What does it mean when women have stringy vaginal discharge?

Leucorrhea is a secretion from the female vagina. Once there is an abnormality in leucorrhea, it means that the female body has some gynecological diseases. In life, many women have little knowledge of gynecological diseases. When there are some problems with leucorrhea, they are always nervous and don’t know what causes it. Among them, stringy leucorrhea is a phenomenon that many women have encountered. Often, many women don’t know whether this is the ovulation period or a manifestation of disease. Let’s take a look at what stringy leucorrhea means for women.

What does it mean when women have stringy vaginal discharge?

Generally speaking, women's secretions will increase during ovulation, and transparent, stringy leucorrhea will appear. The leucorrhea can be very long and not easy to break. It is clear, transparent, elastic, and egg white-like.

Relationship with ovulation

Generally speaking, the day with the most, thinnest and strongest leucorrhea is often the ovulation period. In Africa, the method of abstinence during ovulation has achieved unexpectedly great success in preventing pregnancy.

Specific operation method: Dip your finger into the leucorrhea at the vaginal opening every morning, and observe the amount and viscosity of your leucorrhea to understand whether you are in the ovulation period when it is easy to conceive, and decide whether you can have sex that day or whether you need to take contraceptive measures. According to data, the effectiveness of this method can be as high as 97.8%.

But this method is not completely safe. You can also try the following methods to monitor ovulation:

One is the cervical mucus method. In the hospital's gynecology department, cervical mucus is checked to determine whether you are in the ovulation period.

The second is the basal body temperature method: measure your body temperature every morning after waking up. Generally, the body temperature is lower in the first half of menstruation, and even lower during the ovulation period, and will gradually rise after ovulation.

The third is to use ovulation test paper to test: it is best to start testing on the 3rd day after the menstruation is over. You should test it every day, not with your morning urine, until both lines are the same depth or the second line is darker than the first, which means you will ovulate within 24 hours.

The above is an introduction to what it means when women have stringy leucorrhea. After understanding it, we know that there are many reasons for the occurrence of stringy leucorrhea. Female friends must pay special attention to it in life. When there are problems with the body, do not blindly take medicines and lotions. Once there is irregular menstruation or dysmenorrhea, go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.