vaginal products popular, some linked to infections

Miscellaneous News Vaginal products popular, some linked to infections Kathryn Doyle Reuters Health
March 20, 2013

(Reuters Health) - Two thirds of women in a new U.S. study reported regularly using cleansers, lubricants or petroleum jelly intravaginally - and some of the products were linked to a higher chance of common vaginal infections. Those mundane yeast and bacterial infections, and the inserted products themselves, can damage vaginal tissue and raise a woman's susceptibility to sexually transmitted diseases, such as herpes, chlamydia and HIV, researchers said. For the full article, please click here.

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