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VaginitisAka: Vaginal Discharge
- Epidemiology
- Chronic vaginal symptoms in 105 women surveyed
- Women often self-treat chronic vaginal symptoms
- Over-the-counter yeast vaginitis medication: 73%
- Alternative Medicine yeast vaginitis treatment: 42%
- Self-diagnosis often incorrect and may be harmful
- Correct diagnosis of yeast vaginitis: 11-28%
- Secondary irritant vaginitis: 15%
- Women often self-treat chronic vaginal symptoms
- References
- Chronic vaginal symptoms in 105 women surveyed
- Physiology: Normal vaginal secretions
- Variably dependent on multiple factors
- Age
- Timing of Menstrual Cycle
- Sexual arousal
- Contraceptive use
- Douching
- Derivation
- Cervical Mucus
- Vaginal wall transudate
- Exfoliated vaginal cells
- Variably dependent on multiple factors
- Common Causes
- Normal discharge (30%)
- Candida Vulvovaginitis (20-25%)
- Bacterial Vaginosis (23-50%)
- Trichomonas vaginitis (5-15%)
- Mixed infection or Sexually Transmitted Disease (20%)
- Other Causes
- Atrophic Vaginitis (post-menopausal women)
- Infectious Cervicitis
- Vaginitis or Vulvitis
- Scabies
- Neurodermatitis
- Vaginal or vulvar trauma
- Irritant or Allergic Contact Dermatitis
- Lichen Planus
- Vulvar Vestibulitis
- Herpes Vulvitis
- Malignancy
- Physiologic discharge
- Ovulation
- Pregnancy
- History: Rule out Sexually Transmitted Disease
- Multiple sexual partners
- Intrauterine Device or no Contraception
- History of Sexually Transmitted Disease
- Symptoms
- Vaginal itching or burning: Candida Vulvovaginitis
- Malodorous or unusual vaginal discharge
- External Dysuria (pain with urine passing over vulva)
- Dyspareunia
- Signs
- See Vaginal pH
- Character of vaginal secretions
- Normal: clear or white, non-clumping, odorless
- Dry cottage cheese-like discharge
- Frothy discharge (rarely present)
- Trichomonas vaginitis
- Fishy Odor
- Bacterial Vaginosis
- Trichomonas vaginitis
- Vagina and Cervix appearance
- Vulvar redness, edema and adherent white clumps
- Strawberry cervix with punctate hemorrhage
- Trichomonas vaginitis
- Pale, dry, thin vaginal and vulvar skin
- Lab: Microscopy
- Normal
- Few Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes (PMNs)
- Vaginal epithelial cells
- KOH Preparation: Pseudo-hyphae or budding yeast
- Saline preparation (Wet Prep)
- Pear-shaped motile organisms: Trichomonas vaginitis
- Clue Cells: Bacterial Vaginosis
- Numerous Leukocytes
- Trichomonas vaginitis
- Gonorrhea
- Chlamydia
- Desquamative vaginitis (local irritant induced)
- Many White Blood Cells
- Parabasilar cells
- Normal
- Management
- Treat specific cause
- Consider empiric treatment
- Not recommended due to poor correlation with symptoms
- Anti-yeast medication (See Candida Vulvovaginitis)
- Metronidazole
- Clindamycin cream per vagina for 7 nights
- Consider increasing vaginal acidity (lower Vaginal pH)
- May increase Lactobacillus survival
- Aci-Jel Vaginal jelly per vagina for 21 days at hs
- Vinegar douche
- White Vinegar (2-4 tablespoons) in 1 quart water
- References
Vaginitis (C0042267) | |
|---|---|
| Definition (MSH) | Inflammation of the vagina characterized by pain and a purulent discharge. |
| Definition (CSP) | inflammation of the vagina characterized by pain and a purulent discharge. |
| Definition (NCI) | Inflammation of the vagina. |
| Concepts | Disease or Syndrome (T047) |
| ICD9 | 616.10 |
| English | Inflammation of vagina, Vaginitides, Vaginitis, Vaginitis unspecified |
| Spanish | vaginitis |
| Credits | Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
