I didn't know this existed!

Varicose veins only come on your legs, right? Wrong. How about your vagina? Sounds absurd? Well it’s not; it’s called vulvar varicosities.

This condition is more common during pregnancy due to the increase in blood volume and the decrease in how quickly your blood flow from your lower body putting pressure on your veins causing varicose veins.

Some women can have vulvar varicosities and not feel a thing others are not so lucky. The symptoms include a feeling of fullness or pressure in the vulva ( the outer surface of the female genitalia, from the mons pubis and stopping at the anus) vulvar swelling and discomfort.

Long periods of standing, exercise and sex can exasperate the condition.

So how do you fix this problem?

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     Get a support garment- There are some specifically made for vulvar varicosities

·      Switch it up- If you do a lot of standing take frequent sit down breaks

·      Swimming- The water help life the baby and increase blood flow

·      Elevate your hips- When lying down place a folded towel beneath your hips to promote circulation

·      Cold compresses to your lady parts- This may ease your discomfort

Sucks right? There is some good news. This usually goes away on its own within about six weeks of delivery and it doesn’t affect your mode of delivery. So before you go and vow to never have children, all hope is not lost.

Get Healthy or Try Dying

                                                  Get Healthy or Try Dying

            The first step to getting a healthy dis-eased free body is education. You have to educate yourself on the human body; the most intricate machine there is. You don’t have to go to medical school to understand how your body works.

Start by getting a book on the human body. There are several good titles to choose from. “The Complete Human Body, the definitive visual guide,” by Dr. Alice Roberts is one I have used. Each day, read about a part of your body. It could be something as small as how your finger nails grow or even how your spleen works.

Next, get an herbal book.  “Healing Herbs,” by Diane Stein, “Little Herb Encyclopedia,” by Jack Ritchason N.D. and “African Holistic Health,” by Dr. Llaila O. Afrika are three titles to consider.

Cleansing your body of all the toxins that has accumulated over the years is an important step in getting healthy. There are several ways to do this. You can get on a complicated herbal regiment or, you can just change your diet to fresh fruits and vegetables for at least 30 days or, you can do an all liquid diet where you juice all of your fruits and vegetables. The documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead is a good film to get you acclimated with juicing.

The key is for your body to be more alkaline than acidic.

Alkaline foods have a high content of magnesium, sodium, calcium, and potassium. Most fresh fruits and vegetables are alkaline. Without large amounts of alkaline mineral elements in the diet the body becomes dis-eased. (Afrika, 2004, pg.201)

The three components to being healthy are mind, body and spirit. If your body is dis-eased, your mind is dis-eased, if your mind is dis-eased you spirit is not at ease.

Until next time…

Peace.Love.and.Light

Kyoka…

* Afrika. L, (2004) African Holistic Health