same bag should not be used for enemas and vaginal douches.

Douching after intercourse is not an effective form of birth control. In addition, douching is associated with a number of health problems (cervical cancer, pelvic inflammatory disease, endometritis, and increased risk of sexually transmitted infections) and thus is not recommended.

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Etimologi

The first known use of the word was in 1766. Douche came into English in French, from Italian: doccia "pipeline" and docciare "pour drops" for douche, from doccia water pipes, maybe the back formation of the doccione channel, from the Latin : duction - , ductio means to convey water, from ducere to lead. In France today means bath , as it does in many non-English European languages.

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Overview

Vaginal douches can consist of water, water mixed with vinegar, or even antiseptic chemicals. Douching has been mentioned to have a number of supposed but unproven benefits. In addition to promising to clean the vagina of an unwanted odor, it can also be used by women who want to avoid smearing the penis of a sexual partner with menstrual blood during sexual intercourse during menstruation. In the past, douching was also used after sexual intercourse as a method of birth control, although it was not effective (see below).

Many health care professionals claim that douching is dangerous, as it interferes with normal vaginal cleansing and with the natural bacterial culture of the vagina, and may spread or introduce infections. Douching is involved in a variety of dangers, including: adverse pregnancy outcomes including ectopic pregnancy, low birth weight, preterm labor, premature birth, and chorioamnionitis; serious gynecological outcomes, including an increased risk of cervical cancer, pelvic inflammatory disease, endometritis, and increased risk of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV; it is also a predisposition of women to develop bacterial vaginosis (BV), which is further attributed to poor pregnancy outcomes and an increased risk of sexually transmitted infections. Therefore, the US Department of Health and Human Services is very reluctant to keep silent, citing risks of irritation, bacterial vaginosis, and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Frequent douching with water can lead to vaginal pH imbalances, and thus can make women at risk for vaginal infections, especially yeast infections.

In May 2003, a randomized, controlled, multi-centered study was conducted in 1827 women aged 18-44 who were regular users of douche products and who had recently been treated for sexually transmitted infections or bacterial vaginosis. Women were randomly assigned to use newly designed and marketed douche products or soft cloth towels. There was little or no indication of greater PID risk among women assigned to use douche products (compared with soft cloth towels).

The antiseptic used during douching disrupts the natural balance of bacteria in the vagina and can cause infection. Unclean douching equipment can insert foreign objects into the vagina. Douching can also wash bacteria into the uterus and fallopian tubes, causing fertility problems. For this reason, the practice of douching is now strongly discouraged unless ordered by a doctor for medical reasons.

Douching after intercourse is thought to reduce the chances of conception by only 15-25%. For comparison, proper condom use reduces the likelihood of conception by 97%. In some cases douching may force further ejaculation into the vagina, increasing the likelihood of pregnancy. A review of studies by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (NY) suggests that women who stay regularly and then become pregnant have higher rates of ectopic pregnancy, infection, and low birth weight babies than women who are only occasionally douched or who never douched.

A 1995 survey cited in the University of Rochester study found that 27% of US women aged 15 to 44 years on a regular basis, but douching was more common among African-American women (more than 50%) than among white women (21%) , and frequent douching contributes to bacterial vaginosis that is more common among African-American women than on average.

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Slang using

Douchebag and its variant, or just douche , is a derogatory term that refers to a person who is arrogant, obnoxious, or disgraceful. The use of the term slang comes from the 1960s.

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See also

• Bidet
• Enema
• Sexual slang
• Therapeutic irrigation

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References

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External links

• "Douching" Womenshealth.gov (archive of October 24, 2008)
• "Douching fact sheets" at Womenshealth.gov

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