Identify Your Abnormal Vaginal Discharge With Three Symptoms!
Posted on Oct 23, 2007 | Comments 20
Vaginal discharge is the most common complaint among all women.
It is the fluid that is produced by the glands in the lining of the vagina and the cervix.
A small amount of vaginal discharge, which is milky white and clear with no odor, is usually normal.
The secretion of vaginal discharge which flows out of the vagina every day helps to maintain your vagina healthy and clean.
However, it becomes abnormal vaginal discharge when the amount and appearance of discharge changes.
Abnormal vaginal discharge is a highly common phenomenon that can be identified through three main symptoms: excessive discharge, changes in discharge color and odor, itching, irritation, soreness or burning sensation of vagina and vulva.
If you have an abnormal vaginal discharge then there will be an increase in the amount and thickness of discharge, white and clumpy (like cottage cheese), grayish, greenish, yellowish, or blood-tinged discharge, mucus and pus mixed in with discharge or frothy smell.
Abnormal vaginal discharge may cause with the inflammation of vagina, usually known as vaginitis, which occurs due to an infection or irritation by a chemical. It mostly occurs in young girls with a discharge that may contain blood due to a foreign object in the vagina. [Causes of Abnormal Vaginal Discharge]
Irritation may result from spermicides, vaginal lubricants, diaphragms, and latex condoms. However, the vagina becomes thinner and dryer after menopause where an inflammation of vagina may occur, thus increasing your chances of having abnormal vaginal discharge.
A change in appearance and odor can be caused by bacterial vaginosis. With this bacterium, your vaginal discharge may turn into a white, gray, or yellowish cloudy discharge with a strange (fishy) odor.
However, a thick, white, and clumpy discharge (like cottage cheese), which is accompanied by itching, is generally caused by candidiasis, a yeast infection.
A protozoan infection, called trichomoniasis (sexual transmitted disease) changes your vaginal discharge into a heavy, greenish yellow, frothy discharge that may have a bad odor.
Other sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, chlamydia can change the color of your discharge. A greenish or yellowish discharge may occur due to cervical infection, which is caused by gonorrhea, chlamydia.
However, cancer of the vagina, cervix, or lining of the uterus [Uterine Cancer Treatment] may cause a watery, blood-tinged discharge.
Once you find an abnormal vaginal discharge, it is better to consult your doctor for proper diagnosis and treatment.
Remember, treating yourself with home remedies may improve your symptoms for few days but cannot completely eliminate your abnormal vaginal discharge.
For diagnosing the cause of the abnormal vaginal discharge, your doctor will perform a pelvic examination and also examine a sample of the discharge using a microscope.
Once the cause of the abnormal vaginal discharge is identified, your doctor will start treating your problem. An oral antibiotics or antibiotic vaginal creams will be prescribed if the cause of abnormal vaginal discharge is a bacterial infection.
However, a specific oral drug or vaginal preparations will be prescribed if your abnormal vaginal discharge is due to a type of yeast infection or trichomonad. If it is caused by a tumor, then a biopsy of the cervix or vagina may be compulsory.
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Posted in: Women's Reproductive Health
My vagina has a fishy order…..and somethimes my discharge luks thick like cheez…..what can i do to prevent this infectious isue???????????????
My vagina has a fishy odor and has a smoky white discharge and I’m to embarrassed to tell my doctor. What can I do to help this situation?? The odor only occurs after I have alot of discharge but I have no itching or irritation.
My vagina doesn’t smell any different but I have a discharge that is brown and thick, I also have pain in my uterin area inside not out and it hurts to have intercourse with my husband.
my vagina discharge is white, thick and has a foul smell but it doesn’t itch.and i did not have my monthly period last month. is something wrong with me?and i’m too embarassed to go to the doctor. fyi, i’m still a virgin
If you are wearing tight jeans and not cleaning yourself right front to back you probably have a yeast infection you just need to go to the doctors and ask them to prescribe u a cream, supposotories or ask them for flagyl
for about two months ive been having a discharge color yellowish and thick. sometimes it turns like brownish but thin but mostly its yellow with this fishy nasty smell. i dont have any itchy or any pain in my virgina just the smell? is this like really bad? could this be a bacterial vaginosis????
