What's wrong with the leucorrhea that looks like blood?

Generally speaking, the color and properties of leucorrhea can also remind people whether there is a problem in the body. Normal leucorrhea is white and a little sticky. Some women may experience leucorrhea that looks like blood. This situation is related to many factors, so it is important to pay attention to it and take timely measures to treat or prevent it. So why does leucorrhea look like blood?

1. Normal leucorrhea is a mixture of vaginal mucosal exudate, cervical canal and endometrial gland secretions, and its formation is related to the action of estrogen. Normal leucorrhea is white, paste-like or egg white-like, sticky, small in amount, and has no fishy odor. It is called physiological leucorrhea. If there is inflammation of the reproductive tract, such as vaginitis, cervicitis or cancer, the amount of leucorrhea will increase significantly and the shape will change. If there is blood in the leucorrhea, consider cervical polyps, cervical columnar epithelium ectopia with infection, or uterine submucosal fibroids, etc. Having an IUD can also cause bloody vaginal discharge. In addition, cervical cancer and endometrial cancer may also cause blood in the vaginal discharge. If you encounter this situation, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time for color ultrasound and gynecological examination to determine the cause and receive symptomatic treatment.

2. There is a little blood in the leucorrhea. If it is not the menstrual period, it is non-menstrual bleeding. The main situation is ovulation bleeding. If the menstrual cycle is about 28 days, and there is blood in the leucorrhea between two menstrual periods, it is ovulation bleeding. The amount of bleeding during ovulation is generally less and does not require treatment. In addition, uterine fibroids, chronic cervicitis, endometriosis, intrauterine contraceptive ring, gynecological tumors, etc. may also cause bloody vaginal discharge. It is recommended to go to the gynecology department of a regular hospital in time to do routine leucorrhea examinations, gynecological color ultrasound and other related examinations to find out the cause of the disease, take scientific and standardized measures, and treat the symptoms.

3. The leucorrhea is red, but it does not look like blood. It can be understood as bloody leucorrhea. Bloody leucorrhea usually indicates a small amount of bleeding. This small amount of bleeding can come from three parts. First, it comes from the uterine cavity. In the case of endometrial polyps or endometritis, a small amount of bleeding is mixed in the leucorrhea, which appears as redness. Secondly, blood can also come from polyps on the surface of the cervix or chronic cervicitis, which also manifests as blood in the leucorrhea. In the case of senile vaginitis, it may also manifest as bloody leucorrhea in the vagina. To determine which situation it is, a gynecological examination should be performed first.