Leukorrhea - Vaginal discharge during pregnancy

Monday, March 13, 2006

Leukorrhea (Vaginal discharge during pregnancy)

Basics

Leukorrhea is a whitish, somewhat thick discharge from the vagina. Normally, vaginal discharge occurs intermittently throughout the menstrual cycle, with a somewhat greater than usual amount during pregnancy. Constant leukorrhea, a change in its consistency, or a greater discharge than usual may be signs of a vaginal or uterine infection, a tumor, or various other gynecological disorders.

Symptoms
The symptoms of monilia vaginitis are:
Discharge
Itching
Burning
Painful intercourse

The discharge is white and curdy, looking something like cottage cheese, and is easily discovered by self-examination. It has a yeast odor.The vagina, which is usually pale pink, turns bright red. This redness often spreads to the vulva, which one can see with a mirror.The discoloration can reach all the way to the anus. It can cause swelling and become very painful. Sometimes the irritation becomes so severe that walking is difficult. Often there are whitish or grayish areas or spots either in the vagina or on the vulva.It is possible to have monilia in the mouth. This is usually caused by antibiotic therapy, although sometimes also by oral sex. It looks like curdy white patches in the mouth, which bleed if scraped. Oral pain and fever can occur.

Prevention
All the anal diseases including hemorrhoids mostly breed in filth caused by the unhygienic management of one’s anus, & also in the thrombus & congestion of one's vein by forcible use of toilet roll. It is highly required for female to manage her private parts clearly, because it could cause diseases (i.e. non-gonorrheal urethritis), when the colitis germs that remained around one’s anus, entered into her vagina while wiping away feces or menstruation with toilet roll.

Causes
It can be caused by a vaginal infection such as trichomonas or candidiasis (thrush), or irritation by a foreign body such as an IUD, a forgotten tampon or even a vaginal tumor.

Diagnosis
When leukorrhea becomes a source of vaginal pain or irritation, a woman should go to see her doctor. The diagnosis of monilia vaginitis can be done by the characteristic appearance and odor of the discharge, the presence of white or gray patches in the vagina, and the inflammation of the vulvar area.To substantiate this clinical diagnosis, the physician microscopically examines a wet smear of the vaginal discharge for the typical yeast like organisms.A swab of the vaginal discharge can also be placed on a special culture medium. The culture will grow within a few days, even at room temperature.Anti-yeast suppositories and creams are the most common treatments for monilia infections. Some preparations can also be taken orally, but high doses are needed for effective treatment of monilia infections.

Dietary Guidelines
It would be a good idea for women to eat yogurt while taking antibiotics. In fact, yogurt is a useful addition to the diet of any women who has or is predisposed to yeast infections. She must, of course, eat yogurt that contains live cultures; this counterbalances the yeast in the vagina. It has been suggested with plain yogurt (again, only yogurt with live cultures) could be applied like a vaginal cream for the treatment of monilia infection. The effectiveness of this yogurt has not been tested in long-term experiments.

Home Care Suggestions
Coli can reach the vagina because of poor hygiene of changing from anal and vaginal intercourse. Women should be careful after defecation to clean themselves from front to back, not from back to front, to ensure that coli bacilli not get into the vagina. Mycoplasma is another microorganism associated with vaginitis; alone it causes no symptoms but it is usually been found with bacteria. It can cause infertility.

Mind/Body Considerations
These diseases occur when the body resistance is low. In order to build resistance it is very necessary to have a healthy life style one that helps build body resistance for that it is necessary to adopt a cycle that is beneficial to the mind and the body.



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