Vaginal Douching
"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,
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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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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vaginal Douching" by people in Profiles.
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Hamoonga TE, Olowski P, Musonda P. Vaginal douching in Zambia: a risk or benefit to women in the fight against cervical cancer: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Womens Health. 2019 11 09; 19(1):135.
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Srinivasan S, Morgan MT, Fiedler TL, Djukovic D, Hoffman NG, Raftery D, Marrazzo JM, Fredricks DN. Metabolic signatures of bacterial vaginosis. mBio. 2015 Apr 14; 6(2).