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The Internet – and the unlimited wealth of information it provides – is a tool of inestimable utility for many reasons.
Even if the benefits it brings to our daily lives seem infinite, it is perhaps the fact that it is a bottomless sink of shared knowledge that makes it perhaps the greatest invention of the last centuries.
There is no subject on which you cannot find out, no answer that is out of your reach if you know where to look. Mysteries that would have remained elusive for all these decades can be solved literally in a few mouse clicks, a few keyboards.
Over the years, we have seen many old myths debunked online, just as we have seen life tricks and useful advice become public knowledge, whereas in the past they were only wisdom held by a few.
Have you ever wondered, for example, why your underwear looks like you've been stained with a bleach stain? If that is the case, you are apparently not the only one, with the question being asked online by women in search of answers.
And they found answers. It turns out that these coloring spots have absolutely nothing to do with your machine (as some have assumed).
Dr. Vanessa MacKay of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists explains: “The vagina has a mechanism of self-cleaning through natural secretions. It contains beneficial bacteria that serve to protect it. ”
According to the National Institutes of Health, the usual vaginal pH varies between 3.8 and 5.0, which makes it moderately acidic compared to the naturally neutral pH level of 7.
Dr MacKay adds that it is perfectly normal and healthy for women to have clear or white vaginal discharge, but that disrupting the natural balance can lead to infections.
Finding a bleach spot on your underwear may indicate several things:
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