India, Aug. 24 -- Due to the increased humidity and changing temperatures, women often become prey to vaginal infections during the monsoon season. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr. Reshma Rao, gynecologist and obstetrician, Saifee Hospital, Mumbai said, "Some women have a bit of vaginal infection during the monsoon season. This is not as stark as the increase during the respiratory illness such as flu or infection caused by bites of a mosquito like dengue, malaria or chikungunya, but the humid and wet climate during the season does provide a suitable habitat to such diseases to proliferate or even be worse." Also read | Common gynecological infections and tips to prevent them: Doctor explains

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