Abnormal Leukorrhea, Not Just Vaginitis

Cervical cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease and cervical cancer can also cause abnormal leukorrhea. 34-year-old Ms. Zhang recently found that her leukorrhea was abnormal, she diagnosed vaginitis by herself with her experience, so she went to the pharmacy to buy the medicine to clean her vagina and plug her vagina, and the effect was not obvious after using it for some time. She felt very strange. In fact, Ms. Zhang’s abnormal leukorrhea was probably not caused by vaginitis, so it was not effective. Vaginitis, cervicocervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, cervical cancer, etc. may cause abnormal leukorrhea. You can not conclude that it is vaginitis just based on the abnormal leukorrhea labs, or leukorrhea increase, odor, etc., and you need to let a professional doctor conduct a gynecological examination to assist in the diagnosis. In general, it is necessary to consider the color of the vaginal mucosa, the nature and source of vaginal discharge, and whether the cervical opening is flushed in order to make a more accurate judgment. If the vaginal discharge is not abnormal due to vaginitis, cleansing and insertion of pills can only serve to clean up the discharge, but cannot achieve the fundamental therapeutic effect. There are three most common types of vaginitis in women of childbearing age: trichomoniasis, mycosis fungoides and bacterial vaginitis. Trichomonas vaginitis is caused by Trichomonas vaginalis infection, and patients present with foamy leukorrhea. Mycobacterial vaginitis, also known as Candida vaginitis, is characterized by milky white, lumpy or tofu scum-like leukorrhea, and occasionally watery leukorrhea. In bacterial vaginitis, the leukorrhea is white and has a fishy odor. All three types of vaginitis are usually accompanied by vulvar itching. Mycobacterial vaginitis is associated with severe vulvar itching and a burning sensation, trichomoniasis or bacterial vaginitis is associated with mild vulvar itching, and bacterial vaginitis may not be associated with vulvar itching. Cervicocervicitis is also a common inflammatory disease that causes abnormal leukorrhea in women. It is usually caused by streptococcus, mycoplasma or chlamydia infection, patients appear yellowish-white purulent secretion or yellow mucus secretion, and sometimes accompanied by the cervical opening of the cervix flushing, edema. In addition, the name of the disease of celiac disease has been canceled and replaced by cervical columnar epithelial displacement, which is a physiological manifestation of the uterine cavity, it is not a disease and does not need to be treated. Celiac disease does not cause abnormal vaginal discharge, nor does it cause abnormal cervical discharge. If the gynecological examination found that the patient has cervical columnar epithelial shift changes and accompanied by increased cervical discharge and abnormal color, usually caused by cervical cervicitis.