Whitish or Flour Albus is abnormal vaginal secretion in women. Vaginal discharge caused by infection is usually accompanied by intense itching in the vagina and around the outer vaginal lips. which often cause vaginal discharge include bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites as well. This infection can also spread and cause inflammation of the urinary tract, causing pain when the patient is urinating.
Symptoms Whitish
- The release of liquid or cream-colored white-gray of the vaginal canal. This fluid can dilute or condensed, and sometimes frothy. Perhaps this phenomenon is a normal process before or after a certain period in women.
- In certain patients, there is intense itching that accompanies it.
Usually a normal vaginal discharge is not accompanied by itching. Vaginal discharge can also be experienced by women who are too tired or weak body resistance. most of the liquid is derived from the cervix, despite originating from an infected vagina, or external genitalia.
- The new-born baby girl, within one to ten days, from her vagina to get out of fluid under the influence of hormones produced by the placenta or afterbirth.
- The young girl also sometimes have vaginal discharge just before puberty, usually these symptoms will disappear by itself.
Cause Whitish
The cause of vaginal discharge in general is:
- Frequent use when washing the female tissue, after urination and defecation.
- Wearing tight underwear of synthetic material.
- Frequent use of public toilets are dirty.
- No change panty liners
- Rinse the vagina from the wrong direction. Namely from the anus towards the vagina toward the front.
- Frequent exchange underwear / towel with other people.
- Lack of personal hygiene vagina.
- Fatigue is a very highly.
- Stress
- Does not replace the pads during menstruation
- Use any soap to wash vagina
- No lead a healthy life (not eating regularly, never exercise, lack of sleep)
- Living in the humid tropics
- Environmental sanitation dirty
- Often bath with warm water and heat. The fungus that causes vaginal discharge were more likely to grow in warm conditions
- Frequent changes in sex partner
- High sugar levels
- Hormones are not balanced
- Frequent scratching vagina
While taking into account the fluid out, sometimes known cause of vaginal discharge.
- Infection with gonorrhea, for example, produces a thick fluid, purulent and yellow-green.
- Parasite Trichomonas vaginalis produces a lot of fluid, a watery liquid is yellow-gray.
- Whitish accompanied by foul odor can be caused by cancer.
8 Tips to prevent vaginal discharge
- Clean the sex organs with a cleanser that does not disrupt the stability of the pH around the vagina. one of them cleaning products made from dairy ingredients. Products like these are able to maintain pH balance as well as increase the growth of normal flora and menekna unfriendly bacteria growth. Common antiseptic soaps are generally hard and and can be normal flora in the vagina. Vagina is not beneficial in the long term.
- Avoid the use of powder in the female organs in order for vaginal fragrant and dry throughout the day. Powder having fine particles are easily tucked here and there and finally invite ajamur and bacteria lodged in the place.
- Always dry the vagina before dressing.
- Use a dry underwear. If wet or damp, try to quickly replace with a clean and unused. Nothing wrong with you bring a backup pair in a small bag just in case when necessary to replace it.
- Use underwear that absorbs sweat, like cotton. Pants from satin or other synthetic create the atmosphere around the sex organs hot and humid.
- Outerwear also need attention. jeans are not recommended because the pores are very tight. choose as a skirt or pants non-jeans material, so that air circulation around the sex organs to move freely.
- When menstrual pads frequently change.
- Use a panty liner in when necessary only. Do not be too long. Suppose that when traveling outside the house and let you return home.
