"Vaginal Douching" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The washing of the VAGINA cavity or surface with a solution. Agents or drugs can be added to the irrigation solution.
| Descriptor ID |
D044364
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.927.852
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| Concept/Terms |
Vaginal Douching- Vaginal Douching
- Douching, Vaginal
- Vaginal Lavage
- Lavage, Vaginal
- Vaginal Irrigation
- Irrigation, Vaginal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vaginal Douching" by people in Profiles.
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Evidence of African-American women's frustrations with chronic recurrent bacterial vaginosis. J Am Acad Nurse Pract. 2010 Feb; 22(2):101-8.
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Douching, pelvic inflammatory disease, and incident gonococcal and chlamydial genital infection in a cohort of high-risk women. Am J Epidemiol. 2005 Jan 15; 161(2):186-95.
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Hydrogen ion concentration of the vagina after various douches. Miss Valley Med J. 1948 Sep; 70(5):144.