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Petroleum jelly on tampons
I put petroleum jelly on a tamping a couple times and I and really really really scared it will cause an infection but only on the applicator.
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Never use petroleum jelly on a tampon, It can cause a clog and an infection. It is one to use it on a rash but not on or for vaginal use.
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Anything can cause irritation if your skin is extra sensitive.
But nope, it isn't known to cause infections. Infact, I have used petroleum jelly for lube during sex on the occasions that regular lube is absorbed or washed away too quickly. And I and hubby have never had any reactions to it.
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In the past, like when I and my siblings were babies, mom used petroleum jelly to protect babys bottom when it had a diaper rash, from the urine that would soak the cloth diapers, no absorbant disposable types then, let alone all the diaper creams available today. Urine on raw skin would sting and hurt worse than lemon juice on a paper cut.
I decided to add an article link about petroleum jelly and use vaginally. According to the article, the test cases were convoluted, some women who douche which cause good bacteria to be washed away which then makes them more suseptable to getting vaginosis. They only claim that it 'may' cause problems, not that it 100% for sure is the cause. Read it yourself and decide. But again, I use it often enough and never have a problem but I also never douche, am very aware of my body and am into natural health cures such as use of cranberry juice for bladder infections. You can't believe every report you read fully these days. While each report may contain a nugget of truth, the rest can be stuff that does not apply. For example there are reports about every food and item we put into our bodies. You have to really read closely, do the research yourself on the ingrediants and then make the best educated decision for your health. Some reports will say that a particular junk food "may be" good for you because of an ingrediant in its make up that promote heart health or lowers cholesterol. And while that might be true if it was taken in large amounts, in the product, its only 5 % while the other 95 percent of ingrediants are bad for you and more than outweigh the 5 % goodness of one item. It's absolutely ridiculous, all these reports, as if they're created on purpose to confuse and scare people. Be ware of anything that claims that it "may be" good instead of "is" good. The claim using IS, can be scientifically proven, and 100% sure by tests and studies done. However the words "may be" are used to prevent getting sued later for a false claim, studies and tests that were not exclusive on one item and had many other factors to give varying answers to the test. For example, in testing for allergy to grass, if grass pollen was mixed with tree pollen and then applied to the skin and there was a reaction, it is not 100% for certain that the subject is allergic to grass pollen, they may be reacting to tree pollen and have no problem with grass. Its these kinds of misleading tests that I pay no mind to. I pay attention to my own body. If your body reacts to it, then get treatment from a dr. and dont use again. But if your body has no problems, then I wouldn't worry about using it to lubricate a tampon. I'd worry more about forcing a tampon in on dry skin and possibly risking giving fine stress tears to the delicate skin of the vagina which would then be at a greater risk to getting an infection.
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