Leucorrhoea - Classification, Causes And Symptoms Of Leucorrhoea

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Classification, causes and symptoms of leucorrhoea

Content:

• Causes of whiter
• Whiter symptoms
• White classification
• Age features

What is leucorrhoea?

Leucorrhoea - slimy droplets that are secreted from the genitals in women. If a woman has such a disease, then, as a rule, this is an indicator of some kind of disease, for example, gynecological, but not always. Specifically, leucorrhoea is an egg-white droplet that women can sometimes see on their underwear.

If this is the case, then the reason for this could be anemia, as well as the approaching menstrual cycle. If everything matches, then you have nothing to worry about. Just stick to some rules: walk less, eat more fruits and vegetables, and generally eat better.

If you have this disease too often, then it's time to think about what it needs to be treated, since too frequent leucorrhoea can lead to more serious diseases. Leucorrhoea can be treated with increased nutrition. But if enhanced nutrition as an easier method of treatment does not help, then douching with various astringent solutions should be used. Well, in general, you just need to consult a doctor. If leucorrhoea takes on any color - for example, yellow or red - then this is very bad: the body gives a sign that inflammatory processes are underway, which happens with sarcoma, fibroma, cancer, etc.

Causes of whiter

Leucorrhoea can be caused by various inflammatory processes, localizations and tumors. But the disease can also appear due to a common infection. Also important is a disease such as diabetes or simple lack of hygiene. But most often the cause of leucorrhoea is the usual inflammation of the genitals.

Whiter symptoms

To determine the symptoms, you need to first understand which discharge is considered normal. Any woman has a discharge from the genitals, which can increase before the menstrual cycle and decrease after it, and can also be present during and after pregnancy, during puberty.

If you do not belong to any of these categories, then normal discharge can be no more than one milliliter per day.

If you have an increased secretion of mucus of an opaque color with the presence of an odor or a certain color, for example, white, or the discharge is watery and all this is accompanied by discomfort and certain painful sensations, for example, itching or burning, then be careful: if the discharge is purulent, then there is an infection and an inflammatory process has begun, which if you do not start to treat it on time - almost immediately - it will develop into a specific female disease. If you have a discharge that has a blood color, then this indicates a tumor process.

White classification

Leucorrhoea are classified according to the location of the lesion in the body, and they can be divided into the following types.

Vaginal leucorrhoea. This is the most common type of leucorrhoea. This disease occurs when recovering from other diseases. If you have been ill with diseases associated with your genitourinary system, and after a course of treatment you have recovered, then such leucorrhoea may occur. A subspecies of such leucorrhoea are cervical leucorrhoea. They are located in the cervix and can be caused by chronic gonorrhea or cancer, etc. A rare manifestation of leucorrhoea includes uterine and tubal mucus.

Pathological leucorrhoea. As you may have guessed, they are very different from all other leucorrhoea: itching, burning, constant feeling of moisture, a specific smell, the discharge takes on a specific color, for example, greenish. This manifestation of leucorrhoea may be due to diabetes mellitus, violation of the rules of personal hygiene, colpitis, or prolapse of the vaginal walls. Very often this is simply due to inflammation of the cervix.

Cervical leucorrhoea. The cause of this leucorrhoea is a violation of the secretion of the cervix. This gland produces a certain normal amount of mucus per day. As soon as the reproduction of normal mucus is disturbed, the leucorrhoea disease begins. This is due to the inflammatory processes of chlamydial, gonorrheal etiology. There are purulent discharge with a certain amount of blood. With cancer, blood is always present in the discharge.

Uterine leucorrhoea. This disease occurs with inflammation of the mucous membrane and neoplasms of the body of the uterus, these include cancer and polyps. Distinctive features of these leucorrhoea are purulent discharge, but at the onset of the disease they are watery. When this category of disease is started, the discharge takes on a brown color.

Tubal leucorrhoea. This is a fairly rare disease. It is caused by inflammation of the cervix and fallopian tubes. The mucus accumulates in the fallopian tube until it fills the entire space, then enters the uterus, then into the vagina, and from there outward. Cancer of the uterus or fallopian tubes can also cause this. The discharge is watery and yellow in character.

Age features

We grow, our body changes, and we may develop various diseases on this soil. The reason for this is hormones, their sharp jump, or vice versa, decline. In young people, as a rule, hormones "jump", and in older people, on the contrary, decline. This can also happen after sexual intercourse and, conversely, in old age after refusing sex for one reason or another. All sharp changes are the cause of the disease, not only leucorrhoea.

The author of the article: Lapikova Valentina Vladimirovna | Gynecologist, reproductologist

Education: Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynecology received at the Russian State Medical University of the Federal Agency for Healthcare and Social Development (2010). In 2013 completed postgraduate studies at N. N. N. I. Pirogova.