Patient's question:
Can you often use baking soda to clean the vagina?Doctor's answer:
You can clean it daily, but it's best not to use baking soda water, as it may disrupt the local balance. You can rinse the external genital area with clean water daily. If you don't have a yeast infection, there's no need to use baking soda water for cleaning. When placing medication in the vagina, simply rinse with clean water. Baking soda water is only suitable for yeast infections, where cottage cheese-like vaginal discharge irritates the vagina and external genital area, causing itching, and not for other types of inflammation.I suggest: You can rinse the external genital area with warm water multiple times a day to keep it clean and dry, which helps treat vulvitis. If there's no inflammation, rinsing twice a day is sufficient.