What secrets do vaginal secretions hide?

　　Normal secretions are not “dirty””

　　A 20-year-old female patient came to the outpatient clinic. She told the doctor distressedly that she recently found herself "dirty" and asked the doctor to help her clean up. After asking the doctor in detail, he found out that the girl noticed a slight increase in leucorrhea, which was because she was in the ovulation period. This normal change made the girl panic. Based on her little knowledge, she decided that she was "dirty" and must be sick. Gynecology I got sick, so I went to a gynecologist.

　　According to gynecological experts, female The vagina is a microecological environment. healthy The vagina and cervix secrete substances that clean and regulate their own environment, forming what we call "leucorrhea". This type of vaginal secretions is normal secretions, which can moisturize the vagina and maintain the normal pH of the vagina. In a healthy female vagina, bacteria maintain a microecological balance that is mutually reinforcing and mutually reinforcing. If there is no leucorrhea, the vagina will be dry and painful, which will also lead to a decrease in vaginal resistance and prone to inflammation.

　　Normal adult women will increase their secretions during certain special periods (such as ovulation and pregnancy), and sometimes their color and composition will also change. There are many reasons for variations in vaginal secretions, such as the influence of menstruation, psychological stress, drugs (such as oral contraceptives), nutritional status, pregnancy, and sexual desire.

　　Experts point out that the normal vaginal discharge of healthy women is sometimes colorless and transparent mucus, but sometimes it may be white milky or thick paste, but these changes are normal. Some women think that these changes are abnormal and "unclean", so they seek medical treatment or take medicine randomly, but instead receive excessive treatment and cause problems.“ Vaginitis”。

　　Abuse of antibiotics can cause vaginitis, which is incurable

　　“In the past, if women had gynecological inflammation such as vaginitis, it was thought to be related to poor hygiene. But now, especially among urban women, hygiene is no longer the main cause of the disease. ”Director Xie Bo told reporters. She believes that iatrogenic factors are an important cause of gynecological inflammation in modern women. “Overuse of antibiotics has increased drug-resistant bacteria, making vaginitis and other infections difficult to treat. ”she said.

　　Ms. He, who is in her 40s, felt very uncomfortable "there". First, she developed an increase in leucorrhea, which was like tofu, and her vulva also felt itchy and uncomfortable. She had been married for many years and estimated that she had a gynecological disease. The doctor also diagnosed her with vaginitis caused by candida, so she prescribed cephalosporin for two weeks, but the condition did not improve. She had to seek help from a doctor again. Is candida vaginitis so difficult to treat? second home Hospital After careful communication with her, the doctor learned an important piece of information - before Ms. He's vaginitis attack, she had cold For a period of time, I also had sore throat and tonsillitis, and I took antibiotics for a period of time.

　　Gynecologists said that taking a large amount of antibiotics caused Ms. He's bacterial flora imbalance. A certain antibiotic can not only eliminate pathogens that are sensitive to it, but can also cause an imbalance in the proportion of the bacterial flora, allowing other pathogens to take the opportunity to multiply in large numbers. Eventually, recurring fungal vaginitis, etc., are often the result of extensive use and abuse of antibiotics.

　　Gynecological experts pointed out that many patients found in outpatient clinics who needed antibiotic treatment for vaginitis found that no effective antibiotics were available, and even the most advanced antibiotics were useless against the pathogenic bacteria in the vagina. In this case, doctors usually ask the patient to stop using antibiotics first. After the bacterial flora has been adjusted for a period of time, it is suitable for standard medication.