Increased leukorrhea is an increase in the amount of vaginal discharge in women, and sometimes increased leukorrhea is a normal physiological phenomenon. Increased leukorrhea is just a symptom that indicates an increase in the discharge of vaginal secretions. Normal leukorrhea is colorless or white with no odor.
There are many reasons for the increase in leukorrhea, such as pregnancy, which can cause an increase in leukorrhea and is related to the increase in female hormone secretion in the body. The body hormones increase during ovulation, so that the cervical gland secretion increases, leucorrhea increases, transparent and easy to pull into silk, conducive to sperm penetration, conducive to conception. The pelvic congestion before and after menstruation will also increase vaginal secretions, these increased leucorrhea is a normal phenomenon.
In addition, increased leucorrhea is also seen in certain pathological conditions. For example, increased leucorrhea is the main symptom of pelvic inflammatory disease and tubal inflammation, and is also an early symptom of endometritis, which is yellowish and smelly. Then there is trichomonas vaginitis, which also causes increased leucorrhea with yellow or yellow-green discharge and fishy odor, and mycosis fungoides, which leads to increased cheese-like leucorrhea.
If you have abnormal leucorrhea, you should go to the hospital for examination, except for cervical cancer and endometrial cancer if necessary. Pay attention to washing the vulva to prevent infection, so as not to cause serious complications.