What are the characteristics of vaginitis?

Vaginitis is a common disease among women. This type of disease has a great impact on the female body. When a woman becomes pregnant and has this disease, she must receive treatment immediately so that the vaginitis will not continue to develop. So what are the characteristics of vaginitis? There are many aspects to the characteristics of this type of disease. When treating vaginitis, it is also necessary to proceed according to the patient's disease characteristics, which will be of great help in alleviating the disease.

Characteristics of vaginitis:

1. Bacterial vaginosis

10% to 40% of patients have no clinical symptoms. Those with symptoms mainly present with increased vaginal discharge with a fishy odor, which is especially aggravated after sexual intercourse and may be accompanied by mild vulvar itching or burning sensation. Examination showed no signs of congestion or inflammation in the vaginal mucosa. The secretions were grayish white, uniform, thin, and adhered to the vaginal wall for a long time, and could be easily wiped off the vaginal wall.

2. Candidal vaginitis

(1) Vulvar itching, burning pain, and pain during sexual intercourse.

(2) Frequent and painful urination. The characteristic of dysuria is that urine irritates the edematous vulva and vestibule during urination, causing pain.

(3) Characteristic secretion: white, thick, and resembling curd or bean curd residue.

(4) Vulvitis - geographic erythema, edema, and scratches.

(5) Vaginitis - edema, erythema, white membrane.

3. Trichomonas vaginitis

(1) Characteristics of increased vaginal discharge: thin, purulent, yellow-green, foamy, and smelly.

(2) Location of vulvar itching: vaginal opening and vulva.

(3) If combined with urinary tract infection: frequent urination, urgency, pain, and sometimes hematuria.

(4) Infertility: Trichomonas vaginalis can devour sperm, hinder the production of lactic acid, and affect its survival in the vagina.

(5) Examination revealed: congestion of the vaginal mucosa with scattered bleeding spots, and a "strawberry-like" posterior cervical fornix with a large amount of leucorrhea, which was grayish yellow, yellowish-white thin liquid, or yellowish-green purulent secretions, often in a foamy state. There are no abnormal changes in the vaginal mucosa of carriers.

After understanding the characteristics of vaginitis, drugs for the treatment of vaginitis are a good choice. Drugs are very effective in alleviating such diseases. However, it should be noted that the treatment of vaginitis must be long-term, and women should prevent such diseases in their daily lives to avoid such diseases before pregnancy, which will affect pregnancy.