11 data from medicine that will help preserve women’s health

Evidence-based medicine is where the doctor selects proven treatments and drugs that have been shown to be effective. In this case, the opinion and personal experience of the doctor are taken into account last. Archie Cochrane, who studied the placebo effect, was the first to propose only taking into account the experience of cases of cure or health improvement, where the drug or method significantly helped hundreds of patients in a series of independent studies. Currently, more and more clinics operate according to this principle and encourage patients to think critically and keep up with scientific news at all times.

O awesome.club decided to discover some of the important advice from experts in evidence-based medicine, taking into account women’s health and beauty issues.

Crossing your legs only makes existing varicose veins visible, it does not cause them. When sitting with one leg over the other, blood pressure increases slightly because of the compression, but it does not remain high and does not damage vascular valves🇧🇷

It is believed that the appearance of varicose veins is associated with genetic factors, but its progression is strongly influenced by prolonged standing. This is the case, for example, if you work as a hairdresser or a surgeon. In order for the problem to manifest itself as late as possible, it is recommended to move a lot.

Incredible “innate” flexibility and elasticity often indicate the presence of joint hypermobility. If you can touch the floor with your palms without much difficulty or do a split in just a few weeks, then chances are you have this body trait.

There are other signs and a number of possible concomitant illnesses, such as varicose veins, flat feet, scoliosis and visual dysfunction🇧🇷 Hyperlax people (who have ligament laxity) cannot be cured, but there are a number of recommendations that improve their lives.

Examine the heart with ultrasound (to rule out mitral valve prolapse). Choose swimming and weight training over yoga, dancing and jogging. Eat right and maintain sufficient muscle mass. Don’t wear heels, avoid standing, and occasionally wear compression garments.

Vitamin complexes are prescribed by the doctor in the event that vitamins from food are not absorbed by the body or are absorbed in insufficient quantities. For example, in cases of alcoholism, a deficit of vitamin B1 is observed, and these complexes are prescribed to women over 40 to improve hair growth. In everyday life, the body feels the lack of something and controls our desire to find vitamins. So, suddenly, that desire to eat, for example, an apple hits.

Pregnancy is a special condition in which the doctor prescribes folic acid and advises eating foods rich in this element, such as melons. The remaining vitamins can cause more harm than good to mother and child.

Juices and nectars contain few vitamins and a lot of sugar. Shakes cannot replace vegetables and fruits either: the blender crushes and destroys dietary fiber necessary to cleanse the body and strengthen the immune system. It is recommended to consume no more than 150 ml of fruit drinks per day.

Candidiasis is a fungal infection that usually occurs due to weakened immune system, excess blood sugar or frequent use of tight underwear.

The symptoms of candidiasis can be easily confused with more serious diseases such as gonorrhea, trichomoniasis, vaginosis or genital herpes. Even an experienced doctor will make a diagnosis only after receiving the test results. However, the later treatment begins, the greater the risk of complications.

The menstrual cycle depends on hormones, the production of which cannot be affected by minor dietary changes for a few days. You can eat spicy, sour and salty food during menstruation without worrying about it. Even if you increase physical exertion these days, it can only cause irregular secretions, but it will not affect the duration of menstruation.

There are no scientific studies that prove that eating spicy foods in late pregnancy helps to induce labor. There is no need to follow special diets, just eat well and don’t overeat: in the last trimester it is considered normal if the daily nutritional rate increases
in just 200 kcal.

However, in proper nutrition, there are several nuances that are important for pregnant and lactating women.

Milk: pasteurized or UHT only. Dairy products: pasteurized. You can drink coffee and tea, the important thing is to comply with the norm of up to 200 mg of caffeine per day. Meat, eggs, fish and other animal products must be fully cooked. It is better not to consume sushi and undercooked meats. It is necessary to eat a small amount of food containing allergens, if a woman does not have a specific reaction to them. If the child’s genes contain allergies, this will help develop an allergen tolerance. In other words, if you’re allergic to peanuts and your mom ate them when she was pregnant and breastfed you, you’ll only get breakouts when you’re big, but you won’t choke and fall into a coma eating a little peanut by accident.

There are antibiotics that are considered safe to treat for a pregnant or breastfeeding woman. They should be prescribed in cases where it is impossible to cope with the pathogen
other way. Contact of the fetus or baby with an antibiotic used to treat the mother affects negatively the production of regulatory T cells, thanks to which the immune system
works correctly.

For example, if a pregnant woman injured her knee, she should not use an antibiotic ointment to speed up the healing process. It will be enough to disinfect the wound and allow the organism to independently resolve the damage.

Another example: catarrhal angina can often be cured without antibiotics, but if pus appears on the tonsils (“purulent tonsillitis”), it is better to use antibacterial drugs immediately.

Coronary heart disease, diseases of the lungs, arteries and veins cause death more often than all types of cancer. In order to live long and well, you should not postpone the visit to the doctor, thinking that the discomfort in the chest will pass by itself. And conversely: if there is no family history of breast cancer or other diseases that are often inherited, this does not mean that you are protected.

Successful diagnoses and early detection of standard deviations depend on the effectiveness of the examination methods🇧🇷 For example, the electrocardiogram (ECG) helps diagnose acute conditions and determine the causes of chest pain, but if you don’t see heart problems at rest, a good doctor will recommend stress testing with ECG exercises. And to assess the work of the vessels, it is better to choose ultrasound dopplegraphy, and not reoencephalography or rheography.

Airlines do not allow women who are due to give birth in the next 3 to 4 weeks to fly. Flying earlier is safe for both the fetus and the expectant mother. This is confirmed by long-term studies in which thousands of women participated. The greatest danger is pressure changes, stress during the flight and changing time zones.

But before any flight, you must consult a doctor to find out if you have problems with your blood pressure, blood sugar levels or if there is an increased risk of premature birth. If the flight lasts more than 2 or 3 hours, it will be useful to walk on the plane, drink more fluids and use canned oxygen.

Vaccines protect us from some diseases and make it easier to cure others. Some must be “renewed” even by adults, and only the doctor can determine the need for a vaccination schedule. Vaccines are usually these:

against diphtheria and tetanus (update every 10 years); against meningococcal infections (recommended for parents with young children); against hepatitis B; against measles; against tuberculosis.

It is recommended that women be vaccinated in the third trimester of each pregnancy against influenza and whooping cough. This is the only way to protect the child from whooping cough, which practically cannot be treated in newborns and leads to death. The doctor can propose other vaccines, but only those where there are no live viruses🇧🇷

Some doctors recommend taking the health issue seriously already at the planning stage of pregnancy and taking, for example, a vaccine against measles or rubella, chickenpox, diphtheria and tetanus. Thus, at the time of conception, the woman will have additional protection.

Scientists believe that up to 6 months of life the baby only needs breast milk, and that this cannot be excluded from the diet up to one year of life. Even in the event that the baby refuses to take it or feeds little (it is possible that the nursing mother, together with the doctor, simply corrects her diet, excluding products that affect the taste or smell of milk).

Thanks to breast milk, immunity is formed and activated, the intestines “learn” to work, and the baby receives the necessary antibodies from the mother to fight bacteria and viruses. It is believed that the composition of milk changes, “adapting” to the child. For example, during the baby’s illness, it turns out to be more viscous and yellowish and contains substances that help to overcome the illness faster.

There are countries with high and low total fertility rates. For example, in Niger, a woman gives birth to an average of 7 children, while in San Marino that number is 1 child per mother.

But science still cannot predict how long each woman has to conceive and give birth to a child, and how many children she may have. If a woman gave birth after…