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“Most women or people with vaginas do have discharge from the vagina,” Dr. Alyssa Dweck, a New York-based gynecologist and co-author of The Complete A to Z for Your V, tells Yahoo Life. She ...
We talked to OBGYN Dr. Lakeisha Richardson about the different types of vaginal discharge and what they mean.
Normal vaginal discharge may have a thin, watery consistency or a thick, sticky consistency, and it may be clear or white in color. [1] [2] Normal vaginal discharge may be large in volume but typically does not have a strong odor, nor is it typically associated with itching or pain. [3]
BV is the most common vaginal infection in women of reproductive age. [5] The percentage of women affected at any given time varies between 5% and 70%. [11] BV is most common in parts of Africa and least common in Asia and Europe. [11] In the United States about 30% of women between the ages of 14 and 49 are affected. [18]
Generic 100 mg doxycycline capsules A package of generic doxycycline. In addition to the general indications for all members of the tetracycline antibiotics group, doxycycline is frequently used to treat Lyme disease, chronic prostatitis, sinusitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, [13] [14] severe acne, rosacea, [15] [16] [17] and rickettsial infections. [18]
1.5 percent of young women yearly [8] Pelvic inflammatory disease , also known as pelvic inflammatory disorder ( PID ), is an infection of the upper part of the female reproductive system , mainly the uterus , fallopian tubes , and ovaries , and inside of the pelvis .
A pelvic examination is the physical examination of the external and internal female pelvic organs. [1] It is frequently used in gynecology for the evaluation of symptoms affecting the female reproductive and urinary tract, such as pain, bleeding, discharge, urinary incontinence, or trauma (e.g. sexual assault).
Vaginal wet mount showing slings of pseudohyphae of Candida albicans surrounded by round vaginal epithelial cells, conferring a diagnosis of candidal vulvovaginitis.. A vaginal wet mount (or vaginal smear [1] or wet prep [2]) is a gynecologic test wherein a sample of vaginal discharge is observed by wet mount microscopy by placing the specimen on a glass slide and mixing with a salt solution. [1]