Today we will look for the answer to such a topic familiar to many women: “Why do girls have white discharge and do they mean that their possessor is ill?”
How healthy discharge looks
No, not all of them in women are signs of any pathology. Indeed, to maintain a normal level of moisture in the vagina and prevent it from drying out in the female genital organs, a secret is secreted (up to 2 ml per day).
For different phases of the cycle, a different color of the discharge is also characteristic, and their absence or the presence of a slightly acidic odor. For example, abundant white discharge in girls and women appears a week after the end of menstruation. True, this does not last long. Over time, the discharge turns into a small, yellowish mass. In a healthy girl, they are usually fluid or slimy and are not accompanied by discomfort.
And in the case when the whites begin to disturb, bring discomfort and cause discomfort, you should suspect the presence of infection or some kind of disturbance in the body.
Why girls have white discharge can be attributed to the manifestation of pathology
In the vaginal environment there are lactobacilli, which, forming lactic acid, destroy with it the majority of pathogens that enter the external or internal genital organs. But still, a certain number of pathogenic microbes is constantly there, and any malfunction in the body can lead to their excessive reproduction and, accordingly, the beginning of the inflammatory process in the genitourinary system.
Therefore, when the white discharge in girls resembles cottage cheese, they begin to be accompanied by itching, burning, swelling and pain in the genitals and during urination, these symptoms can be safely attributed to the manifestation of the disease. In this case, you should immediately consult a doctor.
How is candidiasis manifested
Explain why in girls white discharge takes the form of a thick, plentiful curd mass with a pronounced unpleasant odor and is accompanied by severe burning and itching, often only by the presence in the vagina of a pathological amount of candida fungus. He is a permanent inhabitant of the mucous membranes of every healthy woman, but with a decrease in immunity begins to multiply intensively, causing thrush (candidiasis).
Discharge is only one of the symptoms of this disease. They are also accompanied by severe itching, especially at times when a woman sits with her legs crossed or during intercourse. With candidiasis, the vagina becomes red and swollen, tiny vesicles appear on the mucosa, which cause severe burning and pain. By evening, as a rule, excruciating sensations intensify and can cause insomnia and even neurosis.
But to make a diagnosis on your own, and even more so to take for self-medication is unreasonable, moreover, it is dangerous. Thrush can be turned into a chronic condition that will move to all the mucous membranes in the woman’s body, leading to infertility or infection of the fetus at the time of pregnancy.
Therefore, to find out why girls have white discharge, causing discomfort, they need only a doctor! He will conduct the necessary examinations and prescribe treatment. Be healthy!