Will vaginal inflammation cause the vagina to turn white when vinegar is applied?

Vaginal diseases are a common headache for modern women, because the female vagina is very sensitive. Once attacked by the disease, it will cause a lot of discomfort to the body, making women feel very painful. The most common disease of the vagina is inflammation. During routine examinations, the vagina will be examined with emphasis. The most common method is to use acetic acid to examine the vagina. Let's see if vaginal inflammation will cause the skin to turn white when vinegar is applied.

If you are infected with HPV, it is HPV positive, which means that the acetic acid test will turn white and you need to continue treatment.

If there is HPV infection, it does not necessarily cause the acetic acid reaction to turn white, because its presence does not necessarily mean that cervical erosion will occur.

1. Bacterial vaginosis

10% to 40% of patients have no clinical symptoms. Those with symptoms mainly present with increased vaginal discharge with a fishy odor, which is especially aggravated after sexual intercourse and may be accompanied by mild vulvar itching or burning sensation. Examination showed no signs of congestion or inflammation in the vaginal mucosa. The secretions were grayish white, uniform, thin, and often adhered to the vaginal wall, which could be easily wiped off.

2. Candidal vaginitis

(1) Vulvar itching, burning pain, and pain during sexual intercourse.

(2) Frequent and painful urination. The characteristic of dysuria is that urine irritates the edematous vulva and vestibule during urination, causing pain.

(3) Characteristic secretion: white, thick, and resembling curd or bean curd residue.

(4) Vulvitis presents with geographic erythema, edema, and scratches.

(5) Vaginitis may cause edema, erythema, and white membrane.

(1) Characteristics of increased vaginal discharge: thin, purulent, yellow-green, foamy, and smelly.

(2) Location of vulvar itching: vaginal opening and vulva.

(3) If combined with urinary tract infection: frequent urination, urgency, pain, and sometimes hematuria.

(4) Infertility: Trichomonas vaginalis can devour sperm, hinder the production of lactic acid, and affect its survival in the vagina.

(5) Examination revealed: congestion of the vaginal mucosa with scattered bleeding spots, and a large amount of "strawberry-like" leucorrhea from the posterior fornix of the cervix, which was grayish yellow, yellowish-white thin liquid, or yellowish-green purulent secretions, often in a foamy state. There are no abnormal changes in the vaginal mucosa of carriers.