Conditions
Vaginal Discharge
It’s perfectly normal for all women to experience vaginal discharge. However, this nugget of information will be of little comfort to you if your handbag is a repository for clean pairs of ‘emergency knickers’. Vaginal discharge usually begins just before puberty and ends after the menopause. Effectively this is your vagina cleaning itself. Normal discharge is clear, white or creamy and may give off a musky smell, but it’s not unpleasant. You may notice the amount changing from time to time and getting heavier just before your period. Sexual arousal or pregnancy may also bring an increase. However, if your discharge becomes thicker and has a consistency rather like cottage cheese, then you may have a bacterial infection such as thrush. And if it’s a greenish yellow colour then it may be more serious and could be a symptom of gonorrhoea or trichomoniasis. And be warned: chlamydia may also cause a change in your vaginal discharge.
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I have an issue with my vaginal discharge, It seems as though it bleaches my black underwear, I find this very embarassing, especially when my husband does the washing. Also he does not enjoy oral sex, as he says it tastes like battery acid. Please help!!!!
I am 17 and often have intercause numerous times weekly but I'm having an incredible pain down below a sharp stabbing or burning sensation . What is this ?
Hi, i have not had discharge in a while instead i have had this dark blacky gunk i have been putting in a pad so it dont go everywere but i am tooo scared to go and see the doctor because how embarassing it is can someone please help me.
hey im 17 and i am getting yellowy green discharge down below and im not sure if it is normal can you please help ?
Hi i am 20years old jst recently got the implantation in my arm after giving birth couple of months ago but constant bleeding with a day or 2 break but it is a brown colour all the time and has a very weird smeell its not a bad smeell but its not a nice smell either could you please help !
I am 20 and came off the Cerazette pill 2 months ago. I had my last period almost 6 weeks ago now, and whilst all sex I have had has been protected, I am worried that I may be pregnant. I know this could be the case, but is it possible that my cycle has been messed up due to coming off the pill? Does coming off the pill give you irregular periods for a while? Thanks
I am 30 no children and i have been tested clear for everything and my nurse at my G.p said that it must be normal for my vaginal discharge, its thick n lumpy n smelly it cant possibly be normal!? At the time of the month it goes! I avoid yeasts, bread, alcohol, sugars! I have to change n shower at least 2-3 times a day, i have to shower before intercourse with my husband and so embarrasing. Can u help please!?
Should i go to see a GP or a Gynocologist for a problem relating to my sexual health?
You would probably be best to go to a well woman clinic or gum clinic.
You would probably be best to go to a well woman clinic or gum clinic.
I'm really scared...over the 3 months I'v been discharginf a creamy kind on mucus..It stops when I have my period but after my period it comes back..it's starting to make me sore downstairs..I'v been sexually active for about a year with only one partner who had neva had sex before me..please tell me this is normal??
Im 15 and i have lots of vaginal discharge, it is very smelly and it doesnt go away. Im too embarrassed to go and see my doctor as i can smell it all the time and i get really paranoid. Ive tried different ph balance body washes but nothing is helping me. Im also really paranoid incase it is still like this when i start having sex. What can i do about this?
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