Is yellow-green vaginal discharge normal during pregnancy?

During pregnancy, the body often undergoes many changes due to the influence of hormones. Therefore, you must pay special attention to your daily life and not supplement nutrition casually to avoid putting a burden on your body. Some women will experience abnormal leucorrhea during pregnancy, such as yellow-green color of leucorrhea, but no vaginal itching. However, this is still very worrying for pregnant mothers. So, what is going on?

1. Yellow-green discharge during pregnancy

Leucorrhea is milky white or light yellow, purulent, large in amount, has a foul odor, and is often accompanied by abdominal pain. It is generally caused by chronic cervicitis or endocervicitis. The leucorrhea is yellow or yellow-green, thin and foamy, or like rice water, grayish white, and has a foul odor. It is mostly caused by Trichomonas vaginalis. It is recommended that you go to a professional and regular hospital for examination and treatment. Greasy foods such as lard, fatty pork, cream, butter, mutton fat, etc., high-sugar foods such as chocolate, candy, desserts, cream cakes, etc., these foods help to increase moisture and heat, which will increase the secretion of leucorrhea and affect the treatment effect.

2. How many common abnormal leucorrhea are there?

1. Purulent leucorrhea. The vaginal discharge is yellow or green and has a foul odor. This is generally caused by Trichomonas vaginitis or purulent bacterial infection. It is common in Trichomonas vaginitis, chronic cervicitis, vaginal foreign bodies, etc. The main symptoms of bacterial vaginosis are increased vaginal discharge with a foul odor, which may be accompanied by mild vulvar itching or burning sensation. The leucorrhea is off-white, uniformly thin, and has very low viscosity.

2. Yellow leucorrhea. Light yellow leucorrhea is common in mycoplasma and chlamydia infections. Dark yellow leucorrhea is caused by necrosis or degeneration of diseased tissue, and is commonly seen in subuterine fibroids, cervical malignancy, uterine body malignancy, and fallopian tube malignancy.

3. Watery leucorrhea. If there is a continuous discharge of rice-washing water-like leucorrhea, and it is accompanied by a strong odor, it is usually due to advanced cervical cancer, vaginal cancer, or submucosal fibroids with infection. If you have intermittent discharge of yellow or red watery vaginal discharge, you should be aware of the possibility of fallopian tube cancer.

4. Tofu-like leucorrhea. It is unique to candidal vaginitis and is often accompanied by vulvar itching.

5. Bloody leucorrhea. That is, there is blood mixed in the leucorrhea. If this kind of leucorrhea occurs, you should be alert to the possibility of malignant tumors, such as cervical malignancy. This type of leucorrhea may also occur with some benign lesions. Such as cervical polyps, submucosal myomas, and severe chronic cervicitis.

This article introduces in detail what is going on when the leucorrhea is more yellow-green, and also introduces some care measures that should be taken when the leucorrhea is more yellow-green. As a woman whose leucorrhea is of abnormal color, you'd better carefully refer to the contents of this article to see what is wrong with your leucorrhea.