What is leucorrhoea?

  Leucorrhoea or whites is a condition in which there is a whitish discharge from the vagina. It may be thick and viscid, and foul smelling if it is caused by some infection.
It is something like nasal secretion. Normally the quantity of vaginal secretions varies throughout the menstrual cycle, peaking at ovulation and also increasing when under emotional stress
The increase in vaginal secretion may occur either in normal physiological states like:
- Pregnancy
- Sexual excitement
- Some stages in the menstrual cycle.

 
 

What are the causes, incidence and risk factors of leucorrhoea?

  Commonly fungal, parasitic, bacterial and sexually transmitted diseases are the prime causative factors. Other causes include:
- Wrong feeding habits
Leucorrhoea denotes a generally devitalised and toxic condition of the system, caused by wrong feeding habits.
- Displacement of the womb, unhygenic conditions
The other common causes of leucorrhoea are displacement of the womb and unhygienic conditions which attract the bacteria to the genital organs.
 
 

What are the symptoms of leucorrhoea-Disease?

 
Mostly there won?t be any symptom other than discharge. Discharge may be slimy, viscid to dark coloured or even bloody with a foul smell.
In some cases, the accompanying symptoms are:
- Lower abdominal pain
- Painful sexual act
- Backache and pain in the leg, especially thigh and calf muscles
- Intense itching with odema of vagina
- Soreness and burning in the genital tract
- Burning urination and frequent urge to pass very little urine
- Digestive disturbances like constipation or diarrhoea or vomiting
- General tiredness due to loss of vital fluids as discharges

 
 

Diagnosis & Tests

 
The tests include:
- Physical examination
- Culture and sensitivity test
- Cervix biopsy
 
 

How is leucorrhoea-Disease cured?

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What are the complications?

 
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Herbs that cure leucorrhoea

 
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