Is there a lot of vaginal discharge during the luteal phase?

Everyone knows that women have a physiological period, a safe period, a luteal period and an ovulation period in a month. Many women don’t even know which period the luteal period refers to. The luteal period is usually the day before our ovulation period. This day is very special because many women will experience an increase in the amount of secretions in their lower body during the luteal period, and will feel a little uncomfortable. So will the amount of vaginal discharge increase during the luteal period?

Will the leucorrhea increase during the luteal phase?

Most female friends will have more vaginal discharge during the luteal phase, but some may feel normal as usual. These are all normal physiological phenomena and there is no need to worry too much.

First of all, we need to know that the corpus luteum in the female body mainly promotes the secretion of progesterone, estrogen and relaxin. With the arrival of the luteal phase, various hormones in the female body will be secreted, which will cause a series of changes in the body. Affected by the secretion of related hormones, women will experience increased vaginal discharge, which is a very normal physiological phenomenon.

Moreover, luteal secretion is very important for women. When a woman who is actively preparing for pregnancy experiences a decrease in luteal secretion, she will then have too little progesterone in her body. Progesterone hormone is an important factor in determining whether a woman can successfully become pregnant. Therefore, when luteal secretion decreases, it is difficult for women to successfully become pregnant. In other words, an increase in vaginal discharge during the luteal phase is actually a good phenomenon, which proves that the female corpus luteum secretion is normal, which is especially important for women who are actively preparing for pregnancy.

In addition, regarding leucorrhea, normal leucorrhea should be milky white or colorless and transparent, with a slightly fishy smell or no smell; while women's leucorrhea increases in the middle of their menstrual period, and is thin and transparent; after ovulation, the leucorrhea becomes thick, turbid and less in quantity; leucorrhea increases before menstruation and during pregnancy, and female friends should understand this clearly.

What is abnormal vaginal discharge in women?

Abnormal leucorrhea is manifested by changes in color, quality and quantity:

Candidal vaginitis: The leucorrhea is yellow or white in color, most of the time it is thick, but sometimes it can be thin. The typical leucorrhea is like tofu dregs or curds.

Trichomonas vaginitis: The leucorrhea is pus-like, yellow, and foamy, or like rice water, grayish white, and has a foul odor.

Bacterial vaginosis: It has a distinctive fishy smell and is mainly grayish white or grayish yellow in color. It is thinner and more uniform.

Chronic cervicitis or cervical erosion: increased leucorrhea, grayish white, with an odor.

Cervical erosion: When the cervix is ​​eroded, the leucorrhea is usually yellow in color, sticky like pus, and usually odorless.

Common pathological leucorrhea in clinical practice:

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 is significantly increased. Generally, the possibility of chronic endocervicitis, ovarian dysfunction, vaginal adenosis, or well-differentiated cervical adenocarcinoma should be considered.

White or grayish yellow foamy leucorrhea: a characteristic of Trichomonas vaginitis, which may be accompanied by vulvar itching.

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

Gray, homogeneous, fishy-smelling leucorrhea: common in bacterial vaginosis.

Purulent leucorrhea: yellow or yellow-green in color, sticky, and often has a foul odor. 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.

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.

Watery leucorrhea: Continuous discharge of watery leucorrhea like rice washing water with a strong odor is generally caused by 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.

Brown leucorrhea: There are many reasons for brown leucorrhea before menstruation, such as brown leucorrhea during ovulation, cervical disease, etc. However, since each person's condition is different, the specific types of diseases are also different. However, you should pay attention to the appearance of brown white spots.