What are the symptoms and treatment of fungal vaginitis?

One of the reasons why the prevention and treatment of female vaginitis has received increasing attention is that it is a common disease among the female population. Failure to provide active and proper care will not only affect women’s quality of life, but also their fertility issues. Let’s take a look at what fungal vaginitis is, what symptoms we should pay attention to, and how to treat it.

Patients with fungal vaginitis experience increased vaginal discharge, itching and burning sensation of the vulva and vagina, painful urination, and often redness and edema around the vulva.

Leucorrhea is not necessarily a prominent symptom of vaginitis, but watery leucorrhea can range from curd-like to ointment-like. Some are completely thin, like clear serous exudate, but often contain white flakes; others are thick, like curd or crumbs.

The disease often has two distinct clinical manifestations. About half of the patients have a large amount of watery or purulent leucorrhea without white flakes. The vaginal mucosa is moderately red and edematous, without severe itching or burning, only a feeling of moisture in the vulva.

Another type of patient has typical curd-like or flaky, sticky vaginal discharge, highly red and swollen vaginal mucosa, with white flaky films (such as thrush) adhering and easily peeling off. During pregnancy, the itching symptoms of vaginitis are more severe.

There are several ways to treat this disease:

1. Change the acidity of the vagina

If you use alkaline drugs to flush the vagina, you can use 2% to 4% soda solution to flush the vagina to change the living environment of the fungus. However, its effectiveness remains controversial.

2. Medication

(1) Nystatin vaginal suppository: inserted deep into the vagina, once in the morning and once in the evening or once every night for 2 weeks. Clotrimazole suppositories or miconazole suppositories can also be used.

(2) Oral administration of nystatin or fluconazole, etc.

(3) Apply topically nystatin cold cream or miconazole cream twice a day.

Pregnant women with candidal vaginitis may recover after delivery, but the newborn is at risk of infection, so timely treatment is still needed, preferably with local medication.

3. Male carriers

Male carriers must also receive routine treatment, which is one of the important measures to prevent recurrence of female patients.

It is necessary for people suffering from this disease to take active prevention measures. The main thing is to develop good hygiene habits, ventilate and dry the clothes you change properly, and change your underwear frequently. Wash your face and other utensils frequently, avoid douching the vagina, and avoid unnecessary use of antibiotics.