What Is the Connection Between Vaginal Discharge and Menopause?

Causes of increased vaginal discharge

Increased vaginal discharge

The characteristics of female vaginal discharge are special signals that represent the health of the female reproductive system. Under normal circumstances, the shape and amount of vaginal discharge vary at different times of the menstrual cycle. An increase in vaginal secretions in women is an increase in the amount of secretions, and the color and smell of the secretions change abnormally.

Affected area

Reproductive site

Related diseases

Cold interstitial cystitis infant vaginitis vaginal malignant tumor amoebic vaginitis nonspecific vaginitis cervical ectropion cervical erosion senile vaginitis vulvitis vaginal trichomoniasis condyloma schistosomiasis mycoplasma infection vaginal granulosa sarcoma mixed Neoplasms vaginitis cervical stump cancer recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis cervical invasion cancer allergic vaginitis tuberculosis vaginitis urogenital mycoplasma infection adolescents and children vaginal sarcoma adolescents and children vaginal clear cell cancer diabetes vaginal white spot vagina Malignant mullerian mixed tumor vagina

Related symptoms

Increased vaginal discharge and leucorrhea, abdominal pain, cervical erosion, menopausal fungal infections, pruritus, diabetic backache, increased vaginal discharge

Affiliated Department

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Related inspections

Vaginal pathogen examination Vaginal secretion examination Vaginal cleanliness examination Uterine cavity bacterial culture Vaginal cytology examination Gynecological routine examination Vulvar gynecological routine examination Vaginal palpation Transvaginal ultrasound colposcope

Causes of increased vaginal discharge

(1) Pathogen infection. The use of contaminated sanitary products causes pathogens to enter the reproductive tract from the vaginal opening, infection occurs, and leucorrhea increases.

(2) Trichomonas vaginalis infection. This infection is likely to cause an increase in leucorrhea, accompanied by a foul odor, and itching of the vagina.

(3) Cervical erosion. Birth lacerations, changes in sex hormones, or cervical inflammation caused by sexual behavior may cause cervical erosion and increase vaginal discharge. A small number of women may have cervical erosion for no reason, even congenital cervical erosion, which will cause increased vaginal discharge.

(4) The filtered virus infects the cervix, vagina, and vulva. Some filterable viruses can be cured without treatment, for example: a cold-filtered virus, but if it is a cauliflower (scientific name of genital warts), it often forms an increase in leucorrhea.

(5) Leucorrhea increases after Candida albicans infection. Candida albicans has two characteristics: the first is that the vitality is very tenacious; the second is that it likes humidity. It is not easy to cure. People who take antibiotics, avoid drugs or adrenal steroids for a long time, as well as pregnant women, diabetics, and women who like to wear bodysuits are more susceptible to infection, and it is not easy to cure after infection.

(6) Atrophic vaginitis. Due to the disease, a small number of women except the ovaries on both sides or menopause occur early and after menopause. Due to the gradual lack of estrogen in the body, the vaginal wall will gradually become fragile and susceptible to bacterial infection and inflammation, leading to increased vaginal discharge . It may also be caused by vaginal atrophy and inflammation at an early age.

(7) Foreign bodies have entered the reproductive organs. There are gauze, tampons, menstrual plugs, etc. in the vagina, and some women's uterus are not suitable for placement of birth control devices, they will stimulate the reproductive organs and increase vaginal discharge.

Examination and diagnosis of increased vaginal discharge

General trait examination is to observe the color and characteristics of vaginal discharge.

Differential diagnosis of confusing symptoms of increased vaginal discharge

Trichomonas vaginitis: Trichomonas vaginitis (trichomona1vaginitis) is a common vaginitis caused by Trichomonas vaginalis. Trichomonas is pear-shaped, with a pointed tip at the rear end, about two to three times the size of multinucleated white blood cells. There are 4 flagella at the top of the worm, a wavy membrane at the body, and a protruding shaft at the rear. The live trichomoniasis is transparent and colorless, and it is in the shape of water droplets. The flagella sway with the fluctuation of the wave film. The trichomoniasis has a simple life history. 2 days at ; 20 to 60 minutes at 46 ° C; about 10 hours in a semi-dry environment; 45 to 120 minutes in ordinary soapy water. It does not grow in an environment below Ph5 or above 7.5, and the vaginal pH of patients with trichomoniasis vaginitis is generally 5.1 to 5.4. Trichomonas hidden in glands and vaginal folds often reproduce before and after menstruation, causing the onset of inflammation. It can consume or swallow glycogen in vaginal epithelial cells and hinder lactic acid production. Trichomonas not only parasitize the vagina. It also often invades the urethra or paraurethral glands, even the bladder, renal pelvis, and men's foreskin folds, urethra, or prostate.

Mycotic vaginitis (monilialormycoticvaginitis): caused by a fungal infection. Its incidence is higher than trichomonas vaginitis. The fungal infection is called candida infection in medicine, so the fungal vaginitis is also called candida vaginitis. More common in young girls, pregnant women, patients with diabetes, and patients who have been treated with higher doses of estrogen after menopause. The main symptoms of candidal vaginitis are also increased leucorrhea and itching of the vulva. However, the vaginal leucorrhea of candidal vaginitis increases as water or pus, mixed with cheese or tofu residue.

Increased vaginal discharge: vaginal discharge is a vaginal discharge from women. The leucorrhea of normal women is a kind of odorless, slightly acidic viscous substance, which has the effects of moistening the vagina, excreting waste, and inhibiting the growth of pathogenic bacteria, which is a normal physiological phenomenon. Increased leucorrhea in healthy women is directly proportional to increased estrogen levels in the body. Such as increased leucorrhea during ovulation or pregnancy, in the case of endometrial growth too long, or after the application of estrogen drugs can occur similar leucorrhea increase. The increase in leucorrhea that deserves special attention is the lesion secretory leucorrhea.

Cervical erosion: Cervical erosion is not an independent disease, but a manifestation of chronic cervicitis, caused by human papillomavirus infection. After cervical erosion, leucorrhea is often increased and sticky, and purulent and bloody leucorrhea may occasionally appear, accompanied by backache, abdominal pain, and a feeling of heavy fall in the lower abdomen. Sexual life may also cause contact bleeding or odor.

General trait examination is to observe the color and characteristics of vaginal discharge.

Prevention of increased vaginal discharge

(1) Under the premise of clear diagnosis, the treatment of pathological leucorrhea is the most important for the treatment of primary diseases or special pathogens.

(2) For the sinus that exists in the vagina and urethra or rectum, surgical resection is the best radical cure. At the same time, certain antibacterial drugs must be used to avoid secondary bacterial infection.

(3) If it is a pathological leucorrhea caused by a foreign body, promptly remove the foreign body, and if necessary, use antibacterial drugs to prevent and treat secondary bacterial infections.

(4) If microscopic examination confirms the presence of trichomoniasis, drug treatment is a more common treatment. Common drugs such as metronidazole and tinidazole are used. Different doctors generally adopt different treatment methods according to the cause of leucorrhea.