Contents:
- Medical Video: Vaginal Discharge ,Normal & Abnormal Calours
- What is vaginal discharge?
- What are the characteristics of normal vaginal discharge?
- 1. Color
- 2. Aroma
- 3. Texture
- 4. Amount
- Pay attention to your vaginal discharge regularly
- When to see a doctor immediately?
Medical Video: Vaginal Discharge ,Normal & Abnormal Calours
Leucorrhoea is a problem that is often experienced by women. This vaginal discharge can be a sign of an infectious disease. However, not all vaginal discharge indicates that you have an illness. Leucorrhoea can also be a normal sign of the body, not a dangerous one. This is a normal vaginal discharge that usually occurs in every woman.
What is vaginal discharge?
Leucorrhoea has the benefit of cleaning, moistening the vagina, and protecting the vagina. Normal vaginal discharge will increase in conditions when sexual arousal increases, during the ovulation cycle, during exercise, when using birth control pills, and also during emotional stress.
However, vaginal discharge can also be abnormal, which is usually caused by infection. For example, bacterial infections, trichomoniasis infections, fungal infections, infections from sexually transmitted diseases. Now, to distinguish it, you can notice some of the signs of how normal type of vaginal discharge is.
What are the characteristics of normal vaginal discharge?
Characteristics of normal vaginal discharge can be seen from several things, namely:
1. Color
Normal whitish color is clear white, and will look yellowish when it dries. If outside this color, it could be a sign of a disruption to your health, such as a sign of infection or irritation.
2. Aroma
Normal vaginal discharge does not cause significant aroma. There is no smell of fishy or rotten. If it smells fishy or rotten, this can indicate that your vaginal discharge is not normal.
3. Texture
Normal whitish texture varies, it can be like pasta, or rather sticky and elastic. This depends on your body, what menstrual cycle is in, and what triggers this discharge. What is clear is the texture does not clot or foaming texture arise.
4. Amount
The normal amount of vaginal discharge can vary, from a little or quite a lot. Usually women will experience enough vaginal discharge when entering the ovulation phase. Determining whether your vaginal discharge is normal or not based on the amount is quite difficult, so other symptoms need to be seen.
If there is a lot of sudden vaginal discharge and there are other symptoms that you feel, such as extreme abdominal pain, you need to be careful. But if there are no other symptoms, you don't need to worry too much. As long as the color, aroma, and texture are still in the normal category this is usually safe. Because, the amount of vaginal discharge can also be affected by hormonal factors.
Pay attention to your vaginal discharge regularly
If you feel often leucorrhoea, it's good to find out how you look, smell, and the amount of vaginal discharge you usually have. After you use the bathroom, or when you change underwear, observe how the shape, aroma, and amount of vaginal discharge issued daily.
Use your finger to feel the texture. Observe regularly in a certain period of time, for example, in the next one month, observe how leucorrhoea conditions appear regularly.
This observation can help you know when maybe the next condition of vaginal discharge is different than usual. Comparing the condition of your vaginal discharge with others is not the right reference. Because, everyone has their own reaction when experiencing vaginal discharge.
Therefore, the best thing is to compare it with your own vaginal discharge every day. As long as the vaginal discharge appears to have signs of normal vaginal discharge, this is still safe.
When to see a doctor immediately?
If your vaginal discharge suddenly differs from usual and is accompanied by accompanying symptoms beside it, you need to be vigilant. The following are some of the accompanying symptoms that you need to be aware of:
- Fever
- Pain in the abdomen
- Unexpected weight loss
- Fatigue
- Increased frequency of wanting to urinate
If you find the symptoms above, immediately consult your doctor.
