Once a year - it is with such regularity that you should visit a gynecologist for a routine checkup, including the condition of the vaginal microflora. But such a frequency of visits is sufficient only if there are no complaints about your intimate health.
White blood cells in a smear
It may happen that during a routine examination, white blood cells were found in the smear. The norm of these cells for the female body is determined by nature, and already initially they are present in the composition of the vaginal microflora of every adult woman. With the right ratio, they are a natural barrier that protects against very unpleasant infections that are transmitted only through sexual contact.
So, you feel fine, but nevertheless, the gynecologist delivered a verdict: white blood cells in a smear. The norm can be exceeded due to the banal thrush, the most common female disease.
Possible diseases in which leukocytes are elevated
If the number of leukocytes exceeds the permissible number, then this may be a sign of diseases such as:
- colpitis;
- cervicitis;
- urethritis;
- endometritis;
- adnexitis;
- vaginal dysbiosis;
- STI
- oncology.
To clarify the reasons that provoked an increase in white blood cells, the gynecologist will prescribe a more in-depth study. And on the basis of the data obtained, he will select an individual treatment regimen.
Pregnancy and elevated white blood cells
White blood cells in a smear during pregnancy - a reason to say that in the vagina
there is some kind of infection. Most often it is candidiasis, most common in pregnant women. But sometimes
elevated white blood cells are a symptom of more complex diseases.
What can increase white blood cells in a smear
An increased white blood cell count in a smear is not always an indicator of inflammation. The state of intimate microflora largely depends on the diet of a woman, the state of the digestive tract, her personal hygiene. And strong enough discharge can only be an indicator of an active sex life.
The normal number of leukocytes in the smear ranges from 5 to 15 units visible during the study. But with an actively passing "night" life of a woman, this indicator can vary from 20 to 25 units.
Do not worry too much if white blood cells appear in the smear. The norm may be exceeded due to reasons completely unrelated to the state of health.
Possible factors that influenced the increase in white blood cells include:
- sexual intercourse directly on the day of analysis;
- taking medication;
- too carefully, no matter how strange it may sound, the completed procedure of personal hygiene.
Very rarely, but nevertheless, there are cases when the treatment is completely carried out, and the analysis stubbornly shows elevated white blood cells in the smear. The norm is most likely exceeded due to dysbiosis of the vagina and / or cervix. In such cases, doctors advise to periodically course therapy with suppositories, which include antibacterial components. And treat the underlying disease - intestinal dysbiosis. It is this disease that provokes the excess of the natural norm of white blood cells.