What is the white discharge on girls' underwear?

Many women have found that there is obvious white secretion on their underwear after taking it off. In fact, this is what we often call leucorrhea. The secretion of leucorrhea is a normal physiological reaction of women, so there is no need to worry. Normal leucorrhea is white and viscous. If you find that the leucorrhea is blue or contains tofu-like substances, it is very likely that there is a possibility of bacterial infection, and you need to use professional detergents to clean it.

1 What is the white discharge on underwear?

The white secretions on the underwear are actually leucorrhea. After the female reproductive system matures, the vagina will secrete mucus to protect the vagina and cervix, which is leucorrhea. Normal women basically have this situation. The secretions are generally transparent or translucent white and have no odor. If the color is abnormal, such as green, black, red, or yellow, and is accompanied by an odor or bad smell, and you feel itchy, painful, or uncomfortable in the vagina, then it is abnormal and you need to go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible.

2 What exactly are white secretions?

There are some epithelial cells that have fallen off the vaginal mucosa, secretions from the sebaceous glands of the labia minora, a large number of vaginal bacilli (scientific name: Gram-positive lactobacilli), and a small number of white blood cells... there are probably more than twenty kinds of microorganisms.

3 The role of white secretions

Under normal physiological conditions, estrogen and vaginal lactobacillus in the body work together to maintain a normal acidic environment in the vagina and inhibit the growth of other pathogens, which is called "vaginal self-cleaning effect." Therefore, normal leucorrhea is beneficial to women's health. It not only maintains the normal ecological balance of the vagina, but also keeps the vagina moist, which helps the sexual life of women of childbearing age.

4 Abnormal vaginal discharge

1. Increased leucorrhea, which is purulent or mixed with blood, often accompanied by back pain and lower abdominal distension and pain: You may have acute cervicitis.

2. The amount of leucorrhea increases and becomes milky or grayish white and watery, with a strong fishy or rancid odor, which is especially strong during menstruation and sexual intercourse: you may have bacterial vaginosis.

3. Increased vaginal discharge, accompanied by fever, lower abdominal pain, and pain during sexual intercourse: You may have pelvic inflammatory disease.

4. Increased vaginal discharge, such as rice washing water or blood, with a foul odor: be alert to malignant tumors of the reproductive organs.

5. Leucorrhea will undergo physiological changes with the menstrual cycle. When the menstruation just ends, the amount of leucorrhea is small. During the ovulation period, the leucorrhea becomes thinner, more transparent, and more abundant. After ovulation, the amount of leucorrhea decreases again.

6. Increased leucorrhea, white color, bean curd-like or curd-like, accompanied by vulvar itching: You may have vulvovaginal candidiasis, commonly known as candidal vaginitis.

7. Increased leucorrhea, yellow-green or yellow-white in color, thin and foamy, or bloody or serous, with a fishy smell, and pain or itching in the vulva and vagina: You may have Trichomonas vaginitis.

8. Postmenopausal women experience increased leucorrhea, which may be watery, foamy, purulent, or bloody, or accompanied by vulvar itching, burning, or frequent and painful urination: this may be senile vaginitis.

Note: Normal leucorrhea is transparent or translucent white. If the leucorrhea shows the above symptoms, it is recommended to seek medical attention in time to avoid missing the best treatment time.