My discharge is whitish milky & it also have a foul odor but it dosent itch.is that a problem & how can i cure it.
ok so i have a white milky discharge (sometimes yellow) but no stinky smell, no irritation, no chunks, or itching. When I have intercourse its seems like its every where. I just hate having it. I use the birthcontol patch and i was reading on on the package that it changes the fluids so sperms cant swim through it or something like that, so i was wondering if it was my birthconrol?? maybe infection?
Lately for the passed 3-4 days I’ve been having a watery, blood stained like discharge. . .is this a sign of having vagina/cervix/uterus cancer? I’m only 17 years old. So what could possibly be wrong with me?
I am only fifteen years old, soon to be sixteen, and i have vaginal discharge. i think. its sometimes white and milky, but it can be yellowish and crusty too. i can’t wear underwear for more than six hours at a time, but it doesn’t burn or itch when i urinate. sometimes i think that it might be coming from my clitoris if that is possible, but i don’t have any orgasms while i have sex with my boyfriend. sometimes when we make love i even bleed, sometimes when he fingers me i bleed, too. I’m wondering if i have an infection or something, please help!
I’m 17 and I have had a foul smell to my vagina for a while now. I don’t think my discharge is abnormal looking. I’ve gone to the doctor to get a Pap smear and they didnt find anything wrong. I’m still a virgin. And i shower daily, so I don’t understand what can be causing this. It is really embarassing and annoying. No matter what I do, it continues to smell and I don’t know what to do!
My discharge is milky white and odorless but I have irritation. When I am go to bathroom, every time I wash the area water and antiseptic liquid, but no result. One time I keep physical relation with my boy friend, but not fully. I want to know, it is the reason or cause of Cancer? Please help me, because after some week My marrige ceremony is coming soon. Please help! What I do?
Hii.. Would really love a feeback..
I had sex wd my hubby som 3 days back..
Since i din get ny white dischrge, wht i usually get.. Does dat mean am preg??
Hey. Im only 16 soon to be 17. I have this white discharge I think it is, its always on my underwear. Its very annoying and fustrating. It doesn’t smell bad,it doesn’t burn or itch. Somtimes ill pee and clear will drip after I urine…im ver scared. Im scared to tell me doctor. I sometimes have cramps as If im starting my cycle. HELP ME PLEASE
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i actually have the same exact problems as sheyana. ive never heard of anyone having this problem before and i don’t want to see my doctor either.
please helpp !
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i’m 15 and i have yellowish sometimes halfway green discharge with an odor thats something terrible and when i have sex with my boyfriend i bleed and i also have itchingness to after or sometimes whn i take a shower. whats wrong with me?
I once ate very hotty things to prepond my periods.Since then onwards I get white discharge before &after my periods.I am trying to conceive ,will it harm my ovulation.
Rashmi, eating hot things once may not affect your ovulation. You can conceive. Your white discharge may be due to other reasons. Better consult a gynecologist to find the problem
So I am having abnormal discharge and I am afraid I have an STD because I had unprotected sex with someone. I have been experiencing abnormal discharge for about two weeks and occasional pain in the vaginal wall. It doesn’t hurt when I pee or anything else. what should I do, I really can’t afford to get tested.
i get this problem so it seems when i have sex while having my period !yes i used a condom only when i have sex on my period and both times that i did have sex while having my monthly i got a thick water white discharge that DO NOT smell but im really itchy and making myself sore. i dont want to go to the dr because i dont really have time, i had a pap test done 2 months ago and it was normal no STI or anything so i dont understand why this is happening ,i been with my bf for a year now and he is the only one i have sex with so is it a reaction from the condom or is it BV? yeast infection? or is he cheating on me ?