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  2. Vaginal discharge - Wikipedia

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    Vaginal discharge is a mixture of liquid, cells, and bacteria that lubricate and protect the vagina. [1] [2] This mixture is constantly produced by the cells of the vagina and cervix, and it exits the body through the vaginal opening.

  3. Everything You Need to Know About Vaginal Discharge - AOL

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    Discharge can become slightly discolored when it hits the air, so if you notice some sticky, pale-yellow discharge in your undies — and know that you’re about to get your period — that’s okay.

  4. Leukorrhea - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] The amount of discharge may increase due to vaginal infection, and it may disappear and reappear from time to time. This discharge can keep occurring for years, in which case it becomes more yellow and strong-smelling. It is usually a non-pathological symptom secondary to inflammatory conditions of the vagina or cervix. [5]

  5. Bacterial vaginosis - Wikipedia

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    The discharge coats the walls of the vagina, and is usually without significant irritation, pain, or erythema (redness), although mild itching can sometimes occur. By contrast, the normal vaginal discharge will vary in consistency and amount throughout the menstrual cycle and is at its clearest at ovulation —about two weeks before the period ...

  6. Flu, pink eye, strep throat: A guide to the common illnesses ...

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    Mucus, pus or thick yellow discharge from the eye. How is it treated? The proper treatment depends on what’s causing the infection, Woods says. “Pink eye, often caused by bacteria but ...

  7. Vaginal disease - Wikipedia

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    Vaginal cancer is very rare, but its symptoms include abnormal vaginal bleeding or vaginal discharge. [1] Air embolism is a potentially fatal condition where an air bubble travels throughout the bloodstream and can obstruct a vessel. It can result if air is blown into a pregnant woman's vagina during cunnilingus; this is because pregnant women ...

  8. Gardnerella vaginalis - Wikipedia

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    Trichomonas vaginalis and G. vaginalis have similar clinical presentations and can cause a frothy gray or yellow-green vaginal discharge, pruritus, and produce a positive "whiff-test". The two can be distinguished using a wet-mount slide, where a swab of the vaginal epithelium is diluted and then placed onto a slide for observation under a ...

  9. Trichomonas vaginalis - Wikipedia

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    Trichomonas vaginalis from a vaginal swab. This is a heavy infection; there were probably thousands of trichomonads in the vagina. Alfred Francois Donné (1801–1878) was the first to describe a procedure to diagnose trichomoniasis through "the microscopic observation of motile protozoa in vaginal or cervical secretions" in 1836.