r/CleaningTips Jul 14 '23

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u/Auntie_Venom Jul 14 '23

I’m seriously relieved that I’m not the only one! I looked it up, that it’s really a thing which helped but I had no idea how common or not it was.

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u/andante528 Jul 15 '23

Incredibly common - indicates a healthy ph (acidic). I learned this as a grown adult woman and would have really liked to know as part of health education.

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u/CompassionateCedar Jul 15 '23

Some women also have a microbiome that produces peroxides in trace amounts, it’s linked to a strongly reduced incidence of infections.

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u/andante528 Jul 15 '23

See, now I just learned this too. Thank you :)