Why is the leucorrhea green?

I believe everyone knows what leucorrhea is. Leucorrhea is a white liquid secreted from the vagina of female friends. As the name suggests, leucorrhea is of course white, but the color of leucorrhea secreted by some female friends may be abnormal. We recommend that the majority of female friends pay attention to symptoms such as abnormal leucorrhea. Some female friends' leucorrhea is green. Below we will introduce to you why leucorrhea is green.

1. Colorless, transparent, sticky leucorrhea: It is egg white-like and similar in properties to the mucus secreted by the cervical glands during ovulation, but the amount of secretion is significantly increased compared to usual. Generally, the possibility of chronic endocervicitis, ovarian dysfunction, vaginal adenosis, or well-differentiated cervical adenocarcinoma should be considered.

2. White or grayish yellow foamy leucorrhea: It is a characteristic of Trichomonas vaginitis and may be accompanied by vulvar itching.

3. Curd-like leucorrhea: It is a characteristic of candidal vaginitis, often accompanied by severe vulvar itching or burning pain.

4. Gray homogeneous leucorrhea with fishy smell: thin, small to large amount, unpleasant smell, commonly seen in bacterial vaginosis.

5. Purulent leucorrhea: yellow or yellow-green in color, sticky, and often smelly. It can be caused by acute vaginitis, cervicitis, and endocervicitis caused by bacteria such as Trichomonas or gonococci. Pyometra, cervical cancer, vaginal cancer or foreign objects retained in the vagina can also cause pus-like leucorrhea.

6. Bloody leucorrhea: If there is blood mixed in the leucorrhea, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, cervical polyps or submucosal fibroids should be considered. Insertion of an intrauterine device can also cause bloody leucorrhea.

7. Watery leucorrhea: If watery leucorrhea like rice washing water continues to flow out and is accompanied by a foul odor, it is usually due to advanced cervical cancer, vaginal cancer, or submucosal fibroids with infection. If you have intermittent discharge of yellow or red watery vaginal discharge, you should be aware of the possibility of fallopian tube cancer.

In the above article, we introduced the importance of leucorrhea to female friends. We suggest that female friends should pay attention to their leucorrhea in daily life. Once the leucorrhea is abnormal, it should be taken seriously. The above article introduces in detail why the leucorrhea is green.