Second-Degree Burn Sustained After Vaginal Steaming

Robert, Magali

doi:10.1016/j.jogc.2018.07.013

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“…In particular, lubricants, deodorant sprays, and vaginal powders may increase women's susceptibility to urinary tract infections, bacterial vaginosis, sexually transmitted infections, and an increased risk of ovarian cancer [17][18][19][20]. Other vaginal practices, such as vaginal steaming similarly pose harms to women's health [21]. However, we do not know the full extent of the health risks associated with the wide range of vaginal cleansing products on the market and more research on these products is urgently needed.…”

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Is the vaginal cleansing product industry causing harm to women?

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O’Doherty

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Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy

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Over the counter vaginal cleansing products are part of a growing market. In the United States, for example, consumers spend over two billion dollars a year on douches, deodorant sprays, washes, personal wipes, and powders [1]. Advertising for these types of products tends to construct vaginal cleansing as both desirable and trendy for women [2]. Perhaps more concerning, the advertising of vaginal cleansing products often suggests to women that they are necessary for vaginal hygiene. This messaging is typically conveyed using terms like 'clean' and 'fresh' in product names and descriptions. For example, products like Vagisil Clean Scent Feminine Wash, RepHresh Clean Balance Douche, Summer's Eve Fresh Scent Douche, and Femfresh Freshness Deodorant all demonstrate the use of this 'clean and fresh' marketing [3]. The implied association in this branding between product use and vaginal cleanliness/freshness capitalizes on cultural messages that women's bodies are problematic, unclean, inadequate, and require intervention through the use of cosmetic products to improve their bodies [4-6]. These messages are not new and are linked to a long history of vaginal douches first being commercialized and marketed to women in the United States during the 20 th century as a form of vaginal deodorization, freshness, and cleanliness [7]. There has been accumulating evidence to suggest that many vaginal cleansing products have adverse health effects. The harms of douching, in particular, have been documented since the 1980's [e.g. 8]. Some of these early medical studies connected adverse health outcomes to the added antibacterial ingredient hexachlorophene in douches which can cause nausea, vomiting, spasms, coma, and even death [7]. While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the use of hexachlorophene in cosmetics in the USA in 1971, over-the-counter douches today continue to be linked to adverse health effects; yet they are widely sold throughout Canada, the United States and internationally [7,9]. Adverse health effects include bacterial vaginosis, cervical cancer related to increased risks of contracting human papillomavirus infection (HPV), upper genital tract infections which can result in tubal factor infertility and ectopic pregnancy among others [10-14] As most research in this context has focused on douches, much less is known about the health effects of other vaginal cleansing products despite the fact that products like vaginal wipes and sprays are used very commonly by women. For example,

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Cutaneous steam burns and steam inhalation injuries: a literature review and a case presentation

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Scald is one type of burn that s often mentioned alone and occurs mostly in the paediatric population. Inhaled steam is mostly cooled off in the airways, why thermal damage is rarely seen. A sudden exposure to hot steam/inhalation can cause a thermal inhalation injury. A scoping review was performed, with the aim to summarize all published papers in English, about steam-related injuries. The search was conducted using the PubMed® and Cochrane libraries on 19th of May 2021, without a set time period. Out of a total of 1186 identified records, 31 were chosen for review. Burns related to the contact with steam are generally rare and can be both minor and severe. The more severe cases related to steam exposure are mostly workplace accidents and the minor injuries reported in the literature are often related to steam inhalation therapy, especially in the paediatric population. This review describes the challenges that can be found dealing with patients suffering from cutaneous steam burns and/or steam inhalation injuries. A steam injury to the airways or the skin can be directly life-threatening and should be treated with caution. This type of injury can lead to acute respiratory insufficiency and sometimes death. A case of a male patient with extensive cutaneous steam burns and a steam inhalation injury who passed away after 11 days of treatment is also presented to illustrate this review. Level of evidence: Level V, Therapeutic; Risk/Prognostic Study.

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Second-Degree Burn Sustained After Vaginal Steaming

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Is the vaginal cleansing product industry causing harm to women?

Is the vaginal cleansing product industry causing harm to women?

Physical Therapies

Cutaneous steam burns and steam inhalation injuries: a literature review and a case presentation

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