Top 3 Myths Your Gynecologist Wants You to Stop Believing
世界是关于妇女的生殖健康的错误信息 - 但与您的医生进行对话，即使它看起来可能似乎不舒服，也可以帮助立即设定记录。以下是您对妇产科医生（Ob-Gyn）想要揭穿的生殖和性健康的前三件事。
While having an irregular period can be a sign that something is off — whether that be pregnancy or a medical condition that needs to be addressed, such as polycystic ovary syndrome — having a period every month isn’t a must for all women, depending on certain factors. Yet, women commonly believe they need to menstruate monthly for health reasons.
“嗯，这是真的，当你不在某种东西的激素时，”Candace Howe，M.D.，F.A.C.O.O.G.，加利福尼亚州纽波特海滩的HM Medical Ob-Gyn告诉Health HealthCentral。但是，对于女性来说，重要的是，当他们处于抑制循环的避孕方法时，这是真正安全的，实际上保护了它降低了它的风险子宫癌and卵巢癌.”
For example, some forms of hormonal birth control, such asthe hormonal intrauterine device (IUD), may stop you from having a period altogether. Others, such as certain brands of birth control pills,can be taken continuously or for extended time periods使时期不太可能，例如每三个月。然而，当你在荷尔蒙节出生时，没有理由担心你在荷尔蒙的分娩时，哈福博士说。
“没有衬里需要脱落[...]如果你在抑制荷尔蒙的促进控制中，每月一次，“她说。
Women may feel uneasy about the lack of monthly period if they use it as a marker for pregnancy, or they may perceive a need to ‘clean things out’ of their reproductive system each month.
“There’s a lot of cultural perception that it cleans out your system, but it’s OK,” Kristyn Brandi, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., a family planning specialist at Boston University and Boston Medical Center, told HealthCentral.
但要注意月经周期的任何变化，这始终是良好的做法 - 是否在激素的促进中。
“相反，如果你的月经周期发生变化，那可能是一个来的标志[看看你的医生]，“布兰迪博士说。
If you get the urge to apologize to your OB-GYN about your grooming habits or the appearance of your body when you’re lying on the exam table, hold back.
“People will come in and they’re already nervous, and the first thing they’ll say to me is, ‘I’m so sorry, I didn’t get a chance to get my bikini wax’—that’s like the last thing we’re looking at,” said Cheryl Iglesia, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., director of MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s Section of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery and a professor of gynecology and urology at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. “We’re not going to judge you.”
While the hair removal industry has continued to生长in recent years and pelvic grooming has become a well-established trend, especially among millennials, Dr. Iglesia told HealthCentral that women shouldn’t be overly concerned with what their external genitalia look like.
Some women may believe there is a hygiene or health element to grooming their pubic hair, but this is a myth as well, Dr. Howe said.
“不应该让女人觉得它以任何方式改善了她的健康[删除耻骨]，“ 她说。
The bottom line? Do what makes you feel comfortable when it comes to pelvic grooming, and don’t worry about what your doctor thinks of it.
“大多数时间我们不关注这些事情s, so it really doesn’t matter,” Dr. Brandi said. “As long as it doesn’t bother you, it doesn’t bother me.”
毫无疑问，避孕套使用对于降低性传播疾病（STD）的风险至关重要，包括人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）。但是使用安全套不会100％保证，您永远不会得到任何STD。
“People think condoms will protect against everything, but they do not,” Dr. Iglesia said. “They don’t necessarily protect against herpes, and condoms can break.”
According to the疾病预防与控制中心, condoms are likely to be more effective at preventing transmission of some STDs than others. For example, some STDs, such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV, can only be passed through genital fluids, so you’re likely to have greater protection against these when using a condom. Other STDs, however, like herpes, human papillomavirus, and syphilis, are transmitted by skin-to-skin contact that may occur even when you use a condom.
此外，Iglesia博士指出，人们可能无法意识到口交也可以让您面临STD的风险。
“你可以从口交中疱疹，”Iglesia博士说。“我有一个女人[...]谁在喉咙里有淋病，她从未想过这一点[作为可能性]."
使用避孕套或dental dam在口交期间，有助于减少这种风险，她说，但再一次，没有100％有效。她说，除了使用保护之外，还有最好的事情是与伴侣沟通彼此的性历史，她说。
“[得到]a good sexual history and understanding the rules of engagement to protect yourself is very important,” Dr. Iglesia said.
