A healthy vaginal discharge is clear or white and does not smell as foul. You can change during adolescence, pregnancy and menopause, and there is an archetypal pattern to its thickness but there should be blood in the performance between menstrual cycle and bleeding not related to intercourse.
Yeast infections are not usually a coin sexual partner. You may be more likely to contract a yeast infection if the use of antibiotics, are pregnant, have diabetes, or stay hot and sweaty for long periods. Some women have a common yeast infection for no apparent reason. Fungal infections are harmless, but can be painful and itchy. Yeast infections are usually treated to a cream that is inserted into the vagina with a special plunger or a pill called a suppository that is inserted into the vagina
Vaginal discharge is known to be a symptom of some different types of vaginal infections. Fungal infections, bacterial vaginosis and trichomoniasis are vaginal infections you like your doctor to test you for.
The causes of vaginal discharge: –
Noninfectious: –
* Cervical polyps and ectopia
* Foreign Bodies
* Erosive lichen planus
* Physiological
* Genital tract malignancy
Fistula *
* Vulvar Dermatitis
No sexually transmitted infections: –
* Candida infections, caused by an overgrowth of Candida albicans a
* The bacterial vaginosis, not a sexually transmitted infection is more common in sexually active women who have a concurrent sexually transmitted disease
Sexually transmitted infections: –
* Neisseria gonorrhoeae
* Chlamydia trachomatis *
* Trichomonas vaginalis; particularly common in women young people attending the clinic for genito-urinary medicine and is frequently found in association with infection by N. gonorrhoeae
Bacterial Vaginosis: –
Cause: – Bacterial vaginosis is polymicrobial etiology. The bodies involved in the etiology of bacterial vaginosis include anaerobic Mobiluncus sp. and Prevotella sp., Gardnerella vaginalis and Mycoplasma hominis
Main symptoms: – The symptoms of bacterial vaginosis are vaginal discharge and odor, although 50% 75% of women with the condition experience no symptoms. Vaginal discharge with fishy odor that increases after unprotected sex and menstruation.
Main methods of diagnosis: – Amsel diagnostic criteria (three out of four of these criteria must be present for diagnosing bacterial vaginosis):
* Vaginal PH 4.5
* Download homogeneous gray vaginal
* 10% potassium hydroxide produces fishy "Smell test"
* Tennis in the cells in fresh
* Nugent diagnostic criteria
Lichen Planus