Vaginal Discharge
Disease information
Vaginal Discharge
Frequently, the amount of humidity increases and arrives at vulva, that to the very sensible being it allows that the woman experiences the sensation of flow of such form that stains its underclothes and usually causes diverse annoyances.
The feminine
vaginal
flow, also called leucorrea is the abnormal, persistent and visible increase during
a
determined time of this
natural
secretion.
The feminine
sexual
organs are vulva,
vagina
, uterus and ovaries and very bound to them are uretra and the parauretrales glands.
Anyone
of these parts can be altered when it is affected by an
infection
and one of the main manifestations is the presence of
a
secretion that not necessarily indicates an
infection
.
So that
a
secretion is considered abnormal and requires of the medical consultation, it is necessary to take into account if
infectious
flow appears: prurito, edema to vulvar, fissures, ardor when tinkling, grayish or greenish color and fétido scent and can be caused by fungi,
bacteria
, virus or by parasites.
Between the causes of the
vaginal
flow also are the hormonal changes that they can cause hypersecretion of small glands of the
genital
apparatus that are in the
cervical
zone that slips towards the outside. Generally this type of flow is as grayish snot without scent and usually is more evident at the moment of the ovulation that takes place approximately in half of the mentrual cycle.
The
vaginal
flow is caused by several factors like:
the diminution of the estrogen levels and progesterone,
sexual
hormones that take place in the ovaries.
By the hormonal changes that appear during the
pregnancy
.
By anatomical alterations of the
genital
apparatus caused by some
disease
like cervicouterino
cancer
.
to suffer
metabolic
diseases
like the
diabetes
or the
obesity
.
By
diseases
of
sexual
transmission.
By
specific
allergies
or irritations.
By the use of antibiotics of ample phantom, oral penicillins and tetraciclinas, medicines corticoids and contraceptives with high doses in estrogens or by the
vaginal
sponge use.
By the use of underclothes very stuck and it narrows or that is lycra or nylon and other synthetic fibers.
to have an exaggerated or very poor hygiene.
Also it can be caused by pathogenic microorganisms. Between that more frequently they
attack
they are.
tricomonas vaginalis:
Parasites that are located in the neck of the uterus,
vagina
and uretra. They produce
a
flowed, abundant, frothy flow, of fétido scent and greenish color. Picazón is accompanied by one
genital
intense that increases in the posmenstrual
period
. It invades the
urinary
apparatus producing difficulty to tinkle, ardor and increase of the frequency of the micciones. The treatment must be of the pair for its treatment, using metronidazol like antibiotic.
By Gardenerella vaginalis:
being
a
very
common
cause of
infections
of
sexual
transmission, it is located in the
vagina
; it produces little, off - white, grayish
a
flow homogenous of fétido scent. Its treatment includes metronidazol, with good results, having of being avoided the
alcohol
ingestion in all the cases.
By innocent albicans:
that it is commonest of the
vaginal
micosis. It produces
a
little, cremoso flow and thick, with intense picazón and in its treatment the nistatina in
vaginal
ova or capsules by oral route is used.
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