Abnormal vaginal discharge and leucorrhea in women alert to gynecological diseases

　　Women's health is often determined by "yin". Women's maintenance must nourish yin. Many women's gynecological diseases are known from secretions. Women's secretions, that is, the appearance of leucorrhea, plays a very important role in physical health. Therefore, we usually need to carefully observe the secretions of our body and understand our health in a timely manner.

　　Abnormal vaginal discharge and leucorrhea in women alert to gynecological diseases

　　Under normal circumstances, leucorrhea is white, odorless, and the quantity and quality will change with the menstrual cycle. In the middle of two menstruation periods (i.e., the ovulation period), the leucorrhea is abundant, transparent, sticky like egg white, and can be stretched into filaments; after ovulation, the leucorrhea is small and thick; a few days before and after menstruation, the leucorrhea is slightly more, and it will become turbid because it contains more exfoliated cells; in addition, the leucorrhea will also increase after pregnancy, sexual excitement, and after sexual intercourse.

　　Abnormal leucorrhea is usually understood from these aspects.

　　First, from a quantitative point of view, infection is the most common cause of increased leucorrhea, which can be caused by bacteria, gonococci, fungi, etc. In addition, uterine fibroids, especially submucosal fibroids, can also cause increased leucorrhea. Less leucorrhea and no increase in leucorrhea during ovulation are often a sign of low estrogen levels.

　　Second, when leucorrhea is abnormal, changes in color, smell, and texture usually occur together. Often manifested as the following:

　　Yellow foamy leucorrhea: yellow or yellow-green, even dyeing the underwear yellow, difficult to wash off, accompanied by vulvar itching, it may be trichomonal vaginitis.

　　Yellow watery leucorrhea: yellow or yellow-green, watery, fishy smell, and excessive menstruation, you should be alert to uterine fibroids.

　　Purulent leucorrhea: more common in patients with vaginitis, cervical erosion, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease and endometritis. If it is accompanied by painful urination, frequent urination, and urgency, it may be a sexually transmitted disease caused by gonococcal infection.

　　White cheese-like leucorrhea: white, sticky cheese-like or tofu-like leucorrhea, accompanied by vulvar itching, is a common symptom of Candida albicans vaginitis.

　　Gray-white, thin, fishy-smelling leucorrhea: It is more common in patients with bacterial vaginosis and is caused by an ecological imbalance of the normal flora in the vagina.

　　Bloody leucorrhea: There is blood mixed in the leucorrhea. If it occurs in women during the childbearing period and is accompanied by pain, it may be cervicitis; if it occurs in middle-aged and elderly women, it may be senile vaginitis, cervical polyps or cervical cancer.

　　Therefore, women must pay attention to the hygiene of their private parts. In addition, advancing age will also cause abnormal leucorrhea in many women.